Pricing, Renewals & Expiry
The price of a rented account depends on the length of its full name and its namespace category. NEAR Accounts shows the final price before you pay.
How Pricing Works
The length uses the full name, including the dot between the label and the TLA ID. The label is the part before the dot, and the TLA ID is the part after it. For example, ab.hos is 2 + 1 + 3 = 6 characters.
That total places the name in one of four length tiers:
| Total length | Tier |
| 5 or fewer characters | 1 |
| 6 characters | 2 |
| 7 to 8 characters | 3 |
| 9 or more characters | 4 |
The registry sets a USD price for each tier. The price is the tier price multiplied by the namespace category multiplier, then converted to NEAR at the registry rate. The NEAR amount may change when the registry rate changes.
The first rental also includes a 0.01 NEAR account creation deposit. This deposit is added only once, when the account is first rented.
Business TLAs
Business TLAs are not available to the public. They are handled on a case-by-case basis.
Namespace Categories
Each namespace has a category and multiplier:
| Category | Multiplier |
| Legendary | 5× |
| Premium | 3× |
| Standard | 1.5× |
| Community | None |
The checkout quote is always the price you pay.
Other Fees
| Fee | Amount |
| Account creation deposit | 0.01 NEAR, added only on the first rental |
| NEAR Accounts resale commission | None |
Other payment or marketplace services may charge their own fees.
Renew a Rented Account
You can renew before the current rental period ends. Renewing early adds time after the existing end date, so you do not lose time you already paid for.
When the paid period ends, the account enters a two-week Grace period. You can still renew it during those two weeks.
If You Do Not Renew
When Grace ends:
- You lose access to the rented account.
- The system that manages the lease can take back the account without a new signature from you.
- It can destroy or release the lease token. This is a non-fungible token (NFT), a unique digital token that represents the rental.
- The system sends NEAR and supported regular tokens (fungible tokens that can be exchanged one-for-one) covered by the lease rules to the address saved for payouts. It does not send them to House of Stake's treasury account.
- The rented name becomes available for someone else to rent.
Renew before Grace ends if you want to keep the account.
Read Get Started for payment options.
Top Level Account States
A Top Level Account, or TLA, moves through three states:
| State | What it means |
| Active | The TLA lease is current. |
| Grace | The paid period has ended. The current owner has two weeks to renew the TLA. |
| Expired | The two-week Grace period has ended. The House of Stake can reclaim the TLA and make it available again. |