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Porkbun

Domain registrar with free WHOIS privacy included.

7published0not published1not checked yet2026-09-07last checked

Counts, not a score. 7 of 8 things we look for are published by Porkbun, and 1 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.A .com costs $11.08 to register, with WHOIS privacy, Let's Encrypt SSL, email forwarding and URL forwarding included at no extra charge.Registration cost · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.Renewal is the same $11.08 a year as year one: $10.26 registry wholesale + $0.20 ICANN fee + $0.62 card fees, no first-year-only promo.Yearly renewal · source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.To sell the domain through Porkbun Marketplace the listing must be priced at $20 minimum and $100,000 maximum.Marketplace listing floor · source · checked 2026-09-07

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.Marketplace sale proceeds are held 15 days; payouts then run every weekday, by PayPal only or as Porkbun account credit.Payout hold · source · checked 2026-09-07

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?The customer is the registrant listed in WHOIS, but Porkbun claims worldwide ownership of the domain database and every derivative work from it.Registrant vs database · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.The domain can be transferred out to another registrar, but not during the first 60 days after the initial registration at Porkbun.Transfer out · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.Porkbun may delete, suspend or cancel the domain and the whole account at any time, including for any lawful reason, with no refund and no credit.Termination · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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