The site also has hundreds of typos on it.
A .cc domain can be had for $3-4 for the first year (and ~$9 per year after) from well known, low cost registrars like Spaceship, Porkbun or Namesilo.
But even when bought in bulk, registrars will need to pay around $3 to the registry for a domain. That’s pretty cheap as far as domains go, so it may be that those survey sites aren’t a complete scam, but you can assume that you’re going to have to jump through a lot of hoops to generate enough revenue for the website owner to give you a domain and still make a profit.
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If only free domains existed. Ones that aren’t subdomains.
They did exist, until quite recently actually (Freenom).
But free domains tend to get abused a lot, which means they are shunned or blocked in many places.
Also, the business model just isn’t there. Making money with free domains is extremely difficult, so it’s very hard to cover the costs.
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In fact now even free subdomains are not easy to find anymore.
Check out the list, it’s quite limited:
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Found nom.za TLD, I won’t use it unless confirmed I don’t need to live in South Africa, I’m also kinda scared it’s just a subdomain because there is a website at https://www.nom.za.
The catch with the above is they for some reason fail to send the verification email to me!
Let’s keep this topic alive. Go searching the whole web for free domains that aren’t hosting.
Instead of bumping this topic, why don’t you just let this one close and open a new one when you actually find what you are looking for?
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Free domains are very rare, and the offers that do exist are often heavily restricted (like one year promotional offers, or having high requirements for signups).
I can only recall one somewhat recent offer from the last few years (the free .link domains).
So no need to bump a topic ever 1-2 weeks confirming every time that there are no free domain options.
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What do you mean?
Exactly what he said. Within the last few years, there was only one real free domain being offered, which was a promotion with the .link domain. It’s not around anymore though, and probably won’t show up ever agian.
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I tried the free .co.nr subdomains, but they don’t even exist anymore.
Hey @Admin, why don’t you add a subdomain like com.uk that would look very real?
Because almost all short domains like that are already taken, and the ones that are not cost literal thousands of dollars to own.
And remember, the service free and advertisements don’t pay that much
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Because they are usually reserved and not available for registration. If they were available, then they are usually taken already. And if not, they are usually reserved by the registry and sold at ridiculously high prices.
So subdomain options like rf.gd and free.nf is the best we can do.
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No, it was not getting me to fill out a survey, but rather it was getting me to complete one of these tasks:
It does not feel free, it feels like they’re giving away free stuff if you take a weird action that I don’t want to do.
As I said:
Usually, those links will lead to different surveys, regardless of what the buttons actually say. There are occasional exceptions, but regardless the chance of you actually getting anything in return is slim to none.
I took a look at that site before. It not only promises a free TLD domain, but 100GB of web space, and dedicated customer support to top it all off… all without you paying a cent? That simply would not be feasible. InfinityFree has a much more direct path to monetization, and even it can’t provide you with all that. And as you said before:
That’s actually pretty common for those types of scams. The frequent typos turn most people away, leaving only those who are easily fooled. That way they don’t risk grabbing anyone who realizes what they’re up to midway and exposing them. It’s the same reason why email phishing scams have lots of typos.
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