: Can I buy a cheap domain for a year and then move it to a registrar with cheaper renewal? I'm currently looking into buying a domain name for a personal project. I see a lot of sites offer

@Lengel546

As @closetnoc alluded to in his comment, the short answer is this:

Yes, you can register a domain with one registrar only to move it over to another registrar before the end of the (discounted) year. As long as you have not changed your contact information close to the timeframe in which you would like to conduct the transfer, you should have no problem.

However, I would agree with @closetnoc that the savings are generally not big enough to make it worthwhile to go through the extra trouble of transferring at the year’s end. I use 1&1's hosting, but I like namecheap as a registrar (for reasons), so I keep all of my files/sites with 1&1, and use namecheap for my domain name registration on all new domains. If you imagine that you might want to use your domain name(s) long-term (past the end of your project—as it sounds like you do), you should research a registrar, and stick with them.

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@Hamaas447

Note the comments about about cheap registrars, but the answer to your question is "yes", you can register cheap and then transfer somewhere else.

There are a few things to note: You can't transfer a domain within 60 days of registration (or a previous transfer) and for many TLDs you pay the next renewal fee in advance when you transfer registrars.

You are going to save your self a whopping or so, it is really worth the hassle? Think bigger than this or you are also going to end up going with a cheap hosting company and from personal experience, it is a really bad idea.

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