Nigeria uses .ng, .com.ng, 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 8 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, none printed a .ng price together with its currency and tax treatment, so no local registrar is ranked; each is listed below with what its page showed. NiRA's own list of accredited registrars could not be read, so sellers are recorded from their own pages. Global registrars that sell .ng in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Nigeria, not a recommendation in it.
Which registrars have a English site, bill in NGN and sell .ng?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Nigeria 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.
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.
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.
Read billing in EUR and PKR and BRL and ARS and COP and TRY and INR and UAH and PLN and CZK and IDR and PHP and SEK and DKK; NGN has not been established either way.
No registrar tracked here is recorded as selling .ng.
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 .ng: sellers read from their own storefronts
NiRA's accredited registrar list could not be read (502 and timeouts), so eight Nigerian sellers were chosen by market presence and opened on 2026-09-29. SmartWeb, DomainKing and GoDaddy refused the read, Whogohost redirected to a login page, and Web4Africa now redirects to HostAfrica. QServers, HostAfrica and Truehost print .ng in naira, but none states whether 7.5% VAT is included, so no store is ranked.
Ordered by the standing .ng 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 7.5% 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 .ng price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
WWeb4AfricaThe address now redirects to HostAfrica; the .ng figure there (₦17,500) carries no VAT treatment.
QQServersThe page prints .ng at ₦13,500 but states no VAT treatment.
TTruehost NigeriaThe page prints .ng "From ₦9,000.00" with no VAT treatment and no regular or renewal figure.
HHostAfricaThe page prints .ng at ₦17,500 but states no VAT treatment.
Not read on 2026-09-29: Whogohost (The domain names address redirected to the control panel login (panel.whogohost.com), and the home page timed out on 2026-09-29. No prices read.); SmartWeb (A timeout, then HTTP 502, on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.); DomainKing (HTTP 502 on both reads on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.); GoDaddy (HTTP 403 "Access Denied" on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Best options in Nigeria
No registrar we track meets all three local conditions in Nigeria.
No registrar we track is recorded as selling .ng at all, so the namespace condition fails before language or currency is reached.
For .ng itself, the registry’s own accredited registrars are the route, and they are listed on this page where the registry publishes them. We have not tested them, so we name them rather than rank them.
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 Nigeria: 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: Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA)
Local presence: Depends on the second level. Closed second-level domains are restricted to Nigerian citizens of the age of majority and permanent residents ordinarily resident in Nigeria; citizens abroad must still supply a Nigerian contact address. Open second levels, including .com.ng, are broader.
DNSSEC: Signed at the root
IDN: No separate IDN ccTLD is delegated for Nigeria.
NiRA operates a strict registry-registrar-registrant model and does not register names for end users. Every application must be submitted by an active NiRA-certified registrar.
Purpose: Nigeria's country code at the second level.
Eligibility: Mixed. Closed second-level domains are restricted to Nigerian citizens of the age of majority and permanent residents ordinarily resident in Nigeria; citizens abroad must still supply a Nigerian contact address. Open second levels are broader.
Tracked registrars that sell .ng
None of the registrars we track sell .ng at retail: it's available only through registry-accredited registrars (see Local registry and rules above for the official list).
NiRA operates the 3R model and does not accept registrations directly from registrants. Applications must be submitted by an active NiRA-certified registrar, whose current list NiRA publishes.
.com.ng
Last checked 2026-08-19
Purpose: Commercial second level, the most widely used Nigerian business identity.
Eligibility: One of the open second levels, and the practical route for registrants who do not meet the closed-SLD residency test.
Tracked registrars that sell .com.ng
None of the registrars we track sell .com.ng at retail: it's available only through registry-accredited registrars (see Local registry and rules above for the official list).
Not sold by any registrar we track; use a NiRA-certified registrar.
Namespace map
What you can register under .ng
The Public Suffix List records 10 registrable namespaces under .ng.
Registrable namespaces under .ng 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.ng
.edu.ng
.gov.ng
.i.ng
.mil.ng
.mobi.ng
.name.ng
.net.ng
.org.ng
.sch.ng
Operator: Nigeria Internet Registration Association · .ng signed in the root zone (2026-09-28)
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 NGN.
Can a registrar we track handle Nigeria?
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.
Nigeria ccTLDs and whether a registrar we verify sells each one
ccTLD
Sellers we verify
Cheapest verified renewal
vs cheapest .com
.ng
0
Local registrar only
-No value recorded
.com.ng
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 Nigeria compare. We do not track a single registrar based there, so any claim here that a local registrar is cheaper, better supported or easier to pay would be invention. Where local billing in Nigerian Naira (NGN), 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 Nigeria?+
Of the 8 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, none printed a .ng price together with its currency and tax treatment, so no local registrar is ranked; each is listed below with what its page showed. NiRA's own list of accredited registrars could not be read, so sellers are recorded from their own pages. Global registrars that sell .ng in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Nigeria, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .ng domain?+
Depends on the second level. Closed second-level domains are restricted to Nigerian citizens of the age of majority and permanent residents ordinarily resident in Nigeria; citizens abroad must still supply a Nigerian contact address. Open second levels, including .com.ng, are broader.
Which global registrars sell .ng?+
None of the registrars we track sell .ng at retail. NiRA operates the 3R model and does not accept registrations directly from registrants. Applications must be submitted by an active NiRA-certified registrar, whose current list NiRA publishes.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Nigeria?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Nigerian Naira (NGN). NiRA-certified registrars invoice in naira. Nigerian cards face international spending limits at many banks, which is a real constraint when paying a USD-billing global registrar for gTLDs.
What payment methods work in Nigeria?+
NiRA-certified registrars invoice in naira. Nigerian cards face international spending limits at many banks, which is a real constraint when paying a USD-billing global registrar for gTLDs.
