| Namecheap | Hover | Porkbun | Godaddy | Gandi | NameSilo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20.98 | $21.99 | $16.97 | $31.99 | $25.34 | $18.99 |
The average price of a .pet domain is $22.71.
The cheapest place to buy a .pet domain is Porkbun for $16.97.
.pet is a delegated top-level domain (TLD) in the New gTLD Program of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Afilias, an international registry, manages this TLD. The application for .pet was successful and it was delegated to the Root Zone on July 26, 2015. This domain is categorized under Lifestyle and has a priority number of 1229. At the time of writing, there have been over 12,000 registrations for .pet domains with approximately 8,300 parked domains.
The acquisition of a .pet domain may be subject to certain restrictions due to its unique history. In 2013, Google submitted a String Confusion Objection against the application for .pets, arguing that the two strings were confusingly similar. This objection was supported by a second panelist in a report published in September of the same year. However, it is important to note that no ruling has been made yet on this matter as of now. Additionally, in December 2014, Afilias won the right to run .pet through a private auction after both Google and Donuts withdrew their respective applications for the domain. This was the first time a private auction had been used to settle a new gTLD contention set containing two different strings. Prospective buyers should keep these developments in mind when considering purchasing a .pet domain.