# Buy a domain

Search for a name, check the price for its ending, and buy it through UOVA so it connects to your published site. Includes the full price table.

## Before you start

- A paid plan. A Free account is refused at purchase.
- A published site to attach the domain to.
- A card, for Stripe checkout.

## Search and buy

1. **Open Domains** In the dashboard choose **Domains**, then **Buy a domain**. The dialog has three steps. You can also start from Site settings > **Domain**, the publish wizard, or the pages at [uova.com/domains](https://www.uova.com/domains).
2. **Search a name** Type a name such as `yourbusiness.com` and press **Search**. Each result shows a price with "/ year" and a **Choose** button, or **Taken**, **Couldn't check** or **Premium, not sold here**. **Couldn't check** means the lookup could not run right now, not that the name is taken. Try again.
3. **Choose the site** Step 2 asks "Which site should <domain> open?". Pick a published site and press **Review**.
4. **Confirm the price** Step 3, "Check the details, then pay on the next page.", lists **Domain**, **Opens**, **First year** and **Then each year**. It says that checkout shows the final price, which reflects any first year your plan includes (see the section on the included first-year domain below), and that nothing is charged until you pay there.
5. **Pay** Press **Continue to payment** and complete the Stripe checkout. If checkout cannot start, the dialog says "Checkout didn't start. Nothing was charged."

## What happens after payment

- UOVA registers the domain through its registrar, OpenSRS (Tucows), with WHOIS privacy on. There is no toggle for WHOIS privacy.
- You are the registrant. The registration uses the billing details you entered at checkout.
- Nameservers are set to `ns1.vercel-dns.com` and `ns2.vercel-dns.com`, so a bought domain uses the hosting provider's DNS. You add no records.
- The domain is attached to hosting so an SSL certificate is issued automatically.
- Auto-renew is switched on, and the expiry date is stored.

While this runs the row shows **Connecting**. Until a DNS check confirms that the domain points at UOVA's hosting, the row can show **Needs DNS**. The Domains page re-checks on its own while it is open, and **Check again** in the domain's drawer runs a check now. Then it shows **Connected**. A new domain is not primary yet. Choose **Make primary** so your uova.io address redirects to it.

If registration fails, a hard rejection by the registrar (the name was taken in a race, a premium price, a policy or syntax rejection) is refunded at once. A temporary failure is retried and refunded after 24 hours.

## Prices

Prices are in US dollars, per year. For every ending below, the first-year price equals the renewal price, and there is no introductory price. The live price is the one UOVA shows before checkout; this table is correct as of 2026-10-10.

| Ending | First year and renewal |
| --- | --- |
| .com | $20.99 |
| .net | $22.99 |
| .org | $19.99 |
| .io | $74.99 |
| .dev | $19.99 |
| .app | $22.99 |
| .ai | $119.99 |
| .info | $32.99 |
| .biz | $27.99 |
| .online | $49.99 |
| .shop | $41.99 |
| .blog | $34.99 |
| .club | $22.99 |
| .xyz | $19.99 |
| .pro | $32.99 |
| .cc | $16.99 |
| .top | $7.99 |
| .site | $42.99 |
| .store | $69.99 |
| .tech | $79.99 |
| .design | $64.99 |
| .studio | $51.99 |
| .art | $27.99 |
| .digital | $54.99 |
| .media | $54.99 |
| .agency | $38.99 |
| .cloud | $34.99 |
| .space | $42.99 |
| .website | $34.99 |
| .page | $16.99 |
| .link | $15.99 |
| .one | $22.99 |
| .solutions | $41.99 |
| .company | $29.99 |
| .group | $34.99 |
| .team | $47.99 |
| .services | $49.99 |
| .consulting | $54.99 |
| .global | $119.99 |
| .world | $54.99 |
| .live | $42.99 |
| .life | $47.99 |
| .social | $54.99 |
| .click | $18.99 |
| .fun | $49.99 |
| .rocks | $29.99 |
| .today | $38.99 |
| .news | $42.99 |

## The included first-year domain

One domain with a free first year comes with the annual Studio plan, the top public plan, for a registrar cost of at most $20. It is one per account, ever, and premium names are excluded. The checkout then shows a notice that the domain renews on its own one year later at the standard price, charged to the card you save there, and that you can cancel auto-renew before then. Check [How pricing works](https://www.uova.com/help/billing/how-pricing-works) and the [pricing page](https://www.uova.com/pricing) for the current terms and plan name.

## Limits

- UOVA prices and sells the 48 endings in the table. On the public search page, another ending is answered with "UOVA can't register <ending> domains yet. If you own one, connect it from your site's Domain settings." The transfer form says "We don't support <ending> transfers yet."
- Premium and registry-priced names are refused. UOVA says "This is a premium domain with special registry pricing.", that it cannot sell premium domains yet, and asks you to try a different name.
- Search is limited to 20 searches per minute per IP address, and the name must be at least 2 characters.
- A failed registration, renewal or transfer is refunded in full automatically (see [Refunds, taxes and invoices](https://www.uova.com/help/billing/refunds-taxes-invoices)).
- There is no email hosting, forwarding or DNS editor with a bought domain.

**The search says "Couldn't check". Is the name taken?**

Not necessarily. That answer means the lookup failed, never that the name is taken. Search again in a minute. If you press ahead anyway, the server answers "We can't confirm availability right now" and asks you to try again in a minute.

**Can I buy a domain before I publish?**

No. Purchase needs an already-published site.

**Can I buy an ending that is not in the table?**

UOVA has no price for it, so it is not offered. Register the name elsewhere and connect it (see [Connect a domain you own](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/connect-your-own-domain)).

**Will my domain renew by itself?**

Yes, auto-renew is on by default for domains bought through UOVA. See [Renew, transfer or remove a domain](https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/renew-transfer-remove).

Source: https://www.uova.com/help/build/domains/buy-a-domain