Domain privacy
Included where the ending allows it: proxy details replace your personal information in the public lookup, which removes the easiest way to target you. Endings that do not support it say so.
About privacySearch, register, renew and transfer in one account. First-year and renewal prices are written side by side, and Ry.hk does not wait until year two to raise them.
First-year and renewal prices side by side for every ending. Renewal is the long-run cost, and Ry.hk writes both down together.
| Ending | First year | Renewal |
|---|---|---|
| .com | $8.54 | $2.80 |
| .net | $8.72 | $7.33 |
| .org | $11.09 | $5.61 |
| .io | $10.58 | $12.24 |
| .co | $8.54 | $2.80 |
| .xyz | $2.04 | $5.99 |
| .dev | $1.91 | $2.17 |
| .app | $5.35 | $11.73 |
| .ai | $5.14 | $2.45 |
| .me | $4.83 | $5.20 |
Amounts are converted into your selected display currency, with 19 currencies available. The payment currency and amount shown at checkout apply.
Domain services come from Ry.hk. Search, registration, renewal, transfer, DNS, privacy and support share one account, and the interface, the email and the support desk speak your language. Domains are registered through the ICANN-accredited registrar Global Domain Group LLC.
These are not add-ons. They are what a domain should come with, at no extra cost.
Included where the ending allows it: proxy details replace your personal information in the public lookup, which removes the easiest way to target you. Endings that do not support it say so.
About privacyA, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and the rest are maintained here and submitted to the registrar, so there is no second DNS panel to keep track of.
See domain managementWhen you have the domain but no site yet: pick a template, replace the content, point the domain at it and publish.
Open the builderFolders, defaults and batch changes: one setting covers a whole group, and the list is ordered by expiry so a large portfolio stays manageable.
Organise my domainsThe same name can cost many times more on another ending. The difference comes from the registry wholesale price and the promotion running at the time; Ry.hk does not set it, it shows both numbers.
Set by the wholesale price the registry charges for that ending, together with whatever promotion is running. Promotions usually apply to registration, sometimes only to the first year.
Some names are priced individually by the registry as premium, or held back as reserved. Those can sit far above the standard rate for the ending, and change without notice.
Set by the registry wholesale price and usually more stable than the first year. If you intend to keep the domain, this is the number that matters.
Locks in today price and pushes the next renewal out, which also means less renewal admin.
An expired domain takes the website and the mail down with it, and recovery costs far more than the renewal.
The same meaning under a different ending can cost noticeably less over the years.
Registering one domain and registering a batch need different tools. All six routes share one account and one price list.
Type a name, see availability and the price in each ending, order what is free.
Search domainsOne domain per line, checked in one pass and grouped by status - tick what is free and check out once.
Search a listRegister in Chinese or another script so the address matches how local visitors write it.
Check an IDNFilter by keyword, ending and length to narrow a long list down quickly.
Advanced searchWhen your first choice is taken, generate close alternatives that are still free.
Get ideasQuery and register programmatically, inside your own systems or a customer panel.
See the APIFour steps, and no account is needed first: browsing and configuring both happen before checkout.
Type it in the search box, with or without the ending.
Anything available goes straight in, and you can compare other endings at the same time.
Choose the term (usually 1 to 10 years) and confirm the privacy level and renewal price.
You get a confirmation email; then point the domain at your server with the DNS records.
A domain is an address; the services sit behind it. These four are set up in the same Ry.hk account, in the order you need them.
Use a template to turn the address into a page, then bind the domain and publish.
Go to the builderSend and receive from your own address, so what customers see matches the brand.
Configure mailA padlock instead of a warning, which is what makes a form or a phone number usable.
Get a certificateSo one forgotten date does not take the website and the mail down at the same time.
Manage renewalsA domain registered elsewhere can be moved in: the same renewal prices, control panel and support as one registered with Ry.hk.
Move a single domain in. Most endings gain a year on success. It needs a domain older than 60 days, unlocked, with the transfer code to hand.
Start a transferOne domain and code per line, submitted in one go, each with its own result and only the failures to retry.
Bulk transferOne domain and three hundred are not the same job. Four ways to keep the day-to-day in hand.
The list is ordered by expiry, and opening a domain gives you its own page: lock, privacy, DNS, DNSSEC, forwarding and renewal in one place.
Eligible domains can be returned soon after registration, so a name you were only testing does not tie you up for a year.
The registrar lock and privacy on the domain side, two-factor and a working registrant mailbox on the account side. Both halves are needed.
Search, registration, renewal, DNS and contacts are all available over the API, which suits bulk work and building a panel for your own customers.
From is this name taken to what does this ending cost a year, all inside Ry.hk, without opening another page.
Registration status, registration and expiry dates, and the publicly published contact details for any domain.
Look up a domainGive it a keyword and get a set of registerable alternatives, for inspiration or for brand variants.
Get ideasFirst-year and renewal prices by ending, converted into 19 display currencies.
See pricesFrom the basics to long-term holding, two guides pitched at different readers: read them in order, or take the one you need.
What a domain is, how to choose an ending, how renewal works, and what happens after expiry - everything a first purchase needs.
Read the basicsWhat affects resale, how to use comparable sales, how to count holding costs, and where newcomers most often lose money.
Read the investing guideMost domains are registered and active within minutes of payment. You will get a confirmation email, and some endings also send an ICANN registrant verification email that has to be confirmed within 15 days or the domain can be suspended.
Each ending is run by its own registry, with its own wholesale price, operating costs and policies. Country endings and some specialised ones such as .inc are simply more expensive at source, and some carry eligibility rules. Promotions affect the first year as well. The difference comes from the ending, not from us.
Yes. Most endings allow 1 to 10 years in one go, and a few set their own limit. Registering several years locks in the current price and reduces the number of renewals to think about.
You cannot buy one outright. Domains are registered for a fixed term and have to be renewed to keep them. The closest thing to permanent is registering the longest term and leaving auto-renew on, so as long as it keeps renewing it stays yours.
Three things: check the current promotions on the deals page, compare the total cost of registering several years at once, and compare endings - the same name can cost noticeably less over the years under a different one.
Turn the lock off at your current registrar and get the transfer code (EPP or auth code), then enter the domain and code on the transfer page and check out. Nameservers do not change during a transfer, so the site and mail are unaffected, and most endings gain a year once it completes.
The domain must be more than 60 days old, in an active state (not in grace or redemption), unlocked, with a valid transfer code from the current registrar, and the registrant mailbox has to be receiving mail because the confirmation goes there. Some country endings have their own local rules and need manual handling.
Group them by purpose and apply nameservers, privacy and auto-renew settings to the group; use defaults so new registrations arrive already configured; and use batch actions for one-off changes. Those three together remove most of the repetition.
You have to provide accurate registrant details - that is an ICANN and registry requirement, and inaccurate data can get a domain suspended. Where the ending allows it you can switch on privacy, which replaces your details in the public lookup with proxy details. The true record stays with the registrar and is disclosed where the law requires it.
After expiry it goes into a grace period (usually 0 to 45 days depending on the ending) where the normal renewal price still applies. Then comes redemption (usually around 30 days) where restoring it costs a good deal more. Once it is released and registered by somebody else, no payment brings it back. Auto-renew is the simplest way to avoid the whole question.
Search first: availability and per-ending prices come back together. When nothing stands out, .com is usually a safe start.