The familiar address against its shorter, company-flavoured cousin. .com is cheaper in the first year, and over three years (S$53.79 against S$120.20).
.com and .co prices
From our current price list, in SGD. +VAT 5% where applicable. The order form always shows the price before you pay.
.com and .co prices in SGD; the lower price in each row is marked.
What applies before and after you register. We confirm anything special before you pay.
.com
Anyone, anywhere, for any purpose.
No HTTPS requirement from the registry, but every site should still use SSL.
.co
Anyone, with no local presence needed.
People often mistype it as .com, so many owners register both.
No HTTPS requirement from the registry, but every site should still use SSL.
SEO: does the extension matter?
Short answer: not for rankings. Content, links and site speed decide where you rank; the extension mostly affects trust, memorability and which country search engines assume you serve.
.com
A generic extension: no ranking advantage or penalty on its own. Search engines rank the content and the links, and let you target any country.
.co
A country code that Google treats as generic, like .com: it is not tied to one country in search results and gives no ranking boost on its own.
Myth check: no extension gets a hidden ranking bonus, and keyword extensions (like .shop or .tech) do not rank better for that keyword. Switching an established site to a new extension costs time while search engines re-learn it, so choose well up front.
Our verdict, by kind of site
Based on what each extension signals to visitors and its three-year cost at today’s prices.
Startup or SaaS product.comBoth fit equally well; .com costs less over three years at today’s prices.
Local business.com.com is what local customers expect; .co reads as less local.
Tech or developer project.com.com signals a technical product or team at a glance; .co is less specific.
Online shop.com.com tells shoppers they can buy here or is the address they trust most; .co fits a shop less naturally.
Non-profit or community.com.com is the better fit for an organisation or community; .co reads as more commercial or technical.
Personal brand or portfolio.com.com reads naturally as a personal name or portfolio; .co is less personal.
.com vs .co: questions and answers
.com is cheaper in the first year (.com S$17.93, .co S$23.92). Renewals are S$17.93 and S$48.14 a year, so three years cost S$53.79 for .com and S$120.20 for .co, in SGD before VAT where it applies.
No extension ranks better on its own. Pick the one your visitors will remember and trust.
.com: Anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. .co: Anyone, with no local presence needed.
If the name is your brand, yes: register your main extension and point the other to it. It stops look-alike sites and catches visitors who type the other one. Both together cost S$41.85 for the first year.
Yes. A transfer costs S$17.93 for .com and S$48.14 for .co, and usually adds a year to the registration. Unlock the domain, get the transfer code from your current registrar and start from our domain transfer page.