Porkbun Measured
Porkbun is a US registrar known for flat pricing. Its public pricing API lists one .com price for registration, renewal and transfer.
Overview
Porkbun is a US registrar known for flat pricing. Its public pricing API lists one .com price for registration, renewal and transfer.
The good
- Flat price, no renewal jump
- Free WHOIS privacy
- Public pricing API
The bad
- About 64 cents above at-cost
- Refund terms not checked
Pricing
Checked 3 November 2026. Prices are in US dollars and can change; confirm at checkout.
- .com registration: $11.81
- .com renewal: $11.81
- .com transfer: $11.81
Privacy and data use
Porkbun includes WHOIS privacy free with .com domains.
Refunds and cancellation
Not stated on the pages we checked.
Transfers and upsells
Transfers cost the same $11.81. We didn’t review its checkout add-ons.
Overall value verdict
Porkbun’s .com price is flat and published, with free privacy. It’s a little dearer than Dynadot and Cloudflare, but you get no DNS lock-in.