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Ask HN: Which is the cheapest TLD for 10 years?
Which is the cheapest TLD, to purchase for 5/10 years period. Personal use only. Namecheap is giving some TLDs at $27 for 5 years. Need to know if I can get some domain for ~10 years for a lower price.
- ggm 8y agoOut of interest, is it the absolute amount of coin, or your desire to drive a bargain? because $27 is $5 per year, which I estimate you will afford by digging around the sofa for loose change. You don't need to know this. You want to know this. You will spend more money in opportunity cost finding out.
- iotscale 8y agoI guess that depends on how many you want to buy. I can't come up with a reason why one would buy many domains with an obscure TLD, especially for private use but that doesn't mean that there isn't one.
- epanchin 8y agoIn the USA perhaps. OP is from India, where median wage is ~$2 a day. Saving $5 would equate to 2.5 days effort per domain.
- mchannon 8y agodot.tk has a melange of different free domains. Hard to beat free.
- dewey 8y agoIf it's still available in 10 years is the other question though.
- takluyver 8y agoFWIW, it has lasted more than 10 years already - I remember people getting .tk domains when I was at school.
- pmlnr 8y agoIt's a country tld, those tend to stay around.
- dewey 8y agoI know, but there are still countries that stop offering them for free, keep them online or start charging.
- sshine 8y agoIt's the TLD of the archipelago of Tokelau. They have a population of 1.400, their energy company provides 24-hour electricity "on special occasions", and they outsourced the TLD to a company I'd be ashamed to call a professional registrar. So country is a little guarantee.
- icebraining 8y agoEh, seems to be basically an autonomous region of New Zealand, much like Gibraltar is of the UK. I'd bet it's pretty stable.
- slezyr 8y agoIIRC that TLD well known for hijacking domains after they become popular.
- znpy 8y agoThat's fair: it is (at least, it was last time I checked) clearly stated that free domains are merely "lended" and you have no sort of right on that domain. OTOH, you have full rights on domains you buy.
- icebraining 8y ago.ovh is 1.2€ (first year) + 3.6€/year (renewal price), so about $42/decade.
- jameskegel 8y agoInteresting. I'm curious how that TLD was conceived. Surely it's for the host, right?
- detaro 8y agoIf I remember right it started out as a gag before the new gTLDs were a thing, and they then decided it'd be good marketing to make it real.
- tombowditch 8y agoKeep an eye on Porkbun - I got a .party for 10 years for about $8 back along - a bargain!
- pmlnr 8y agoI paid ~100$ for a .eu for 10 years recently, so I don't consider that the cheapest option.
- ted0 8y agoI'm from Namecheap. .PW is $78.80 for 10 years. .UK is $56.90 for 10 years. https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/results.aspx?domain=test-testerson.pw https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/results.aspx?...
- b3lvedere 8y ago.trade domains are super cheap. I think i paid $8 for 5 years.
- znpy 8y agoI paid my .tk ~60€ for 9 years. Renewed until 2024.
- observer12 8y agoNamecheap and others have sales on tlds from time to time. There are sites that will aggregate the prices and tlds https://tld-list.com/ https://tld-list.com/ is one. I know the last domains I bought were only a couple of dollars for 5 years.
- mattbgates 8y agoxyz usually has some good deals.
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- 2562554354 8y ago.onion, it's FREE and with no renewal fees!! No static ip required, encription and authentication built in and no need to expose ports on your router. Tor browser is great (it's just firefox) and available for all OS's (inc android). I'm running gitlab and a sftp server on an old laptop at home so I'm not even shelling out for server fees. Tor's is fantastic for devs!
- 5635373554 8y agoget an onion address its FREE (and no renewals), and great for personal use. I put a comment with more details but it was blocked so I'm trying to avoid keywords here. I'm running a gitlab and a sftp server on an old laptop at home (no server fees) which I can access anywhere in the world without dealing with static ip's or changing router settings.
- 8_hours_ago 8y agohttps://internetbs.net https://internetbs.net currently has .feedback domains for $1.49/year ($14.90 for 10 years)