Why I moved my domain registrations to IONOS

I rotate domain registrars roughly every two years. The transfer-in promo from a new registrar is almost always cheaper than the renewal price at the current one.

Why IONOS in 2026

First-year pricing on .com is £0.99. Renewal is £15. Net cost over two years: £15.99, beating everything else I priced.

No upsell hell at checkout. I have used GoDaddy. The 27-step checkout pushing privacy add-ons, SSL certificates, and "premium DNS" is exhausting. IONOS skipped most of that.

UI is functional. Not beautiful. Functional. DNS records edit cleanly. Bulk transfers actually work.

What annoys me

The support chat sometimes loops you back to the docs without getting a human. Workable but irritating.

The German tax invoicing UI defaults to German. Not a problem if you read German; mildly annoying if you do not.

Who they are good for

One-domain personal sites where you want it cheap and forget about it.

Developers who want clean DNS controls without bundled hosting.

UK or EU registrants where their pricing is most aggressive.

Who they are not for

Agencies managing dozens of domains for clients. The bulk-management UI is fine but not great. Cloudflare Registrar is better at scale.

Sign-up

They hand out an extra signup bonus when you join via [this link](https://aklam.io/m2xYRsYR). I switched two domains over and saved enough to cover a year of renewals.