NameSilo LLC

NameSilo carved out its niche in the crowded domain industry by flipping the script on what customers expect from a registrar. While most domain companies make their money on surprise fees and costly add-ons, NameSilo built their entire business model around transparent pricing and free value-added services. Founded in 2010 with the explicit goal of offering "a simpler, cheaper and better alternative" to existing registrars, they've turned this philosophy into sustained growth that now spans over 6 million domains under management.

What makes NameSilo different isn't just their pricing — it's their approach to the entire customer experience. When you register a domain through NameSilo, you automatically get WHOIS privacy protection, DNS management, email forwarding, and their Domain Defender Protection service at no extra cost. These are services that most registrars charge $10-20 per year for each domain. It's a strategy that resonates particularly well with domain investors, developers, and small businesses who need to manage multiple domains without getting nickel-and-dimed on every feature.

The company operates as an ICANN-accredited registrar from their Phoenix headquarters, offering the full spectrum of domain services from registration and transfers to web hosting and SSL certificates. Their domain backorder service, enhanced through their 2019 acquisition of NamePal, allows customers to automatically attempt registration of domains as soon as they expire and become available again. This feature has become particularly valuable for domain investors looking to capture high-value expired domains.

NameSilo's growth trajectory tells the story of a company that found product-market fit early and executed consistently. They've grown from startup to managing over 6 million domains — a scale that places them among the top 10 domain registrars globally by volume. Their parent company, NameSilo Technologies Corp., trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange, providing the financial backing for continued expansion through strategic acquisitions and service development.

The registrar has earned industry recognition for their approach, winning the NamePros Registrar of the Year award in 2019. But perhaps more telling is their sustained growth in a market where many registrars compete primarily on price. NameSilo has proven that transparent pricing combined with genuinely useful free services can build lasting customer loyalty in the domain industry.