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That's cool, but I feel like .zip might get caught by spam protection so not the best choice for sending in discord/email/chat etc

Speaking of domain names, what is the best option for the cheapest possible domain tld (including renewal), maybe something you can even get for 10 years and save a ton? Also would be nice if it had free whois? Extension doesn't matter as this would be for personal use. Is it still xyz or ovh?

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Check if your country has something similar: > A natural person with the domicile in Latvia has the right to register one domain name under generic second-level domain .id.lv for free.

https://www.nic.lv/en/domain-name-registration

Last year, .stream was only $30 or $40 for a 10-year registration on Pork Bun. I have no idea if it's still an active price. They also sent me an e-mail about deeply-discounted domains, but I've hoarded enough domains I don't use and haven't looked at it. No clue if the prices are 1st year only or if you can buy a 10-year registration for the cheap price. Registars have a habit of giving a 95% off 1st year pricing and then charging $100 for renewal.

I've also heard .in is a good place for 10-year registrations (at another registrar I don't remember). However, .in domains do not have WHOIS privacy.

.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!!

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/

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.

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.

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.

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

I was just thinking for personal projects & game servers, would be nice to have a bunch of cheap domains one could use.

Unfortunately those also don't have a great reputation either.

The difference between a $9 and a $10 domain on a 10 year run is $10.

True but I was thinking more like a $1-3 domain for servers and what not

Well, $70 is a whole another deal, thats like a good time in a bar.. for 1 time.

Formatting prob sucks, on mobilr, sorry:

  cheapestdomainame.xyz$1.99
  MULTI-YEAR SALE
  cheapestdomainame.lol$1.99
  MULTI-YEAR SALE
  cheapestdomainame.org$8.99
  cheapestdomainame.me
  The connection to the central registry is busy. Please try again later
  cheapestdomainame.pro$3.85
  cheapestdomainame.co$3.49
  cheapestdomainame.gay$2.99
  cheapestdomainame.one$14.99
  cheapestdomainame.sucks$249.99

.orgs are like $4 a year on Cloudflare.

.org cost is $10.11. (Source: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/.)

My bad! I was misremembering. It's .uk and .co.uk that are $4.71.

I see around $10 for .org on Cloudflare, .win seems to be $3.16

Do prices change a lot?

They do fluctuate a big. I was misremembering though. It's .uk and .co.uk that are $4.71.

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