Search it. See the truth. Register it.
Live availability across 45+ extensions — with the renewal price printed next to every result, not discovered next year.
Every registration includes
From search to live in minutes
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Confirm the name
Results come straight from the registries — what reads available is available.
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Choose your years
One to ten years up front. Privacy stays on by default where supported.
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Take the keys
The domain appears in your panel with DNS, Shield and forwarding ready to configure.
Registration questions
How do I register a new domain?
Search the name above, pick the extension you want from the live results, choose how many years, and pay. That is the entire process — the domain is created at the registry immediately and appears in your control panel with DNS ready before your card receipt arrives.
How accurate are the search results?
Results come from live registry data — DNS delegation plus the registries' own RDAP services — so an "available" verdict reflects this moment, not a cached guess. A handful of country registries don't expose real-time data; those results say so honestly and get final confirmation at checkout instead of a false promise.
Which extensions can I register at Hostrena?
Forty-five and counting, across four families: the classics (.com, .net, .org), tech favourites (.io, .ai, .dev, .app, .cloud), commerce and brand extensions (.store, .shop, .online, .studio) and country codes from .us to .sa. New extensions join the catalog regularly — the pricing page is always the live list.
What does the renewal price next to each result mean?
It is what year two costs. First-year prices are often promotional — the registry's way of getting names into use — while the renewal is the steady-state price you'll actually live with. We print both on every result card so the decision you make today is the same one you'd make next year.
Is WHOIS privacy really free?
Yes — permanently, not as a first-year teaser. On every extension whose registry permits proxy data, privacy is on by default and never appears as a line item. A few country registries require the real registrant in the public record; those are marked in the pricing table so nothing surprises you.
Can I register several extensions of the same name at once?
Yes, and for a brand it is usually the right move: securing mybrand.com plus the .net and your local country code costs less than one trademark dispute. Search once, claim each result you want — they queue into one checkout and land in the same panel.
How quickly is a new domain active?
The registration itself is instant. DNS starts answering from our anycast network within minutes, and most of the internet sees your records inside the first hour. Full worldwide propagation can take up to 24–48 hours in stubborn corners, but in practice you will be building long before that.
Can I register a domain without buying hosting?
Of course. A domain at Hostrena is a complete product on its own — DNS, forwarding, email aliases and the Shield all work without any hosting plan. Point it at hosting anywhere, forward it somewhere useful, or hold it for the project you have not started yet.
What do restricted extensions require?
Some country codes ask for proof of local presence: .sa wants a Saudi commercial registration or national ID, .us requires a US nexus, a few European codes want a local contact address. When you pick a restricted extension we list exactly what the registry needs and walk the documents through with you — typical approval runs one to three business days.
Can I change my registrant details after registration?
Yes, from the panel. Name, organisation, email and address are all editable; material changes to the registrant trigger a confirmation email to both old and new addresses — an ICANN safeguard, not bureaucracy for its own sake. Keep the registrant email accurate above all else: it is the address that proves ownership.
Can I turn on auto-renewal when I buy?
Yes — it is a single toggle at checkout, and you can flip it any time afterwards per domain. With it on, we renew the domain ahead of expiry against your saved payment method and email you beforehand, so the only way to lose the name is to decide to.
Can I use my own nameservers from day one?
Yes. During or right after registration you can replace our nameservers with any others — your hosting provider's, Cloudflare's, your own glue-record setup. The domain does not care where its DNS lives, and switching back later takes the same thirty seconds.
Does a domain come with email?
It comes with free email forwarding — aliases like [email protected] that deliver into whatever inbox you already use — plus full MX control for connecting any mail service. Actual hosted mailboxes with storage are a separate product: our email hosting plans start at $1.49 a month and pair naturally.
Do you send renewal reminders?
Four of them: 30, 15, 7 and 1 day before expiry, to the registrant email, each stating the exact renewal price. If auto-renew is on, you instead get a heads-up before the charge. Losing a domain to silence is the oldest tragedy in this industry, and it is an entirely solved problem.
Can I extend my registration period later?
Any time. Renewing early adds years to the existing expiry date — nothing is lost or reset — up to the ten-year maximum most registries allow. Plenty of owners top up to the cap whenever the name becomes important; it is the cheapest insurance a brand can buy.
What makes a good domain name?
Short enough to say over a phone call, spelled the way it sounds, no hyphens for people to forget. If the exact word is taken, a confident modifier beats a mangled spelling — getmybrand.com ages better than mybr4nd.com. And when the .com is gone, a sharp .io or .store you love beats a .com you have to apologise for.
Not finding the right name? The full price table lists every extension we carry — browse all extensions