Taiwan uses .tw, .com.tw, 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.
Gandi is the one registrar this site tracks that meets all three local conditions in Taiwan: a storefront in an official language, billing in TWD, and .tw for sale. Of the 10 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Gandi prints the lowest standing .tw price: TWD 744.00 incl. VAT. TWNIC accredits 18 registrars to sell .tw; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .tw in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Taiwan, not a recommendation in it.
Registrars accredited by TWNIC (Taiwan Network Information Center)
These 18 companies are accredited by the Taiwan registry to sell .tw, .台灣. Every column is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-29. Listed in the registry's own order.
Registrars accredited by TWNIC (Taiwan Network Information Center), with website and whether the registry lists each as supporting DNSSEC. No prices and no scores: none of these registrars has been tested by this site.
-the registry publishes no website for this registrar
Not published
0 of 18 are listed by the registry as supporting DNSSEC. “Not published” means the registry does not list that registrar as supporting it, which is not the same as the registrar not supporting it. 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 Chinese (Traditional) site, bill in TWD and sell .tw?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Taiwan 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. 1 of the 17 registrars below meets all three.
The English storefront was read and Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 and French and Spanish and Portuguese and Turkish and Ukrainian and Italian and Hungarian and Polish and Czech and Slovak and Croatian and Greek and Indonesian and Swedish and Danish and Finnish storefronts were read and Chinese (Traditional) was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
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; TWD has not been established either way.
The German and English and Italian storefronts were read and Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Dutch and German and English and Spanish and Portuguese and Italian and Polish storefronts were read and Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) 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 Chinese (Traditional) was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
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 .tw: TWNIC-accredited registrars, read from their own storefronts
Ten of the 18 受理註冊機構 on TWNIC's list were opened in a real browser, the Taiwanese retailers plus Gandi's Traditional Chinese storefront. Eight were read; Net-Chinese returned HTTP 502 and CloudMax a bot check. Only Gandi prints its .tw price in TWD with its tax treatment (taxes included); the local sites print NT$ or bare $ figures with no 含稅 or 未稅 wording.
Ordered by the standing .tw 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 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.
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Registrar
.tw standing price, incl. VAT
First year
Renewal
source
1
GGandiEnglish, Chinese storefront, bills in TWD
TWD 744.00as printed, Prices for 臺灣, Taxes included, in $ (TWD)
Ordered by the standing .tw 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 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 .tw price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
遠遠振資訊The page prints .tw at NT$ 680 / 年 (原價 NT$ 800) but states no tax treatment (含稅 or 未稅).
SSeednetThe page prints $800 元 for one year with no currency code (a bare $ with 元) and no tax treatment.
PPChome 買網址No standalone .tw figure is printed with a currency code or tax treatment.
PPUMO 捕夢網The .tw figure (600, first purchase per year) has no currency code and no tax treatment.
Not read on 2026-09-29: Net-Chinese (HTTP 502 on two attempts. Nothing read.); CloudMax (HTTP 403 with a "請稍候" bot-check page. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Its own language switcher offers Chinese (Traditional), an official language of Taiwan. The Chinese (Traditional) storefront itself has not been read. Bills in TWD. .tw REGISTRATION $744.00 per year; "Prices for 臺灣, Taxes included, in $ (TWD)" Sells .tw, and we hold a sourced price for it.
Ordered by our overall score where a registrar carries one. A registrar we have not tested can meet all three local conditions and is listed for it, without a score and never above a scored one.
does not bill in TWD; no Chinese (Traditional)-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 Taiwan: 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: Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
Local presence: No. Any domestic or foreign company, business or legally registered entity, and any natural person, may apply. New applications no longer require prior eligibility document review, but registrants must still comply with TWNIC's regulations.
DNSSEC: Signed at the root
IDN: .台灣 (.xn--kpry57d) and .台湾 (.xn--kprw13d) are delegated separately for Taiwan.
A foreign firm or organisation holding no Republic of China licence may file through an attorney or agent in Taiwan. TWNIC also operates a registry-gateway route used by overseas registrars.
Purpose: Taiwan's country code at the second level, open to companies and individuals.
Eligibility: No local presence requirement. TWNIC states any domestic or foreign company, business or legally registered entity, and any natural person, may apply. New applications no longer require prior eligibility document review, but registrants must still meet TWNIC's regulations.
Pricing fetched from each registrar's own pricing page on the date shown. Local registrars may bill in TWD and add VAT/GST/sales tax on top.
A foreign firm or organisation holding no Republic of China licence may file through an attorney or agent in Taiwan. TWNIC also runs a gateway route for overseas registrars. Pricing on .tw is flat across registration, renewal and transfer at the one registrar we track.
.com.tw
Last checked 2026-08-19
Purpose: Commercial third level, the standard identity for a Taiwanese company.
Eligibility: Open to domestic and foreign companies under TWNIC's regulations; the commercial category historically expects a registered business.
Tracked registrars that sell .com.tw
None of the registrars we track sell .com.tw at retail: see the local registrar list below.
No registrar we track sells .com.tw, so we hold no verified price. It is available through TWNIC accredited registrars and their resellers.
Namespace map
What you can register under .tw
The Public Suffix List records 10 registrable namespaces under .tw.
Registrable namespaces under .tw 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: Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) · .tw 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.
Registered directly under their root labels
The Public Suffix List records no delegated second-level namespaces under these delegations: a name is registered directly under the root label, at the second level, rather than under a category such as co. or org.
.台湾.xn--kprw13dTaiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)signed in the root zone
.台灣.xn--kpry57dTaiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)signed in the root zone
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 TWD.
Can a registrar we track handle Taiwan?
.tw is sold by 3 of the registrars whose prices we verify, renewing from $17.99: more than the cheapest verified .com at $10.18. .com.tw is not sold by anyone we verify, so it needs a local or specialist registrar.
At $17.99 a year, .tw is 53rd of 295 by price among the extensions we verify: $7.81 more than the cheapest verified .com. The local extension is a premium here, not a saving.
Taiwan 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 Taiwan compare. We list 18 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 New Taiwan Dollar (TWD), 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 Taiwan?+
Gandi is the one registrar this site tracks that meets all three local conditions in Taiwan: a storefront in an official language, billing in TWD, and .tw for sale. Of the 10 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Gandi prints the lowest standing .tw price: TWD 744.00 incl. VAT. TWNIC accredits 18 registrars to sell .tw; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .tw in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Taiwan, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .tw domain?+
No. Any domestic or foreign company, business or legally registered entity, and any natural person, may apply. New applications no longer require prior eligibility document review, but registrants must still comply with TWNIC's regulations.
Which global registrars sell .tw?+
Porkbun, Gandi, OVHcloud. A foreign firm or organisation holding no Republic of China licence may file through an attorney or agent in Taiwan. TWNIC also runs a gateway route for overseas registrars. Pricing on .tw is flat across registration, renewal and transfer at the one registrar we track.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Taiwan?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in New Taiwan Dollar (TWD). Global registrars bill in USD and Taiwanese cards generally work. Local providers invoice in New Taiwan dollars and issue a uniform invoice (統一發票), which is usually the deciding factor for a company buying locally.
What payment methods work in Taiwan?+
Global registrars bill in USD and Taiwanese cards generally work. Local providers invoice in New Taiwan dollars and issue a uniform invoice (統一發票), which is usually the deciding factor for a company buying locally.
