What is a domain name?

A domain name is the human-readable address of your website like scriptylabs.com. It points visitors to the server where your site lives, so they don't have to remember a numeric IP address.

Why do I need to buy a domain name?

A domain gives your brand a permanent, professional home on the web, matching email addresses, and credibility. It's the foundation everything else your site, store, and email — is built on.

What is a subdomain, and how does it work?

A subdomain is a prefix on your domain, like blog.yoursite.com or shop.yoursite.com. You can create them for free to organize different parts of your site, each pointing wherever you like.

How do I pick the right name?

Keep it short and memorable, lean on your brand or a clear keyword, avoid hyphens and numbers, and consider a local extension like .rw. Then run an availability search before you commit.

How do I transfer a domain to SCRIPTYLABS?

Already own a name elsewhere? Move it over in a few clicks — we chase the auth codes and keep your site online the whole way through. Transfers are a flat RWF 3,000 for any extension, and your DNS records come across intact.

Do I need hosting as well as a domain?

Your domain is your address; hosting is what keeps the site online at that address. You can get both here, including a free domain for the first year on eligible annual plans.

Can I change my domain later?

Your registered domain stays yours, but you can always register additional names and point them at the same site, or migrate to a new primary domain with redirects in place.

How long does a registration last?

Domains are registered in yearly terms from one up to ten years. Turn on auto-renew and we'll keep it active so you never lose the name you've built on.

Registeryour.rwdomainname

Every big idea needs a home. Claim your .rw name and start building today.

No first-year gimmicks

Register a .rw domain from RWF 9,900/yr

It renews at exactly the same price. No teaser rate for year one that quietly triples on renewal.

Simple to use

Search it, buy it, and point your DNS yourself — all online, in minutes. No forms to fill in and nobody to wait on.

Domain transfer

We made moving in easy — transfer any extension for a flat RWF 3,000.

Register a domain name from every .rw extension

Transparent pricing, straight from the registry. What you pay in year one is what you pay every year after.

Why us

Reasons to get a domain name at SCRIPTYLABS

A registrar run from Kigali, accredited by RICTA, with none of the upsell theatre.

All in one place

Domains, hosting, DNS, auctions, and billing behind one login. One dashboard, one invoice, one team to call.

Hi how can I help with your domain?

My .co.rw isn't resolving after I changed the A record.

Found it the record had a trailing space. Fixed, and it's live now.

Support from people who run the platform

Stuck on a record or a transfer? You reach our engineers in Kigali no bots, no scripted tier-one, no ticket ping-pong.

Order summary

yourname.co.rwRWF 9,900

WHOIS privacyFree

DNS managementFree

TotalRWF 9,900

Renews at RWF 9,900 — the same price

No hidden costs

What you see is what you pay. WHOIS privacy and DNS are free, the renewal price is shown before you check out, and it never differs from year one.

Uptime SLA

99.9%

All systems operational

Built for speed

Your records serve from a global anycast network, so a change you make in Kigali is answering queries worldwide seconds later.

RICTA-accredited registrar · registry data straight from source

How it works

From search to live in minutes

umuganda.rw

umuganda.rwRWF 14,900/yr

umuganda.co.rwRWF 9,900/yr

umuganda.org.rwTaken

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Find it, claim it

Search any .rw name and see what is free the moment you type. Checkout takes a minute — no forms to chase, no waiting on approval. The name is yours straight away.

Already have a domain?
Bring it to SCRIPTYLABS

Transfer in from any registrar for a flat RWF 3,000, whichever extension you hold. Your settings, your DNS, your email — all moved across.

We chase the auth code for you
Your DNS records come across intact
No downtime — the site keeps serving

Transfer your domain

your-name.co.rw

Transfer in progress · site still online

Testimonials

Loved by builders

4.9 / 5from 2,300+ builders

“We snagged the exact domain we'd been chasing for two years — won it at auction and had the site live the same afternoon.”
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Maya Okonkwo
Founder, Lumina

Next steps

Everything your new domain can plug into

The name is the starting point. Here is what it connects to, all under the same login.

Get your hosting plan

A domain needs somewhere to point. Our hosting runs on NVMe storage behind a global edge CDN, with free SSL and an uptime SLA.

See hosting plans

Build your website

Ship from GitHub in one click or start from WordPress. Staging, previews, and instant rollbacks come standard.

Explore services

Get a professional email

you@yourbrand.rw reads very differently to a free inbox. Set up mail on your domain from the same dashboard.

Set up email

Bid on a premium name

The name you want may already be taken — but it might be up for auction. Watch live .rw auctions and place a bid.

Browse auctions

Try more free domain tools

No account needed — these are open to anyone.

Domain name search

Check whether the name you want is free across every .rw extension, and see the price before you commit.

Check availability

Compare extensions

See first-year, renewal, and transfer pricing for every extension side by side — no fine print.

Compare prices

WHOIS domain lookup

Look up the owner, registrar, status, nameservers, and key dates for any .rw domain — live from RICTA's registry.

Look up a domain

Domain name search FAQs

Answers to common questions about finding and registering your domain.