# DreamHost

Source: https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars/dreamhost (also as .json)

DreamHost is a Los Angeles web host and domain registrar founded in 1996 by four Harvey Mudd College students. It is known for its open-source roots (the Ceph storage project started there) and includes free WHOIS privacy for the life of every domain it registers.

- Website: https://www.dreamhost.com
- Legal name: New Dream Network, LLC
- Headquarters: Brea, California, United States
- Founded: 1996
- Founders: Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez, Sage Weil
- Ownership: Private
- Employees: About 200 (2016)
- Customers: Close to 400,000 customers (2016)
- Type: Web host that registers domains
- ICANN accreditation: Not ICANN-accredited
- Site languages: English
- API: Integrated. Integrated with Lemon Domains (https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/217560167-API_overview)

## Services and extensions (checked October 2026)

- Domain registration, DNS hosting, Email hosting, Web hosting, SSL certificates, Website builder
- Extensions sold: over 400
- Sells, among others: .com .ai
- WHOIS privacy: Included at no extra cost
- Price list: https://www.dreamhost.com/domains/pricing/

## Support

- Channels: Live chat, Email or tickets, Help center
- Hours: 24/7 live chat in English and Spanish; phone callbacks as a paid add-on
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Contact: https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/218084068-Contacting-support-overview

## Reviews

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5 from about 8,100 reviews on Trustpilot, checked October 2026: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.dreamhost.com

## Sources

- https://www.dreamhost.com/features/private-registration/
- https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215027768-Contacting-DreamHost-via-Live-Chat
- https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215721217-Does-DreamHost-offer-phone-support
- https://www.dreamhost.com/domains/

## DreamHost history

- 1996: Founded by four Harvey Mudd College students in Claremont, California.
- 1997: Starts hosting customer websites.
- 2012: Spins off Inktank to support the Ceph storage system; Red Hat buys Inktank in 2014.
- 2014: Spins off Akanda.

## Domain management features (confirmed)

- DNSSEC
- Two-factor sign-in

## Payments and programs

- Payment methods: Credit and debit cards, PayPal, Prepaid account balance

## Company sources (checked October 2026)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamHost
- https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215202687-Payment-methods
- https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003330492-Billing-DomReg-FAQs
- https://www.dreamhost.com/features/private-registration/

## Every extension on DreamHost's price list (391, read October 2026 from https://www.dreamhost.com/domains/pricing/)

.academy .accountant .actor .agency .ai .airforce .am .apartments .archi .army .art .asia .associates .at .attorney .auction .audio .band .bar .barcelona .bargains .bayern .beer .berlin .best .bid .bike .bio .biz .black .blackfriday .blog .blue .boutique .build .builders .business .buzz .bz .ca .cab .cafe .camera .camp .capital .cards .care .careers .casa .cash .casino .catering .cc .center .ceo .chat .cheap .christmas .church .city .claims .cleaning .click .clinic .clothing .cloud .club .co .co.nz .co.uk .coach .codes .coffee .college .com .com.co .community .company .computer .condos .construction .consulting .contractors .cooking .cool .coupons .courses .creditcard .cruises .dance .dating .de .deals .degree .democrat .dental .dentist .design .dev .diamonds .diet .digital .direct .directory .discount .diy .doctor .dog .domains .download .earth .education .email .energy .engineer .engineering .enterprises .equipment .es .estate .eu .events .exchange .expert .exposed .express .fail .faith .family .fans .farm .fashion .film .finance .financial .fish .fishing .fit .fitness .flights .florist .flowers .fm .food .football .forsale .forum .foundation .fr .fun .fund .furniture .futbol .fyi .gallery .game .games .garden .gay .gift .gifts .gives .glass .global .gmbh .gold .golf .graphics .gratis .green .gripe .group .guide .guitars .guru .haus .healthcare .help .hiphop .hockey .holdings .holiday .horse .hospital .host .hosting .house .how .immo .immobilien .in .inc .industries .info .ink .institute .insure .international .investments .io .irish .jewelry .kim .kitchen .kiwi .la .land .law .lawyer .lease .legal .lgbt .life .lighting .limited .limo .link .live .loan .loans .lol .london .love .ltd .management .market .marketing .mba .me .me.uk .media .melbourne .men .menu .miami .mobi .moda .mom .money .mortgage .movie .music .name .navy .net .net.co .net.nz .network .news .ninja .nl .nom.co .nyc .okinawa .one .onl .online .org .org.nz .org.uk .paris .partners .parts .party .pet .photo .photography .photos .physio .pics .pictures .pink .pizza .plumbing .plus .poker .porn .press .pro .productions .promo .properties .property .pub .quebec .racing .recipes .red .rehab .reisen .rent .rentals .repair .report .republican .rest .restaurant .review .reviews .rip .rocks .rodeo .run .sale .salon .school .schule .science .services .sex .shoes .shop .shopping .show .singles .site .ski .soccer .social .software .solar .solutions .soy .space .store .stream .studio .study .style .supplies .supply .support .surf .surgery .sydney .systems .tattoo .tax .taxi .team .tech .technology .tel .tennis .theater .tienda .tips .today .tokyo .tools .top .tours .town .toys .trade .training .tube .tv .uk .university .uno .us .vacations .vegas .ventures .vet .viajes .video .villas .vip .vision .vodka .vote .voyage .watch .webcam .website .wedding .wiki .win .wine .work .works .world .ws .wtf .xxx .xyz .yoga .yokohama .zone

## Transferring a domain away from DreamHost

Unlock the domain on the Manage Domains page, then open Transfer Domains, choose the transfer away from DreamHost link and click Reveal Auth Code. For some extensions the code is emailed to the registrant instead.

Part of the list of domain registrars at https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars, kept by Lemon Domains, the domain portfolio manager with a domain MCP server.