.XYZ : https://porkbun.com/tld/xyz/?coupon=XYZFREE22
.APP : https://porkbun.com/tld/app/?coupon=CODENEWBIE Expired
.DEV : https://porkbun.com/tld/dev/?coupon=CODENEWBIE Expired
.DESIGN : https://porkbun.com/tld/design/?coupon=UPLABS21B
.INK : https://porkbun.com/tld/ink/?coupon=FREEINKWIKI
.WIKI : https://porkbun.com/tld/wiki/?coupon=FREEINKWIKI
Few bonuses
.ONLINE, .TECH, .SITE : https://www.nominalia.com/
.UK & .CO.UK : https://www.lcn.com/domain-names/pricing
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ozbagain.com.au
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.xyz has a blanket filter on my work network.
Pretty much the only thing I can't access.
Well they're quite cheap for first year, so I imagine whomever your work filter vendor is, saw some measure of abuse (phishing, probably.) coming out of domains registered under that TLD and decided to cut their losses.
Yes, I have a blanket block on *.xyz for my corporate network too due to the amount of phishing and malware hosted on xyz sites.
Which one would be the cheapest to renew? Thought XYZ was pretty exy
.xyz would be the cheapest to renew followed by .dev
And remember the purchase and renewal cost on .xyz will have increased by the time you most likely do your next renewal as registry wholesale pricing is changing in September for .xyz but even with this increase it will still be the cheapest to renew in a years time.
Akamai.app available
Any .ai for free?
Never going to happen that's an expensive country code domain. A company giving that away would be taking a complete loss.
Ah I see that’s country code for Anguilla.
But I have seen several AI companies having this domain. Do you happen to know where is a relatively cheap place one could purchase this domain for a company?
Ah I see that’s country code for Anguilla. But I have seen several AI companies having this domain.
It's available to register it's just not going to be done for free.
Do you happen to know where is a relatively cheap place one could purchase this domain for a company?
Given the research I've done on this in the last couple of weeks given several people have been asking this question on a couple of the places I hang out and answer questions.
They're the cheapest right now. According to https://tld-list.com/tld/ai and listed on the registry website as one of the official registrars http://whois.ai/registrars.html
You're not really going to do much better than porkbun they are a really good registrar. Remember there's a two year term for each registration similar to what .au used to operate under.
anyone getting a $1.00 checkout fee?
Yep, $1USD, Used my Revolut card, got refunded after 2 seconds.
thanks. I've seen Revolut around but never applied, could you elaborate on this benefit?
They do Know Your Customer verification which involves a photo of your Identification and face. AFAIK they're based in the UK and founded by Nikolay Storonsky from Russia and Vlad Yatsenko from Ukraine. I've been using it for a few months with no issues, but I've read online that their customer support is terrible if things do go wrong.
They have disposable virtual cards which are great for this kind of purchase.
@steven6: sorry I meant, why did Revolut reimburse you the entire $1.00 amount, what perk/benefit of the card does this fall under?
Its a virtual card with 0 international fees. One key benefit is you can have very little money on the card, sign up for free trials and because you have insufficient money, they cant take the auto recurring amount. Pm me if i can explain more
anyone getting a $1.00 checkout fee?
It's a pre-authorisation charge as I mentioned on the previous deals that I listed from them it's done for verification purposes and to protect them from abuse.
What's the charges after one year? I have bought hosting and so lazy to finalize the domain :s
I think the following yearly charges are shown in a table when you search for your domain
Thanks. I am wondering, is the price in USD?
Is it a good value?
I'm assuming it's USD but I haven't purchased anything. tbh I'm not sure, looks like $1-3 cheaper, you can compare with namecheap, Cloudflare, or ventraip (Aus),
I think the following yearly charges are shown in a table when you search for your domain.
They are. The pricing is pretty transparent first-year discounts are typically offered by the registry to themselves and passed along by Porkbun, Porkbun's pricing model is always to be 1-2 dollars more than wholesale
Thanks. I am wondering, is the price in USD?
Pricing is always in USD.
Is it a good value?
