.shop
A generic extension in our commerce group, run by GMO Registry. £4.99 for the first year, £32.99 a year to keep, £301.90 over ten years — transfers in cost £32.99.
Renewal is 7× the intro price — a ten-year registration is usually the cheaper way to hold this extension.
.shop facts
Launched in 2016 after a well-publicised auction and now one of the largest new extensions, with hundreds of thousands of names in use.
Why people choose it
It states what the site is for before anyone reads a word, and the first-year price is low enough to test an idea. Watch the renewal — it climbs.
Typical uses
Independent retailers, product launches, brick-and-mortar businesses going online and marketplace sellers building their own storefront.
Policies & protection
What the registry allows, requires and protects.
Registry & syntax
Who runs the zone, and what a valid name looks like.
.shop questions, answered
Who can register a .shop domain?
Anyone, anywhere. The registry places no restrictions on who may hold one.
What does .shop cost to keep?
First year £4.99, renewals £32.99 a year, and £301.90 for ten years in total. Because the renewal is well above the intro price, buying a longer term up front is usually cheaper.
Can I move a .shop domain to URSY later?
Yes. A transfer costs £32.99 and, where the registry allows it, adds a year to the expiry date. Your DNS records travel with the domain so nothing goes offline.
Does .shop support international characters?
Yes — accented and non-Latin names are supported. Type the name as you write it and our converter shows the punycode form the registry stores.
Is WHOIS privacy included?
Yes, free for as long as you hold the domain, on every extension that permits it. Your name and address are replaced by a privacy contact in the public record.
Compare with neighbours
See what other registrars charge
Fourteen providers, the same extension, side by side — registration, renewal, transfer, privacy and the ten-year total.
PRICES EX-VAT · REGISTRY DATA REVIEWED MONTHLY · SOURCES: THE IANA ROOT DATABASE AND THE REGISTRY OPERATOR