Who can register a .us domain?
Registration is $4.43 and renewal $7.00 a year.
Who may register
US nexus required: a citizen, permanent resident, or someone domiciled in the US, or an entity with a bona fide US presence. Nameservers must be US-based.
What it costs
| Registration | $4.43 / year |
|---|---|
| Renewal | $7.00 / year first year discounted — renewal is the real cost |
| Transfer | $7.00 |
| Smallest possible first bill | $4.43 |
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://www.about.us/doc/resources/ebooks/usTLD_Nexus_Requirements_Policy.pdf. Read on 2026-07-29.
Is a .us 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.us