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title: What is a registrar · Cloudflare Registrar docs
description: Cloudflare Registrar offers several advantages over other
  registrars, such as domain name registration renewal without markups fees. You
  only pay what is charged by registries and ICANN. Cloudflare Registrar also
  offers additional security features, such as free, one-click activation for
  Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), custom domain protection, and
  WHOIS redaction.
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Cloudflare Registrar offers several advantages over other [registrars](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name-registrar/), such as domain name registration renewal [without markups fees](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/). You only pay what is charged by registries and [ICANN](https://www.icann.org/). Cloudflare Registrar also offers additional security features, such as free, one-click activation for [Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/enable-dnssec/), [custom domain protection](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/custom-domain-protection/), and [WHOIS redaction](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/whois-redaction/).

You can buy your domain from Cloudflare Registrar or from a third party. Even when you buy it from a third party, you can manage your domain with Cloudflare to benefit from all the features Cloudflare offers.