Yes I think they are very good value have been very happy with them for the last few years have essentially moved all my domain names to them except for extensions not supported. Standard go to recommendation these days.
I'm assuming it's USD but I haven't purchased anything.
It's USD.
tbh I'm not sure, looks like $1-3 cheaper
Depends on who you're comparing to but on average it's about 1 to 2 dollars more than wholesale can be a lot cheaper than some Australian providers and other providers in the market.
you can compare with namecheap, Cloudflare, or ventraip (Aus),
Doubt VentraIP will be competitive on pricing and no one can really compete on Cloudflare where it comes to renewals as they sell at registry cost pricing.
But Cloudflare has its own issues community support unless on a paid plan for the domain in question and requirement to use their name servers can be a dealbreaker in quite a few situations.
But a good option if you can deal with that.
https://tld-list.com/ is a good option if you want to compare pricing and is what a fair few of the registrars now use for comparison pricing on their sites like porkbun.
You can always transfer your domain
The top level domain owner sets the minimum renewal price. You can transfer until the cows come home, many of these are not going to get cheaper.
Transfer domain (if supported) to Cloudflare. They do transfers in only and offer renewals at wholesale price (cost price).
So what are the renewal prices at Cloudflare?
Let me guess - a lot. Which makes this the very opposite of a deal - but bait.
Cloudflare renewal rates for a .xyz domain is currently $8.74 USD, but will increase to $9.33 USD on 1 sep 2022. Porkbun renewal rates seem reasonably priced.
Deals on transferring in a domain happen often enough too.
@gwok, this deal is no different to the recent offers of one month free NBN from Telstra, or even a free month of a music streaming service etc.
I’m always happy to have a free month and transfer out if I don’t like the ongoing prices, so thanks for sharing these awesome domain deals @Techefy!
The difference is that NBN is a commodity. Unless you sign up for an e-mail address with Telstra and then hand it out to all the banks for your sign-in credentials it doesn't hurt you to switch.
But renewal prices of domains have a minimum cost set by the top-level domain holder, particularly the private ones with these non-standard TLDs. So switching isn't going to make things cheaper. And you can't just switch domains to a different domain unless you really don't care that people can't find your website any more (i.e. spammers).
So your comment is referring to a completely unrelated scenario. Domain name hire is usually never for just a year. That makes renewal cost absolutely essential and should be factored into these bait deals.
@[Deactivated]: I ran a small registrar many years ago and I’m afraid you have a very limited understanding of the domain name system as it works today.
Believe me, if you consider NBN services a commodity, I can assure you that domain registrar services, and hosting too, are equally commodified.
The registrar business is hugely competitive, and to a certain extent even TLDs are in competition for sales. This means, for many, registration rates are in constant flux with different wholesalers receiving different rates or bonuses which they in turn pass on to their resellers.
There can also be big differences in policies, especially between countries’ ccTLDs, and while annual renewal charges are now the norm, for many years this was not the case at all TLDs. For example, the Romanian ccTLD only introduced annual registration (renewal) fees in 2018.
Perhaps it will help if you think about a domain registrar as akin to your phone service provider, and a domain name like your phone number.
With number portability you are free to find a better deal and retain your number by porting it to a different service provider.
With most TLDs you are free to transfer your domain name to a registrar which offers a better deal.
It is relatively simple to transfer a domain name these days. I have a fair number of domains I’ve owned for many years now, so I do an annual check and, if necessary, I transfer them to the registrar offering the best rates all without any disruption in service.
@toasty: You're completely missing the point, so I'm afraid you have an extremely limited understanding of domain names.
Perhaps you can re-read my comments above instead of just dumping irrelevant content that proves how little you understand about domain names.
I'm not going to reiterate the fundamental point you've somehow ignored. Debate the point, not an essay on lots of unrelated points.
And maybe educate yourself.
@[Deactivated]: I'm really trying to understand your point. But with your logic, nothing is a deal if you take into account all the ongoing costs associated with everything you purchase.
Thanks Techefy!
Got a .dev for my ms365 Developer tenant!
Can I create ozbagain.xyz?