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can you link me some free third level domain services that allow full control over all records? while I don't need it now, in the past I have wanted such a serv

can you link me some free third level domain services that allow full control over all records? while I don't need it now, in the past I have wanted such a service and was unable to find them.

VWWHFSfQ 3y ago
for $8 a year you can get a regular domain and then have as many free 3rd level domains with full DNS control as you want. or do you really just mean free free
- TremendousJudge 3y ago
  based on the top level comment, I guess free free; something a child without a credit card can use on his own while playing around
  - p1necone 3y ago
    Yeah, the refrain is usually "anyone should be able to afford $8 a year", but I remember being teenager and even when I was making an income I still couldn't get a credit card. It's less about the money and more about the ability to pay.
    - 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
      You don't really need credit cards, we found ways to pay for domains and hosting back in the day when we weren't legally able to get one (due to being minors). Some smaller companies accept other ways to pay that can be used anonymously. I definitely couldn't afford $8 a year thought, so others were covering that.
    - mminer237 3y ago
      Even if you can't get a credit card, most banks will give you a debit card at 13.
      - talhah 3y ago
        Not in the part of the world I lived in, plus debit cards here work on local only sites whereas registrars are non-local.
ajosh 3y ago
Sitelutions.com still offers this. Without a paid account, the only limitation is the TTL.
nine_k 3y ago
"All records" makes an important difference indeed. I mostly thought about web projects where you need A / AAAA and CNAME. I do remember that I had access to MX and TXT at some free provider around 1995; GeoCities? Can't remember.
Anunayj 3y ago
So far I've only found https://nic.eu.org/ https://nic.eu.org/ but it works, and I assume it's unlikely to go anywhere for the foreseeable future.

can you link me some free third level domain services that allow full control over all records? while I don't need it now, in the past I have wanted such a service and was unable to find them.

VWWHFSfQ 3y ago

for $8 a year you can get a regular domain and then have as many free 3rd level domains with full DNS control as you want. or do you really just mean free free

TremendousJudge 3y ago
based on the top level comment, I guess free free; something a child without a credit card can use on his own while playing around
- p1necone 3y ago
  Yeah, the refrain is usually "anyone should be able to afford $8 a year", but I remember being teenager and even when I was making an income I still couldn't get a credit card. It's less about the money and more about the ability to pay.
  - 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
    You don't really need credit cards, we found ways to pay for domains and hosting back in the day when we weren't legally able to get one (due to being minors). Some smaller companies accept other ways to pay that can be used anonymously. I definitely couldn't afford $8 a year thought, so others were covering that.
  - mminer237 3y ago
    Even if you can't get a credit card, most banks will give you a debit card at 13.
    - talhah 3y ago
      Not in the part of the world I lived in, plus debit cards here work on local only sites whereas registrars are non-local.

ajosh 3y ago

Sitelutions.com still offers this. Without a paid account, the only limitation is the TTL.

nine_k 3y ago

"All records" makes an important difference indeed. I mostly thought about web projects where you need A / AAAA and CNAME. I do remember that I had access to MX and TXT at some free provider around 1995; GeoCities? Can't remember.

Anunayj 3y ago

So far I've only found https://nic.eu.org/ https://nic.eu.org/ but it works, and I assume it's unlikely to go anywhere for the foreseeable future.