Fees
X1ID is designed to be simple: you pay once and own your handle forever. There are no renewals, no subscriptions, and no expiry dates. Here's the full picture.
One-time registration
Registering a handle is a single, one-time payment in XNT (X1's native token). After that, the handle is yours to keep — you never pay again to hold it.
Because there's no renewal, your handle can't lapse and can't be snatched by someone else because you missed a payment. That permanence is the whole point of a name people send money to.
Priced by length
Shorter names cost more. Here's the current price at every length — one payment to register, plus an optional one-time fee if you ever want to mint the handle as an NFT:
| Length | Tier | Register (one-time) | Mint as NFT (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 character | Legendary | 500,000 XNT | +20 XNT |
| 2 characters | Uncommon | 7,500 XNT | +15 XNT |
| 3 characters | Uncommon | 1,500 XNT | +10 XNT |
| 4 characters | Uncommon | 300 XNT | +3 XNT |
| 5 characters | Common | 75 XNT | +1 XNT |
| 6–9 characters | Common | 20 XNT | +0.75 XNT |
| 10+ characters | Common | 10 XNT | +0.5 XNT |
These are current launch prices — an introductory discount, about half the full price. Registration is a one-time cost, and that cost steps up over time: roughly +12.5 points of the full price each quarter, reaching the full tier price about a year after launch. Because you pay once and own the name forever, claiming earlier locks in a lower price — a name registered today never costs more later.
These prices are set on-chain and read live — the exact figure is always shown in the app before you confirm, so you never pay anything you haven't seen. Very short names (roughly 1–4 characters) and reserved words were set aside at launch and reach owners through the marketplace rather than direct registration (see below).
Premium & reserved names
Some names aren't available for ordinary registration — short names, brands, tickers, and well-known words were set aside at launch. These reach new owners through the marketplace (a listing or an auction) rather than by direct registration. If a premium name is what you want, look for it on app.x1id.io/marketplace.
The 2% marketplace fee
When a handle is sold on the X1ID marketplace, a 2% fee applies to the sale. If you're just registering and holding your own handle, this never touches you — it only applies when handles change hands through a sale.
Optional: turning your handle into an NFT
Turning your handle into an NFT is entirely optional and carries its own separate one-time fee (the "Mint as NFT" column above — also priced by length, and much smaller than registration). Most holders never need this — it exists for people who specifically want to trade their handle on standard NFT marketplaces. If you never mint, you never pay it. See the FAQ for what tokenizing does.
At a glance
| What | Cost | When |
|---|---|---|
| Register a handle | One-time, in XNT, priced by length (table above) | Once, when you claim it |
| Hold your handle | Free forever | No renewals, ever |
| Turn a handle into an NFT (optional) | Separate one-time fee (table above) | Only if you choose to |
| Sell a handle on the marketplace | 2% of the sale | Only when it sells |
Whatever you're about to pay is always shown in the app before you confirm. Nothing is charged without you approving it in your wallet first.