---
id: "domain-year"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "domain year"
language: "en"
category: "Pricing and business"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/domain-year/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/ano-dominio/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/domainjahr/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/annee-domaine/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/anno-dominio/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/ano-dominio/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/domennyy-god/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/yuming-nian/"
---

# domain year

A unit equal to one domain name registered or renewed for one year. A five-year registration counts as five domain years. Registry fees and ICANN's fee per transaction are charged for each yearly step, so the unit is used to measure sales and costs.

## related terms

- [wholesale price](https://tldlog.com/glossary/wholesale-price/)
- [renewal](https://tldlog.com/glossary/renewal/)
- [registration](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration/)
- [DUM](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domains-under-management/)