Greece uses .gr, .com.gr, .ελ, open to registrants worldwide. Below: who operates each namespace, what its rules actually constrain, the accredited local registrars, and how global registrars compare on price where we hold a sourced figure.
Of the 9 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, 1HOST prints the lowest standing .gr price: €11.25 a year incl. VAT, computed from €18.15 for 2 years ex. VAT, then Papaki at €18.54 a year incl. VAT, computed from €29.90 for 2 years ex. VAT; €7.50 for the first 2 years. FORTH-ICS accredits 326 registrars to sell .gr; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .gr in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Greece, not a recommendation in it.
Registrars accredited by FORTH-ICS (.gr Registry); registrar register kept by EETT
These 326 companies are accredited by the Greece registry to sell .gr, .ελ. Every figure below is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-29.
FORTH-ICS (.gr Registry); registrar register kept by EETT publishes 326 registrars under contract for .gr, .ελ. Of those, it lists 0 as offering DNSSEC.
We have not tested any of these registrars, so nothing here carries a price, a score or a ranking. Comparing them on price and service is work we have not done, and saying which is better would be invention.
Which registrars have a Greek site, bill in EUR and sell .gr?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Greece rather than merely to the world from it: an interface in an official language, billing in the local currency, and selling the local namespace. All three must hold. No registrar we track currently meets all three here.
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefronts were read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All prices are in USD" is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, so this is a recorded 'no' on every non-USD currency rather than an absence.
The English storefronts were read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Nine currencies in the selector, which is more than any other registrar tracked here. Whether the card is charged in the selected currency or in USD after a conversion is NOT established: https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/change-currency was read on the same date and says nothing about how charges are made or about an exchange rate. Until that is established these do not pass the currency condition, because the condition exists to protect a buyer from a conversion fee and a display-only currency does not.
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All pricing is per year and in USD." is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, as Porkbun's is; recorded as a 'no' on every non-USD currency.
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The French and English and Spanish storefronts were read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The German and English and Italian storefronts were read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Thirteen currencies in the selector (AU$, R$, CA$, ¥, €, £, ₹, MX$, ₱, ﷼, ฿, ₺, USD $). Whether the card is charged in the selected currency is not established by the page, so none passes the currency condition.
The French and Dutch and German and English and Spanish and Portuguese and Italian and Polish storefronts were read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Greek was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
No registrar tracked here is recorded as selling .gr.
Nofails one condition
A dash is ignorance, not a failing grade: it means we have not established that condition either way. Several registrars render their language and currency switchers in JavaScript, which the read behind this table cannot see, so we record nothing rather than a false “no”. A currency that appears only in a display selector does not count as billing in that currency, because a converted price charged in dollars is exactly the case this condition exists to catch.
Where to buy a .gr: FORTH-ICS-accredited registrars, read from their own storefronts
Nine .gr registrars from the 326 on EETT's register of .gr registrars were opened on 2026-09-29, plus Hostinger's Greek page. Greek price lists sell .gr per 2-year term; two print that 2-year price with its tax treatment and are ranked by the computed yearly equivalent: Papaki ("€7.5/2 έτη", renewal "€29.9/2 έτη", without ΦΠΑ 24%) and 1HOST (18.15 € per 2 years, VAT excluded). DNHOST and HostPlus print 2-year .gr prices without ΦΠΑ wording, and DomainMarket, Novahost and dnames.gr printed no .gr figure on the pages read.
Ordered by the standing .gr price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 24% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
Ordered by the standing .gr price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 24% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
Read, not ranked
A local-language storefront, but no .gr price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
DDNHOSTThe .gr price is printed per 2-year term (the page's own Διάρκεια / έτη wording), not per year, so no yearly .gr price is established. The page also prints no ΦΠΑ wording.
HHostPlusThe .gr price is printed per 2-year term (the page's own Διάρκεια / έτη wording), not per year, so no yearly .gr price is established. The page also prints no ΦΠΑ wording.
GGandiThe page is priced for France, not for a Greek buyer.
Not read on 2026-09-29: dnames.gr (The page rendered no readable text and no document language.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Best options in Greece
No registrar we track meets all three local conditions in Greece.
No registrar we track is recorded as selling .gr at all, so the namespace condition fails before language or currency is reached.
For .gr itself, the registry’s own accredited registrars are the route, and they are listed on this page above. We have not tested them, so we name them rather than rank them.
does not bill in EUR; does not sell .gr; no Greek-language storefront established
Verified .com renewal of $11.08. Not the cheapest .com we verify: Spaceship renews at $10.18, 9% less. Porkbun is the pick here for catalogue breadth, not for price. WHOIS privacy: free, included by default.
Buying a gTLD through an English-language registrar that bills in dollars is a real and common choice, so it is named with the trade stated rather than dropped. It is not a recommendation in Greece: the conditions it misses are in the column above.
Business use, globally
Namecheap
Support channels: 24/7 live chat, ticket support, knowledge base.
Developers, globally
Cloudflare Registrar
Industry-leading anycast DNS with deep developer tooling. Public API documented.
These two are the site’s global picks and are the same on every country page, which is why they are labelled globally and sit outside the table above. Nothing about a registrar’s API or its support channels changes at a border; what does change is language, billing currency and whether it can sell the local namespace, and that is what the eligibility table measures.
Policy authority: Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT)
Local presence: No. Any natural or legal person may register, subject to declaring that the registration knowingly does not infringe third-party rights. Allocation is first come, first served, with no cap on names per holder.
