| Namecheap | Hover | Porkbun | Godaddy | Gandi | NameSilo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2298 | $2499.99 | $2060.23 | $3999.99 | $2214.19 | $2199 |
The average price of a .cars domain is $2545.23.
The cheapest place to buy a .cars domain is Porkbun for $2060.23.
.cars is a top-level domain (TLD) that was delegated to the Root Zone in May 2015, following Uniregistry's successful application in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The company, which was established by Frank Schilling and manages the TLD, became the only applicant for the string after a private auction in October 2014. The domain is classified as a generic TLD (gTLD) and falls under the Industry category. With over 289 registrations and a high percentage of parked domains, .cars caters to the automotive industry.
The acquisition of the .cars domain by Uniregistry was the result of a private auction in October 2014, making it the exclusive rights holder over other applicants. However, there were several challenges that arose during the application process. Google filed String Confusion Objections against all three applicants due to the similarity between the .cars and .car strings. In two separate rulings, Google won the objection against DERCars, LLC, which meant that their applications for .cars were in the same contention set as Google's application. This inconsistency led ICANN to announce that DERCars and United TLD (Rightside), which lost String Confusion Objection rulings for their .cars and .cam applications respectively, would have the right to appeal the decisions. Despite these challenges, Uniregistry emerged as the winner and now manages the .cars domain. There are no restrictions on owning this domain.