2026-10-25

€1 .com at Nominalia and Register.it: How to Avoid the €60 Renewal

In short

• EU residents only: first year of .com for about €1 + VAT, limited to 1–3 domains per customer. Other extensions are often offered at a similar price.
• An ID check may be required.
• A hosting pack is added to every domain and cannot be removed. It renews at about €60 + VAT per year.
• After registering, turn off auto-renewal of the pack and of the domain.
• Transfer the domain to another registrar after 60 days: renewal there is several times cheaper.

The registrars

Both belong to team.blue (Belgium) and use the same platform.

• Nominalia (Spain): ICANN IANA ID 76, .com renewal €64.85 + VAT.
• Register.it (Italy): ICANN IANA ID 168, .com renewal €58.55 + VAT.

Auto-renewal

On by default and charged early:

• Nominalia: about 20 days before expiry. Turn off in "Gestión de cuenta > Renovaciones".
• Register.it: cannot be turned off later than 30 days before expiry.

Nominalia also offers a domain-only plan (about €18–20 + VAT per year), but only on request to support.

Transfer to another registrar

1. Wait 60 days after registration.
2. Get the auth code and unlock the domain (.es needs no code).
3. Start the transfer at the new registrar; it usually adds one year.
4. Check that auto-renewal of the pack is off: one customer was charged for it after the transfer.

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