Namify Review for Domain Buyers and Renewals

Namify is a legitimate AI name and domain search tool from Radix, the registry that runs .tech, .store, .online, .site, .space, .website and .fun. It is good at one job: suggesting names that are still unregistered and pricing them on the spot. The catch for a buyer is renewal. When Namify shows a premium price on a Radix extension, Radix charges that premium again every year, so a $5,000 .tech is $5,000 a year, not $5,000 once.

Is Namify legit?

Yes. Namify is built by Radix, one of the larger new-extension registries, and it launched as Product Hunt's number one product of the day with more than 1,000 upvotes. Its site describes the team as having over 20 years in the domain industry and an ICANN-accredited registration path, and checkout is SSL encrypted. You only pay when you actually register a name, and a registered name sits in an account you control.

So the trust question is settled. The questions worth your time are what the name will cost over the years you keep it, and whether the name you liked is the strongest one your budget can buy.

Who owns Namify?

Namify belongs to Radix. Radix's own news page announced "Radix's Namify AI" when it topped Product Hunt. That matters because Radix earns money when you register one of its extensions, and the generator leans toward them in its suggestions. Namify now searches more than 300 extensions, including .com, .ai and .io, but the .tech, .store and .online results you see so often are Radix's own inventory.

How much does Namify cost?

The name generator is a search tool; the cost is the registration. Namify's pricing page lists these yearly figures, which it calls indicative, so the checkout can differ slightly by location.

Those are standard prices. Names the registry has flagged as premium are priced one by one, and that is where the real money sits.

Does Namify sell premium domains?

Yes, in the sense that it shows registry premiums when a name you search is one of them. Radix counts any name priced at $100 or more as a premium, and its premium names run from that floor into five figures a year. In the first half of 2025, trade publication Domain Name Wire reported 2,857 Radix premium registrations, with .fun and .tech leading and dozens of .tech names registered at $5,000 a year or more.

The detail most buyers miss is the renewal model. Domain Name Wire describes Radix as running a high-high model, where premium names carry the premium price not just for the first registration but at every renewal. A name that costs $2,500 on day one costs another $2,500 on its first anniversary, and every year after that.

What a Namify premium costs over five years

Put the yearly price next to a name you buy once and the gap opens fast. The aftermarket figures below assume a .com renewing at about $14 a year after purchase.

None of this makes a premium .tech a bad buy. A short .tech on a funded hardware startup can earn back $5,000 a year many times over. It just means you should budget it like rent, not like a purchase, and decide with the ten-year number in front of you.

What Namify does well

Credit where it is due. Namify is fast, its suggestions are relevant, and it checks domain availability, social handles and trademarks in one pass, which saves a founder an afternoon of tab switching. Its filters let you narrow by length and extension. Eligible registrations also come with a logo, so a side project can go from idea to a branded landing page the same evening.

For a standard-priced name on .online or .site at $24.99 a year, or a .tech at $49.99, Namify is a perfectly reasonable place to register. If the name you want is a registry premium, nobody else can sell it to you anyway, so the decision is only whether the yearly price is worth it.

Where Namify falls short for a serious brand

Namify only shows names that nobody has registered yet. Every short, real-word .com was taken years ago, so a generator cannot hand you one. What it gives you instead is a coined word on .com, or a real word on a newer extension, often at a premium. For many US companies, especially ones selling to enterprise or finance buyers, a newer extension is a harder sell than a plain .com or a .ai that reads as an AI product.

The other gap is negotiation. A registry price list is fixed. An aftermarket seller will often take an offer, and you pay once.

Namify or an aftermarket name, which should you buy?

If the aftermarket column describes you, our catalogue lists more than 540 priced names with the price on every card. AI founders usually start with the .ai domains for sale, product teams with our brandable domains, and anyone weighing the budget can check the real price bands in our guide to premium domain cost.

How to buy a premium domain without the renewal surprise

Before you click register on any premium, at Namify or anywhere else, open the renewal line and compare it with the first-year price. If they match, it is a registry premium on a recurring price. Check the transfer price too, because registry premiums usually charge the premium on transfer as well, so moving to a cheaper registrar later will not help.

Then put the ten-year total next to an aftermarket name you can own outright. If you would rather negotiate, our guide on how to make an offer on a domain name covers what sellers actually accept. Once the name is settled and the store is live, you can turn the product page into short UGC video ads for launch without booking a shoot.

What do you actually pay Namify for?

The search and name suggestions cost nothing to use. You pay when you register a domain, at the yearly price shown for that extension or at the premium price for a registry premium, and you pay the renewal every year after that.

Can I transfer a domain bought through Namify?

Yes, after the standard 60-day lock that applies to any newly registered domain. Namify's pricing page lists transfer prices that match registration for most extensions. A registry premium usually keeps its premium pricing at the new registrar, so transferring moves the bill rather than removing it.