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12-12-2018, 08:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-20-2019 02:36 PM by Lumos.)
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Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
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Be sure and also look inside post #4 here. I don't know about you - but I've been making use of free domains for years and find they can be quite helpful for a number of uses. Quite a few folks already know of freenom.com that offers 5 different ones: .ml, .cf, .ga, .tk, .gq . Until recently there were several free sources of .cc domains - but they have all sort of disappeared somehow. There are others though, here are just a couple; Have a look, if you wish to: Code: https://www.freedomain.pro/basic.php Free domains are especially useful when one has good reseller hosting and wishes to test things like WP addons. This can be even more useful if one has a base WP setup they prefer which can be migrated easily into any domain for testing purposes. Another great use is simply for managing incoming emails - if you get loads of emails and find your inbox too messy to keep up with - directing sites and such to a totally new email address (or three !!) can help with that. Also, this makes possible having a valueless email address which can just be deleted if it gets spammed to death by krappy sites. I have some more places I can point out here if folks are interested...so if you want more, put in a quick reply here and I'll check back here to see if anyone wishes to discuss this further.
I totally despise board spammers and spambots !!!
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12-13-2018, 03:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-14-2018 12:42 PM by ArnieAbrams.)
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RE: Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
Thanks for the info, always looking for more sites like those.
Repped ya! =========================================== One already out of business, the other is somewhat limited. But if you search for free domain registration you'll see the current crop. |
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12-13-2018, 03:31 PM
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RE: Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
repped, great info
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12-13-2018, 05:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-13-2018 05:25 PM by Lumos.)
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RE: Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
Thanks for the replies here Arnie and Agape801 !!
Please bear in mind that many (or most ??) of these freebies are put up by a single person. If it is just done as a hobby, they may forget about it after a while; If it is ultimately a method of getting a list built or whatever, it may be dropped when it does not work out as planned. Worthy of mention is that within the month a bunch of freebie providers in the .CC TLD all vanished without warning - cu.cc, nut.cc, usa,cc - etc. -just -POOF-...gone. I had used a couple of those for years perfectly well for emails and such, and then - gone. Another thing: There are more such offers that I am not mentioning here because the freebie domains are ONLY given free to be used along with their free or paid hosting. I used the free offer at 000W*bh*st this way for quite a while - and then they just killed it all off quite suddenly in favour of their commercial services (hostinger). This one looks pretty good - but I have yet to test it myself: Code: https://codotvu.co/ Some of the other ones are sort of...out there, with funny rules, like this one: Code: https://www.nom.za/registration.html Or not in english, like so: Code: https://www.azote.org/ I always suggest using these things as sort of disposable and/or for testing; Using these sorts of freebies for stuff that needs to be up 100% is unrealistic and bound to lead to some disappointments.
I totally despise board spammers and spambots !!!
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12-13-2018, 06:53 PM
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01-19-2019, 10:31 PM
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RE: Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
Applicabel information. repped!
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01-20-2019, 01:00 AM
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RE: Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
Thanks smithnowt for the post. Good stuff.
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01-20-2019, 05:45 AM
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Thanks and + reps!
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01-20-2019, 02:45 PM
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RE: Free domain reg. - can be quite useful !
Every so often I do a couple of searches on variations of 'free domain name' and find that buried among all the results showing hosting offers that include 1 'free' when you BUY their packages, sometimes a new source pops up.
Sadly, sometimes others fade away - like co.nr which was recently taken offline. By way of contrast, the truly free ones via Freenom have gotten more dependable. And: If none of those suit you, keep an eye towards Namecheap for when they run sales with domain reg. for prices like .88 or 1.88 - which are about as close to actually being free as can be !! PS: No matter WHAT sorts of cons they offer, it is my most earnest advice to totally avoid 1&1 as well as Hostgator if you value your data and/or do not wish to be held prisoner of a really bad provider (yes, I learned these the hard way...YMMV.).
I totally despise board spammers and spambots !!!
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