TransIP

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. It is one of the very few operators to publish a per-TLD trustee price at all, and it removes the add-on automatically when you change the registrant address to a qualifying one. The service documentation is thin on what happens on cancellation beyond that, so confirm the contact reverts cleanly to yours, and note that the backing contact is an EU rather than a specifically national address. It offers no .eu trustee, which fits the pattern of registrars that publish trustee prices leaving .eu alone.

Restricted TLDs covered

.de, .fr, .it.

Where this provider appears

• .de local-presence comparison, with its fee, five-year total and exit terms in the table.
• .fr trustee comparison, with its fee, five-year total and exit terms in the table.
• .it trustee 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. Ratings are given per extension in each comparison table, weigh contract transparency, exit terms and holding structure ahead of price, and are not affected by affiliate arrangements because there are none.

Last checked September 2026. The assessment is editorial and based on the provider's published terms and public register data. Spotted something out of date? Email info@trusteeindex.com.