DNSSEC: Signed at the root
IDN: .ελ (punycode .xn--qxam) is delegated separately as Greece's Greek-script ccTLD.
The registry is operated by the Institute of Computer Science at FORTH; EETT sets policy and licenses the registrars. Second-level names on EETT's list of geographical terms, and anything under .gov.gr, are reserved for government and local-government bodies.
Purpose: Greece's country code, the standard identity for Greek businesses and organisations.
Eligibility: Open. Any natural or legal person may register, subject to declaring that the registration knowingly does not infringe third-party rights. No nationality or residency requirement.
Tracked registrars that sell .gr
None of the registrars we track sell .gr at retail: see the local registrar list below.
The registry is run by the Institute of Computer Science at FORTH; policy is set by EETT, the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission, which also publishes the licensed registrar list. First come first served is the governing rule and there is no limit on names per holder. Second-level names on EETT's list of geographical terms, and anything under .gov.gr, are reserved for government bodies.
.ελ
Last checked 2026-08-19
Purpose: Greece's internationalised ccTLD in Greek characters, delegated separately from .gr.
Eligibility: Same open eligibility as .gr, registered through the same licensed registrars.
Tracked registrars that sell .ελ
None of the registrars we track sell .ελ at retail: see the local registrar list below.
A distinct IANA delegation (punycode .xn--qxam), not an alias of .gr. Registering one does not give you the other.
Namespace map
What you can register under .gr
The Public Suffix List records 5 registrable namespaces under .gr.
Registrable namespaces under .gr from the Public Suffix List, with which of the registrars this site tracks sell each one and the cheapest renewal price we have verified.
Namespace
.com.gr
.edu.gr
.gov.gr
.net.gr
.org.gr
Operator: ICS-FORTH GR · .gr signed in the root zone (2026-09-28)
Registered directly under the root label
The Public Suffix List records no delegated second-level namespaces under this delegation: a name is registered directly under the root label, at the second level, rather than under a category such as co. or org.
Verified and sample pricing per registrar for this TLD, with first-year, renewal, ten-year cost and the date each figure was checked
Registrar
First-year
Renewal
10-year cost
WHOIS privacy
Last checked
(verified price)
Spaceship
$9.08
$10.18
$100.70
Free
2026-09-02
(verified price)
Dynadot
$10.88
$10.88
$108.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Porkbun
$11.08
$11.08
$110.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
OVHcloud
$9.20
$14.69
$141.41
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
AAmazon Route 53
$16.00
$16.00
$160.00
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-29
(verified price)
NNameSilo
$17.29
$17.29
$172.90
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Namecheap
$11.28
$18.48
$177.60
Free, with exceptions
2026-08-19
(verified price)
Hover
$18.99
$18.99
$189.90
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
(verified price)
NName.com
$12.99
$19.99
$192.90
Available (Whois Privacy) o…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
IONOS
$1.00
$20.00
$181.00
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-29
(verified price)
Gandi
$11.00
$38.38
$356.42
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
Compared across the 11 registrars whose .com price we have read ourselves.
Most global registrars price domains in USD; local registrars often invoice in EUR.
Can a registrar we track handle Greece?
No registrar whose prices we verify sells any of the ccTLDs on this page, so a local or specialist registrar is the only route to them. A global registrar can still hold the .com, which renews from $10.18 at the cheapest seller we verify: many owners here run both.
Greece ccTLDs and whether a registrar we verify sells each one
ccTLD
Sellers we verify
Cheapest verified renewal
vs cheapest .com
.gr
0
Local registrar only
-No value recorded
.ελ
0
Local registrar only
-No value recorded
Renewals are all-in and per year, at the cheapest registrar we verify for that extension, checked 2026-09-29. The .com reference is the cheapest verified .com renewal ($10.18). "Listed" counts registrars our country notes record as selling the extension without a price we have read ourselves.
What this page does not tell you: how the registrars based in Greece compare. We list 326 of them by name only, no prices, no scores, no hands-on testing, so any claim here that a local registrar is cheaper, better supported or easier to pay would be invention. Where local billing in Euro (EUR), local-language support, or a registry rule requires a local registrar, that is a reason to use one, and comparing them is work we have not done.
FAQ
What is the best domain registrar in Greece?+
Of the 9 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, 1HOST prints the lowest standing .gr price: €11.25 a year incl. VAT, computed from €18.15 for 2 years ex. VAT, then Papaki at €18.54 a year incl. VAT, computed from €29.90 for 2 years ex. VAT; €7.50 for the first 2 years. FORTH-ICS accredits 326 registrars to sell .gr; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .gr in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Greece, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .gr domain?+
No. Any natural or legal person may register, subject to declaring that the registration knowingly does not infringe third-party rights. Allocation is first come, first served, with no cap on names per holder.
Which global registrars sell .gr?+
None of the registrars we track sell .gr at retail. The registry is run by the Institute of Computer Science at FORTH; policy is set by EETT, the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission, which also publishes the licensed registrar list. First come first served is the governing rule and there is no limit on names per holder. Second-level names on EETT's list of geographical terms, and anything under .gov.gr, are reserved for government bodies.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Greece?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Euro (EUR). Greek registrars invoice in euro with Greek VAT applied. Global registrars bill in USD, so a Greek buyer takes an FX spread on gTLDs but usually still pays less at renewal than a local reseller charges.
What payment methods work in Greece?+
Greek registrars invoice in euro with Greek VAT applied. Global registrars bill in USD, so a Greek buyer takes an FX spread on gTLDs but usually still pays less at renewal than a local reseller charges.
