You can try EU.org possibly.
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And they're from Iceland. And GDPR-compliant. And FOSS.
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I think we have a winner. Let's see how they respond to my explanations.
Afraid.org, used to use that
Ya, it does what it says on the tin. My domain there is nearly 17 years old now.
That's good to hear 👍
Yeah use the "Registry" link on their sidebar and sort by age. The oldest domains on there are not going anywhere.
If you don't mind using alternative DNS servers, meaning this won't be accessible to the average person, you could try OpenNIC.
I do mind not being accessible to the average person.
Interesting, I did not come across this one before
nobody said desec.io yet, it's a non profit from berlin and they give free subdomains under dedyn.io, with a proper API, so you can do the DNS challenge for let's encrypt (there's a caddy plugin for it too). I haven't run a domain there myself so can't say how it is long term, but for a "try some things" domain it looks like the least shady of the free ones I guess.
*.dedyn.io registrations are discontinued indefinitely right now unfortunately, following a wave of abusive registrations.
Yea I use desec with the caddy plugin as well and it was super easy to setup! Haven’t really had any issues relating to my domain that I am aware of
https://nic.ua/en/domains/prices
ukrainian registrar, gives pp.ua for free for one year, renewable. will ask for cc details. legit
Thanks, this looks good.
will ask for cc details.
So far I never had any problems making stuff up there.
Now that's something I would like to learn, how?
Not sure how to explain how imagination works.
Unless you meant something else?
I assumed cc details are validated. If all one need to do is to provide imaginative cc details then I need no further explanation
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/
a dollar or two per year
That exists? I only seen such price for first year only, then it's normal 15$ or higher
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.
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.
6-9 digit numeric .xyz domains are 99 cents per year.
They're obviously a bit niche but super cheap!
Not sure the use-case but if its temporary: (Otherwise you have to respond monthly saying you are still using it)
Maybe someone can tell me why they are unethical or you shouldn't use them but I believe you can get a free domain usually from noip
Should be noip.com I believe
but I believe you can get a free domain usually from noip
Up to three, including stuff like mx entries. For the free tier you get a mail every 30 days with a link to confirm that you are still using that name and that's it.
i use them and i am satisfied
I use free.nf for free subdomains and free hosting.
Don’t know how ethical or not ethical they are.
Edit: infinityfree is actually the name, they offer different free subdomains on some set of names they own. free.nf is one of them.
Thanks. Based in NL is certainly a plus.
fyi, it's .nf not .nl, and apparently that's for the Norfolk Islands.
Are you saying website owners are always located in the country their .tld belongs to?
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I'm looking for solutions here, so I did go to the actual site and checked before I wrote the above.
I'm saying that the TLD .nf is for the Norfolk Islands and not the Netherlands, nothing more.
That probably also means that Norfolk Islands is the legal authority over domains under that TLD regardless where the organization may be.
Anyway, I just wanted to be nice, but alas...
What are you looking to do? If it's to do with a name server, you can delegate a subdomain and it's children to be managed by another server using a ns record. This is actually how DNS works in general.