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I checked 3 TLDs: > USD $10 per year might sound like a lot, but how about USD $1 per top-level domain for the first year?! If you manage to gain any sort of t

I checked 3 TLDs: > USD $10 per year might sound like a lot, but how about USD $1 per top-level domain for the first year?! If you manage to gain any sort of traffic in that year, the domain will practically pay for itself! > Since mid-January 2023, all Freenom-based domains (.tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq) are down and not available > .free launch dates will be forthcoming. That’s one weird website with possibly some free subdomains.

2Gkashmiri 4y ago
https://news.gandi.net/en/2017/06/introducing-the-1-111b-class-of-xyz-domains/ https://news.gandi.net/en/2017/06/introducing-the-1-111b-cla... Enjoy number domains on .xyz for dirt cheap
IncRnd 4y ago
Well, that's to some degree affected by the contents of this other article that came on the home page of HN the very next day. [1] That article describes Facebook having brought suit against freenom for giving out free domains, because they were primarily used by criminals. There will be another free domain provider. There always is. But, this also makes the point that the number and impact of these free domains is huge. Spammers use them to spam, and this is one reason why domains should not be considered to have any gravitas as an auth mechanism for identity. From that article: Freenom is the domain name registry service provider for five so-called “country code top level domains” (ccTLDs), including .cf for the Central African Republic; .ga for Gabon; .gq for Equatorial Guinea; .ml for Mali; and .tk for Tokelau. Freenom has always waived the registration fees for domains in these country-code domains, presumably as a way to encourage users to pay for related services, such as registering a .com or .net domain, for which Freenom does charge a fee. On March 3, 2023, social media giant Meta sued Freenom in a Northern California court, alleging cybersquatting violations and trademark infringement. The lawsuit also seeks information about the identities of 20 different “John Does” — Freenom customers that Meta says have been particularly active in phishing attacks against Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users. and “The five ccTLDs to which Freenom provides its services are the TLDs of choice for cybercriminals because Freenom provides free domain name registration services and shields its customers’ identity, even after being presented with evidence that the domain names are being used for illegal purposes,” the complaint charges. “Even after receiving notices of infringement or phishing by its customers, Freenom continues to license new infringing domain names to those same customers.” [1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/sued-by-meta-freenom-halts-domain-registrations/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/sued-by-meta-freenom-hal...

2Gkashmiri 4y ago

https://news.gandi.net/en/2017/06/introducing-the-1-111b-class-of-xyz-domains/ https://news.gandi.net/en/2017/06/introducing-the-1-111b-cla... Enjoy number domains on .xyz for dirt cheap

IncRnd 4y ago

Well, that's to some degree affected by the contents of this other article that came on the home page of HN the very next day. [1] That article describes Facebook having brought suit against freenom for giving out free domains, because they were primarily used by criminals. There will be another free domain provider. There always is. But, this also makes the point that the number and impact of these free domains is huge. Spammers use them to spam, and this is one reason why domains should not be considered to have any gravitas as an auth mechanism for identity. From that article: Freenom is the domain name registry service provider for five so-called “country code top level domains” (ccTLDs), including .cf for the Central African Republic; .ga for Gabon; .gq for Equatorial Guinea; .ml for Mali; and .tk for Tokelau. Freenom has always waived the registration fees for domains in these country-code domains, presumably as a way to encourage users to pay for related services, such as registering a .com or .net domain, for which Freenom does charge a fee. On March 3, 2023, social media giant Meta sued Freenom in a Northern California court, alleging cybersquatting violations and trademark infringement. The lawsuit also seeks information about the identities of 20 different “John Does” — Freenom customers that Meta says have been particularly active in phishing attacks against Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users. and “The five ccTLDs to which Freenom provides its services are the TLDs of choice for cybercriminals because Freenom provides free domain name registration services and shields its customers’ identity, even after being presented with evidence that the domain names are being used for illegal purposes,” the complaint charges. “Even after receiving notices of infringement or phishing by its customers, Freenom continues to license new infringing domain names to those same customers.” [1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/sued-by-meta-freenom-halts-domain-registrations/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/sued-by-meta-freenom-hal...