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Can you recommend me a free domain service? (piefed.social)
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I want to try out some things with a secondary domain. I’d prefer ethical and non-shady providers. I have a fixed IP and a VPS to go with it, so it’s really only about the domain. A subdomain of my current domain is not enough. A subdomain of the provider would be OK but not ideal.
Even paying very little is not an option right now - maybe later.

Doing some preliminary research, the keyword seems to be Dynamic DNS even if I have a static IP. There are providers but those that pop up easily do not instil much confidence.

I want to hear the Fediverse's opinions! I haven't found any recent posts about this.

TIA

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[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of those free dns settups use subdomains already. Unless you cant, for a temporary domain name, I recommend just creating an account at a mainstream/reputable dns provider and buying whatever is on sale for a dollar or two per year. Dont plan on renewing because those ones shoot up.

Hopefully the .self tld becomes a thing because it is supposed to be free: https://hccf.onmy.cloud/2026/06/21/reclaiming-our-digital-selves-hccfs-vision-for-a-human-centered-top-level-domain/

[–] gera@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

a dollar or two per year

That exists? I only seen such price for first year only, then it's normal 15$ or higher

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 minutes ago

Yes. Choose those only for temporary projects.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I pay just over $7 USD a year for my .link domain. I originally got it through Spaceship.com but transferred it to cloudflare this year.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's rare to find a domain that will renew that cheap. The ones that I've seen are usually a sale price or they don't include WHOIS privacy. There are a couple that will renew for around $4 like .top and .de.

[–] doogstar@lemmy.100010101.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

6-9 digit numeric .xyz domains are 99 cents per year.

They're obviously a bit niche but super cheap!