.com vs .store — Which Domain Extension Should You Buy?
.com vs .store compared on what actually costs you money: how many names are ready to buy in each extension on NameSale, what the typical one lists for, and what each renews at every year.
Live numbers from the NameSale catalogue, plus what each extension costs to keep. Figures as of 2026-10-26. Renewal figures are one registrar's public list prices (Porkbun, October 7, 2026); other registrars charge different amounts.
| .com | .store | |
|---|---|---|
| Ready to buy now | 335 | 0 |
| Median price | $49 | — |
| Cheapest listing | $29 | — |
| Yearly renewal (per year after the included first year, at one registrar's list prices) | $11.08 | $43.77 |
| Five years of ownership (median price plus four years of renewal) | $93 | — |
What the numbers say
Only one of these is actually stocked right now: 335 .com names are ready to buy, while nothing in .store has passed an availability check in the last seven days.
The difference that lasts is renewal. At one registrar's list prices, .store renews at $43.77 a year against $11.08 for .com — $131 more over the first five years.
About .com
.com is a generic top-level domain. IANA lists VeriSign Global Registry Services as its sponsoring organization and records its registration date as January 1, 1985. Verisign operates the registry under an agreement with ICANN that bars it from acting as a registrar for .com, so names are registered through ICANN-accredited registrars.
Anyone may register a .com name, on a first-come, first-served basis. Under the registry agreement, a name can be registered or renewed for no more than ten years ahead at any one time, and registrars must apply the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and ICANN's policy on transfers between registrars.
Sources: IANA root zone database, itp.cdn.icann.org, godaddy.com, icann.org
About .store
The .store extension is a generic top-level domain (gTLD). The IANA root zone database lists Radix Technologies Inc., with an address in the Cayman Islands, as its sponsoring organization and records February 11, 2016 as its registration date.
Radix's launch policy, which applies to every top-level domain Radix operates, states that after the launch phases any interested party may register an available name on a first-come, first-served basis. Under its reserved names policy, Radix may reserve names from registration at any time. The launch policy also places some names in price categories called pricing tiers. Each tier may carry its own price for registration, transfer, redemption and renewal, and Radix may move names that are still available from one tier to another.
Sources: IANA root zone database, radix.website
Some .com names ready to buy
- gleefest.com — $39
- ambleandbark.com — $49
- axleandroad.com — $49
- axlecrest.com — $49
- bakemeadow.com — $49
- barkandtrot.com — $49
- basilandember.com — $49
- beamandanvil.com — $49