---
title: NameSilo
slug: namesilo
url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/namesilo"
homepage: "https://www.namesilo.com/"
categories: domain-registrars, domain-api-providers
last_verified: 2026-11-07
dataset_version: 0738be72
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# NameSilo

> Flat renewals, free privacy and portfolio tooling for people holding hundreds.

- Prices close to cost, includes WHOIS privacy free, and charges about the same at renewal as at registration.
- Bulk tooling built for portfolio holders, not first-time buyers.
- The interface looks designed in 2012 and has not meaningfully changed.
- Either a problem or a feature, depending on how many domains you own.

## Identity

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Name | NameSilo |
| Company | NameSilo LLC |
| One-liner | Flat renewals, free privacy and portfolio tooling for people holding hundreds. |
| Site | https://www.namesilo.com/ |
| Docs | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Open source | No |
| Compared in | 2 |

## Where it is compared

### [Domain registrars](https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars)
Ranked **#4 of 15** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free WHOIS privacy | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-06-30 | https://www.namesilo.com/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--free_whois_privacy |
| DNSSEC | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--dnssec |
| DNS hosting | standard | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--dns_hosting |
| Email forwarding | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--email_forwarding |
| Bulk management | ● | Community-reported | - | - | One of the strongest bulk toolsets in the retail tier. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--bulk_management |
| TLDs offered | 500 TLDs | Inferred | - | - | Approximate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--tld_count |
| Public API | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--api_available |
| Support quality | 3 | Community-reported | - | - | Ticket-based, competent, not fast. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--support_responsiveness |
| .com first year | $12.99/yr | Inferred | - | - | Approximate; NameSilo runs few promotions on .com. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--com_first_year |
| .com renewal | $12.99/yr | Inferred | - | - | Approximate; flat pricing is the core pitch. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--com_renewal |
| Renewal jump | $0/yr | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--renewal_delta |
| At-cost pricing | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | Thin disclosed margin, with discounts that scale by portfolio size. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--at_cost_pricing |
| Fee transparency | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--icann_fee_transparency |
| .com.au renewal | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--au_renewal |
| Transfer-out friction | 2 | Community-reported | - | - | Auth code available in the dashboard after an account-level confirmation step. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--transfer_out_friction |
| Auth code delivery | dashboard-plus-email | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--epp_code_delivery |
| Registry lock | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--registry_lock |
| 2FA methods | totp | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--two_factor |
| .au accredited | ○ | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://auda.org.au/industry/registrars/accredited-au-registrars | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--au_accreditation |
| Account recovery | 3 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--account_recovery |
| Domains managed | 6 M | Community-reported | 2026-11-07 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NameSilo | Company announcement of January 2026 as reported by Wikipedia; the press release itself was not fetchable. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--domains_under_mgmt |
| Ownership | public-company | Community-reported | 2026-11-07 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NameSilo | NameSilo LLC is controlled by CSE-listed NameSilo Technologies Corp. (81.5% stake at 2018 acquisition); still issuing 2026 announcements. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--ownership |
| Upsell aggression | 1 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--upsell_aggression |
| Ad parking | ◐ | Community-reported | - | - | Free parking with revenue share is offered as an opt-in, not applied by default. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--parking_ads |
| Positioning | Flat renewals and portfolio tooling, at the cost of the interface. | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-registrars#namesilo--positioning |

**Verdict.** For portfolio holders: flat renewals and serious bulk operations behind a dashboard that aged without dignity.

### [Domain APIs](https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers)
Ranked **#7 of 15** on default weights.
| Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spend to first call | $0 up front | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | Key is issued immediately from the account page with no spend condition. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--min_spend_to_api |
| Sandbox / OTE | ● | Community-reported | - | - | A sandbox host with separate credentials is available; parity with production is not complete. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--sandbox_env |
| Reseller contract | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--reseller_contract |
| Min prepaid balance | $0 float | Inferred | - | - | Registrations draw on account funds; no minimum float is documented. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--min_prepaid_balance |
| ICANN accredited | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--icann_accredited |
| API auth | api-key | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | Key passed in the query string, so it ends up in access and proxy logs unless you proxy carefully. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--api_auth |
| TLDs offered | 500 TLDs | Inferred | - | - | Approximate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--tld_count |
| .au support | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--au_support |
| Register endpoint | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--register_api |
| Bulk availability | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | Comma-separated list of names in one call, returning available and unavailable sets. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--bulk_availability |
| Suggestion API | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--suggestion_api |
| Transfer in/out | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--transfer_api |
| DNS record API | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--dns_record_api |
| EPP code via API | ◐ | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | The retrieval call emails the code to the administrative contact instead of returning it in the response. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--epp_code_api |
| Auto-renew control | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--auto_renew_api |
| Webhooks / events | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--webhook_events |
| Contact model | reusable-handles | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | Contacts are account objects created once and associated with domains afterwards. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--contact_model |
| Privacy via API | free-and-default | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--privacy_api |
| Rate limit | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--rate_limit |
| Pricing basis | retail | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--pricing_basis |
| Renewal price in API | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.namesilo.com/api-reference | A prices call returns registration, renewal and transfer per TLD. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--renewal_price_api |
| .com renewal | $13.95/yr | Inferred | - | - | Approximate. | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--com_renewal_usd |
| MCP server | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--mcp_server |
| Machine-readable spec | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--openapi_spec |
| API since | 2012 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--api_since |
| Positioning | Low-margin retail registrar that treats API access and free privacy as table stakes. | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/domain-api-providers#namesilo--positioning |

**Verdict.** The most complete no-contract API here, held back by a query-string key and email-only auth codes.

## Alternatives

- [Dynadot](https://toolweight.com/tools/dynadot), Domainer-oriented registrar with strong bulk tools and a built-in marketplace.
- [Gandi](https://toolweight.com/tools/gandi), European registrar with huge TLD breadth and post-2023 premium pricing.
- [GoDaddy](https://toolweight.com/tools/godaddy), The default registrar for people who have never compared registrars.
- [Namecheap](https://toolweight.com/tools/namecheap), The mainstream cheap registrar: heavy first-year discounts, higher renewals.
- [Netim](https://toolweight.com/tools/netim), French registrar with unusually deep ccTLD coverage and corporate controls.
- [Porkbun](https://toolweight.com/tools/porkbun), Near-cost pricing with free privacy, SSL and forwarding, and a clean exit.
- [Synergy Wholesale](https://toolweight.com/tools/synergy-wholesale), Australian wholesale registrar, near-cost .au if you can open an account.
- [Cloudflare Registrar](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-registrar), At-cost registration bolted to Cloudflare DNS, no markup, ever.
- [Crazy Domains](https://toolweight.com/tools/crazy-domains), Australian bait pricing: single-digit first year, then several times that.
- [Direct EPP (own accreditation)](https://toolweight.com/tools/direct-epp), Become the registrar: ICANN accreditation plus an EPP client per registry
- [Hexonet](https://toolweight.com/tools/hexonet), Wholesale platform with 1,000+ TLDs, bulk checks and a free OT&E on signup
- [Hover](https://toolweight.com/tools/hover), Expensive, calm and upsell-free, with the best phone support in the category.

## Logo & brand colours

SVG files: https://toolweight.com/teams/namesilo/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/namesilo/mono.svg. JSON: https://toolweight.com/api/v1/brands/namesilo.

| Hex | oklch |
| --- | --- |
| #031b4e | oklch(24.3% 0.099 261.9) |

## Licence and attribution

Data from Toolweight (https://toolweight.com), licensed CC-BY-4.0.

- Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/namesilo
- Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/namesilo.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp
- Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.