Free Domains: The End Of

[Dave Swift]

Since there has been a lot of discussion in this forum about 'free' domains, I just thought I'd inform you that NameDemo no longer offers a free service.

And now that NameZero, NameDemo and DomainZero no longer offer free services, it seems like the end of 'free' domain names.
And good ridance!

[Edited by Dave Swift on 03-26-2001 at 06:13 AM]

[Wabanaki Web]

PARTY POOPER!!!

Pay no attention to Dave, people! If you want to know about free domain names check the spam box!

[pixelmonkey]

just remember to watch for flying objects!

hung up with networksolutions for some reason
chris<pixelmonkey>:D

[OOZERO]

What do you mean good ridence?! They were great while they lasted!!

[AgentJestr]

... With the key words being "while they lasted".

It was a good concept (in theory anyway). But with the prices of domain registration, who in their right mind would bother with giving the rights to their own creations to someone else just to have to earn it back? It would have made more sense when domains were $100 for the first two years (before the drop to $70), but domains nowadays are just too cheap, and some free hosts that park domains have minimal or no ads (the others can be removed for cheap).

They were doomed to fail.

[Dave Swift]

Wanabaki Web: The is the second time you have called me a party pooper (which I resent) ;)
OOZERO: They weren't great! They put great big banners on your pages!

[Wabanaki Web]

You just wait Dave! I'm getting ready to send you spam in the spam box!

PS. The banners weren't so bad, or even pop-ups. What I really couldn't stand was the huge bottom frame on most of these free domain sites!

[OOZERO]

Well .. i got one from domainzero.com which incidentally are also charging now. And i have no ads at all in my pages. They sent one advertising e-mail to me and thats it for a year! nice eh?

Pitty though.. When it runs out i have to buy it. :-(

[SteveS235]

Hey Dave, you can still get them at http://www.doteasy.com! :D

[OOZERO]

Steve ... you only get FREE HOSTING .. you have to buy the actual domain name.

[Wabanaki Web]

Originally posted by SteveS235
Hey Dave, you can still get them at http://www.doteasy.com! :D

The domain isn't free, but the hosting is. Are they reliable Steve? I think I can come up with $15 for a name!

[whkoh]

The cheapest that I know of is $9.99, so you can't complain of free domains.

[Unregistered]

www.emeisp.com
has free domains
and only has a pop up when you leave the site.

[SteveS235]

Originally posted by Wabanaki Web


The domain isn't free, but the hosting is. Are they reliable Steve? I think I can come up with $15 for a name!

I have actually seen them reviewed at a few different places (web and print) and everyone seems to think that it is a good deal. I actually have them as an affiliate on my site (not that that means anything of course!).

If you still have yesterday's Sunday paper (4/1/01) and you have the Access magazine that was in it, there is a small review on page 2.

It is $15 a year for 5 years, $25 for one year, and $38 for two years for the domain name.

Also, if you already have a domain, it's only $35 for a transfer fee.

And for Dave.....your right about about the domain. I geuss I should have read the first post completely.:D Must have been from all the SPAM posts!:p

[OOZERO]

Thanks to the guy with the brilliant name (unregistered) the deal looks good...

A proper domain name .co.uk, .com, .net or .org for free.. BUT an ad is displayed when they leave your site. I think it is probably possible to close it down as it opens with javascript tho =)

Hmm.. Now i have to choose a name.

http://www.emeisp.com

[Unregistered]

How can i get rid of it with javascript??

Thanks

[Paul]

Well the hosting looks good if you don't need MySQL, CGI, FrontPage, and all that extra stuff. And they only give you 20MB space. This is good for newer websites but not for advanced ones. And while on the subject has any one registered the new domain extensions ex: .mp3, .law,...
I registered albums.mp3 and max.mp3 and they don't cost much. I think I got them at http://new.net
Good Luck,
Paul

[jollyfactory]

emeisp is great, they even allow you to change your mx records