Why does a .ai domain cost more than the advertised price?
Registration is $82.70 a year with a 2-year minimum, so the smallest possible first bill is $165.40; renewal is $82.70 a year.
Minimum term: 2 years
The registry sells no shorter term, but every registrar advertises the per-year figure. The advertised number is therefore not a price anyone can pay — the smallest possible bill is 2 times it.
What it costs
| Registration | $82.70 / year |
|---|---|
| Renewal | $82.70 / year |
| Transfer | $165.09 |
| Smallest possible first bill | $165.40 2-year minimum term |
Standard price from Porkbun. Premium and reserved names return the same registry answer as an ordinary free one, so every quote here is a floor rather than a price.
Source
Read from the registry's own policy page: https://porkbun.com/tld/ai. Read on 2026-07-29.
Is a .ai name free?
Availability comes from the registry itself over RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback where a registry publishes no RDAP service. A throttled or unreachable registry is reported as unconfirmed rather than available. It is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.
You can check from a terminal or from an assistant instead:
curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.ai