A .vu domain costs $1.99, then $58.85 every year

A .vu domain is advertised at $1.99 and renews at $58.85. That is 30 times the price on the button, every year, for as long as you keep the name.

What it costs to keep

From Dynadot, the cheapest of the registrars we hold a figure from over 3 years. One registrar's price is not a market rate, and a premium or reserved name costs more than any figure here — the registry returns the same answer for one as for an ordinary free name, so every quote is a floor.

Why the advertised price is not the price

A registrar quotes the first year because that is the transaction it is trying to win. The registry sets the renewal, and it is the same at every registrar that sells .vu — so shopping around changes the first year and barely touches what the name costs you by its third birthday.

None of this is hidden. It is on the registrar's own page, below the number in the large type. dotsweep leads with it because it does not sell you the domain.

Are you allowed to register a .vu name?

Yes, and the .vu registry says so itself:

Any natural person or organization can register a .vu domain name.

Read from the .vu registry's own page on 2026-08-01. Quoted rather than summarised so you can check it. A registrar can still refuse a name for its own reasons, and a premium or reserved name is priced separately from anything on this page.

Is a .vu name free?

Availability comes from the registry 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, which is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.

curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.vu

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