| Namecheap | Hover | Porkbun | Godaddy | Gandi | NameSilo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11.98 | $24.99 | $9.76 | $17.99 | $15.55 | $10.95 |
The average price of a .business domain is $15.2.
The cheapest place to buy a .business domain is Porkbun for $9.76.
.business is a Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) that was successfully proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program and delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on August 22, 2014. The domain is managed by DonutsRegistry, a subsidiary of Demand Media. It falls under the commerce category and was intended to provide greater expression on the Internet as an open TLD without pre-registration policies. The registry has committed to adhering with all registration policies required by ICANN and implementing remediation and takedown policies. Pre-registration verification will not be used, and the registry plans to control abuse through extensive user and rights protections.
The acquisition of a .business domain is subject to certain restrictions. In October 2013, ICANN identified .business as one of the strings that were not eligible for an alternative path towards delegation due to potential name collision issues. This means that applicants for this TLD had to wait for more plans and mitigation research to be published before continuing towards delegation. However, on November 7, 2013, Donuts received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN, allowing them to become the operator of .business. The Sunrise Period for registering trademarked names began on September 30, 2014, and ended on November 29, 2014. There are currently over 29,000 registrations and approximately 50,000 parked domains under this TLD.