Philippines uses .ph, .com.ph, 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 2 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Hostinger prints the lowest standing .ph price: PHP 5,979.68 incl. VAT, computed from PHP 5,339.00 ex. VAT; PHP 4,149.00 first year. dotPH's own list of accredited registrars could not be read, so sellers are recorded from their own pages. Global registrars that sell .ph in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in the Philippines, not a recommendation in it.
Which registrars have a Filipino / English site, bill in PHP and sell .ph?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Philippines 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.
Offers PHP in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in PHP 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.
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 .ph: sellers read from their own storefronts
No registry list could be read (dot.ph refuses automated readers), so sellers were taken from pages that themselves offer .ph. Six storefronts were tried: Hostinger and Web.com.ph were read, dotPH, GoDaddy (en-ph) and Namecheap returned HTTP 403 bot walls, and Z.com and PhilWebServices showed no .ph offer. Only Hostinger prints its .ph price in pesos with its tax treatment (excluding VAT). Few local retail sellers of .ph were found.
Ordered by the standing .ph 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 12% 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 .ph 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 12% 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 .ph price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
WWeb.com.phThe page prints .ph at PH ₱2940 (US $35) for registration and renewal but states no VAT treatment.
Best options in Philippines
No registrar we track meets all three local conditions in Philippines.
Dynadot, NameSilo, Porkbun, Gandi, IONOS sell .ph, but none of them has been established to bill in PHP or to run a Filipino or English-language storefront. Where we have simply not checked, the table above says so rather than counting it against them.
For .ph 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 Philippines: 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.
Local presence: No Philippine residency requirement. The registrant must be an identifiable individual over 18 or a legally recognised statutory entity, and true, current, complete and accurate contact information is an absolute condition of registration.
DNSSEC: Signed at the root
IDN: No separate IDN ccTLD is delegated for the Philippines.
dotPH states it has registrants in more than 75 countries. Registration runs through accredited registrars; three of the registrars we track sell .ph and two sell .com.ph.
Purpose: The Philippines country code at the second level, open to individuals and organisations.
Eligibility: No Philippine residency requirement. The registrant must be an identifiable individual over 18 or a legally recognised entity, and contact details must be true, current and complete as a condition of registration.
Pricing fetched from each registrar's own pricing page on the date shown. Local registrars may bill in PHP and add VAT/GST/sales tax on top.
The registry, dotPH, states it has registrants in more than 75 countries. Registrations run through accredited registrars. Prices in the table below are the ones we fetched from each registrar's own pricing page; treat the renewal figure as the real cost, because .ph does not discount the way gTLDs do.
.com.ph
Last checked 2026-08-19
Purpose: Commercial third level, the conventional choice for a Philippine business.
Eligibility: Same registrant standard as .ph. No Philippine residency requirement for the commercial third level.
Pricing fetched from each registrar's own pricing page on the date shown. Local registrars may bill in PHP and add VAT/GST/sales tax on top.
Two of the registrars we track carry .com.ph. It prices slightly above .ph at both, which is unusual: for most ccTLDs the commercial third level is the cheaper string.
Namespace map
What you can register under .ph
The Public Suffix List records 8 registrable namespaces under .ph.
Registrable namespaces under .ph from the Public Suffix List, with which of the registrars this site tracks sell each one and the cheapest renewal price we have verified.
Operator: PH Domain Foundation · .ph signed in the root zone (2026-09-28)
A namespace no tracked registrar sells is not a namespace you cannot register: most country-code registries delegate to their own accredited registrars, listed above where we have the registry's list. It is also not a namespace anyone may register - registries reserve some for schools, government, health services or licensed providers, and this table states eligibility only where we read it from the registry itself.
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 PHP.
Can a registrar we track handle Philippines?
.ph is sold by 5 of the registrars whose prices we verify, renewing from $44.99: more than the cheapest verified .com at $10.18.
At $44.99 a year, .ph is 222nd of 295 by price among the extensions we verify: $34.81 more than the cheapest verified .com. The local extension is a premium here, not a saving.
Philippines ccTLDs and whether a registrar we verify sells each one
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 the Philippines 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 Philippine Peso (PHP), 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 Philippines?+
Of the 2 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Hostinger prints the lowest standing .ph price: PHP 5,979.68 incl. VAT, computed from PHP 5,339.00 ex. VAT; PHP 4,149.00 first year. dotPH's own list of accredited registrars could not be read, so sellers are recorded from their own pages. Global registrars that sell .ph in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in the Philippines, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .ph domain?+
No Philippine residency requirement. The registrant must be an identifiable individual over 18 or a legally recognised statutory entity, and true, current, complete and accurate contact information is an absolute condition of registration.
Which global registrars sell .ph?+
Dynadot, NameSilo, Porkbun, Gandi, IONOS. The registry, dotPH, states it has registrants in more than 75 countries. Registrations run through accredited registrars. Prices in the table below are the ones we fetched from each registrar's own pricing page; treat the renewal figure as the real cost, because .ph does not discount the way gTLDs do.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Philippines?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Philippine Peso (PHP). Global registrars bill in USD; Philippine cards work, with the issuing bank adding its FX margin. Local providers invoice in pesos and accept GCash, Maya, and local bank transfer, which matters more for accounting than for price.
What payment methods work in Philippines?+
Global registrars bill in USD; Philippine cards work, with the issuing bank adding its FX margin. Local providers invoice in pesos and accept GCash, Maya, and local bank transfer, which matters more for accounting than for price.
