Webland

Webland is a small, independent Swiss registrar that has been registering domains since 1998, operating as Webland – Multimedia Networks AG from Fraubrunnen in the canton of Bern. Pricing is published and simple: CHF 14.90 a year for .ch, with free WHOIS privacy included, and CHF 29.90 a year for .com or .net — plain numbers on the page rather than a tiered price list to work through, which puts it closer to Gandi's approach than to INWX's or Netim's.

The Swiss angle matters for the same reason it does with Infomaniak: Swiss data protection law applies rather than the GDPR directly, under an adequacy decision that keeps cross-border transfers straightforward, and DNS for .ch domains is hosted in Switzerland with instant activation. For a Swiss business or resident who wants a domain registered and hosted under Swiss jurisdiction specifically, rather than an EU one, Webland is a far smaller but more focused alternative to Infomaniak.

It is a modest operation next to Hetzner or OVHcloud — no cloud infrastructure, no wider hosting platform beyond domains and the basics around them, and its TLD range is nowhere near Netim's or Openprovider's. For anyone whose need is specifically a .ch or .swiss domain with clear pricing and no upsell, that narrowness is the point rather than a limitation.

What Webland does well

• Free WHOIS privacy included on every .ch domain
• Published, simple pricing — CHF 14.90/year for .ch
• Swiss-hosted DNS with instant activation
• Independent registrar since 1998
• Swiss jurisdiction, outside the EU, under an adequacy decision

Where Webland falls short

• Small TLD range next to Netim or Openprovider
• No wider cloud or hosting platform like Hetzner or OVHcloud
• Prices in Swiss francs, adding exchange exposure for eurozone buyers
• Little presence outside Switzerland

Standout feature. Free WHOIS privacy and instant, Swiss-hosted DNS on a .ch domain for CHF 14.90 a year, plainly priced.