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.tk and .ml. It doesn't get cheaper than free and .ml is a great typo squatting TLD for .nl which nobody seems to realise yet so a lot of domains are still avai

by Aachen 3y ago

.tk and .ml. It doesn't get cheaper than free and .ml is a great typo squatting TLD for .nl which nobody seems to realise yet so a lot of domains are still available. Educational purposes only!!

userbinator 3y ago
Unfortunately those also don't have a great reputation either.
jabroni_salad 3y ago
A while back I noticed that .biz specifically has its own checkbox in the o365 spam controls. And sure enough I don't think I've ever done legitimate business on a .biz. I wonder what the heck happened to it.
- TAKEMYMONEY 3y ago
  Sending a .biz link in an SMS will be blocked by Google, and the sender won't be informed the message was not sent. Cheap domains are cheap for spammers too.
- myself248 3y ago
  The only .biz I've ever interacted with is Minimus.biz, and it looks like they've barely touched their site since 2006. Just the way I like it, honestly. Other than that, yeah, it's a cesspool.
tekni5 3y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, but I feel like the free domains are unreliable and have weird conditions. I also I think it's been said before some of the sites offering them are suspect: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951785 I was just thinking for personal projects & game servers, would be nice to have a bunch of cheap domains one could use.
8organicbits 3y ago
I believe .tk and .ml are currently closed for registration after financial concerns and lawsuits about malicious domains. I'm working on a project that offers free subdomains under the condition that they are routed to private IP ranges. I believe this will reduce malicious use while still helping people use Let's Encrypt and other domain verified certificates. It's still a rough MVP but it's online and working: https://www.getlocalcert.net/ https://www.getlocalcert.net/

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.tk and .ml. It doesn't get cheaper than free and .ml is a great typo squatting TLD for .nl which nobody seems to realise yet so a lot of domains are still avai

by Aachen 3y ago

.tk and .ml. It doesn't get cheaper than free and .ml is a great typo squatting TLD for .nl which nobody seems to realise yet so a lot of domains are still available. Educational purposes only!!

userbinator 3y ago
Unfortunately those also don't have a great reputation either.
jabroni_salad 3y ago
A while back I noticed that .biz specifically has its own checkbox in the o365 spam controls. And sure enough I don't think I've ever done legitimate business on a .biz. I wonder what the heck happened to it.
- TAKEMYMONEY 3y ago
  Sending a .biz link in an SMS will be blocked by Google, and the sender won't be informed the message was not sent. Cheap domains are cheap for spammers too.
- myself248 3y ago
  The only .biz I've ever interacted with is Minimus.biz, and it looks like they've barely touched their site since 2006. Just the way I like it, honestly. Other than that, yeah, it's a cesspool.
tekni5 3y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, but I feel like the free domains are unreliable and have weird conditions. I also I think it's been said before some of the sites offering them are suspect: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27951785 I was just thinking for personal projects & game servers, would be nice to have a bunch of cheap domains one could use.
8organicbits 3y ago
I believe .tk and .ml are currently closed for registration after financial concerns and lawsuits about malicious domains. I'm working on a project that offers free subdomains under the condition that they are routed to private IP ranges. I believe this will reduce malicious use while still helping people use Let's Encrypt and other domain verified certificates. It's still a rough MVP but it's online and working: https://www.getlocalcert.net/ https://www.getlocalcert.net/