Provider
TransIP
Dutch registrar in the team.blue group offering a .de trustee add-on at a flat €3 a year plus VAT, with the domain registered in the customer's name.
- Country
- Netherlands
- Legal form
- TransIP B.V. (team.blue group)
- Trust score
- 4 / 5
Our assessment
Cheap, transparent and it keeps you on the record: the domain is registered in your name, and a lawyer or notary in the EU is set up as the administrative contact in the background. The published price is a rare thing among these services. The service documentation is thin on what happens on cancellation beyond removing the add-on, so confirm the contact reverts cleanly to yours, and note that the backing contact is an EU rather than specifically German address.
Restricted TLDs covered
.de, .eu, .fr, .it.
Where this provider appears
- .de local-presence comparison, with its fee, five-year total and exit terms in the table.
What is checked
Per-TLD fees and five-year totals, the contract terms on surrender and transfer, the legal entity that becomes the registrant of record in each country, non-payment behaviour, and what shows in each registry's public lookup. Figures are published only once verified against the provider's current pricing, with a date. The trust score weighs contract transparency, exit terms and holding structure ahead of price, and is not affected by affiliate arrangements because there are none.
Last updated September 2026. The assessment is editorial and based on the provider's published terms and public register data. Spotted something out of date? Email [email protected].