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Worried about fly-by-night registrars that won't be around by the time you want to renew your domain? Well, don't be. You can proceed with confidence with any ICANN-accredited registrar and many resellers. But if you want to go with only major players, check out this list. It lists the registrars with the largest market share that sell domains direct from English-language sites.

top .com registrars 
sorted by market share 

Biggest isn’t always best. Check prices from lower cost registrars>>

Prices in U.S. dollars, mostly rounded to nearest dollar. Registrars with English-language sites dealing in U.S. dollars only, sorted in market share order.

updated June 2008

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GoDaddy.com

$7* +/-
($1.99 - $9.99 with special offers)

$8.95

$7*

 More than 18 million domains registered

enom.com

$30

$30

$30

More than 7.5 million domains registered

Network Solutions

$35

$30

$30

More than 6.5 million domains registered

Tucows
(Domain Direct)

$15

$15

$15

More than 5.7 million domains registered

Melbourne IT (nternet Names WorldWide)

$35

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 More than 4.5 million domains registered


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