How to Get a Free Domain or Subdomain Through GetFreeDomain.name

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GetFreeDomain.name is a directory that lists free domain names and short subdomains you can register at no cost, with no ads injected and full DNS support. To use it, open the site, pick a suffix from its table, and register directly with the provider behind that suffix. The catch is that the list changes: some entries require you to be a developer, and some registries have stopped accepting new registrations entirely.

What the site actually offers

The homepage describes itself as "the most extensive, up-to-date list of free domains and subdomains on the Internet," and states that every domain on the list comes with DNS support and no injected ads, so you can host it wherever you prefer. It also notes that, despite looking different, these domains "work exactly like dot-coms" for practical purposes.

The table is the core of the site. Each row is a suffix, with columns covering:

  • Our Rating and User Rating — community and editorial scores
  • Extra Suffixes — additional endings available from the same provider
  • Free Domains — how many free domains the provider offers
  • Years Active — how long the provider has been running
  • Geo-targetable, Is Indexed?, Is TLD?, Supports IDN — capability flags
  • Notes — requirements, such as "Be a developer"
  • DNS Records — which record types you can create

The site says you can hover over the header labels for explanations, or check its glossary for more detail.

Step-by-step: registering a free domain

  1. Open the table on the homepage. This is the list of free domains and subdomains. No cash, points, or referrals are involved — the site explicitly says it's "no cash, no catch, no hassle, no ads, no points, and no referrals."
  2. Filter by what you need. Check the DNS Records column for the record types your host requires (for example, A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT). Check Is Indexed? if you care about search visibility, and Geo-targetable if you want a country-specific signal.
  3. Read the Notes column before committing. Some suffixes carry conditions. For example, .is-a.dev is listed with the note "Be a developer." If you don't meet a condition, pick a different row.
  4. Check the provider is still open. Cross-reference the News section (see below) — a suffix can still appear in the table while its registry has stopped taking new registrations.
  5. Register with the provider. The site doesn't register domains itself; it points you to the registry or service behind each suffix. You register there.
  6. Point your DNS. Once registered, set the DNS records your hosting provider gives you. Because the site states these domains come with full DNS support and no injected ads, you can host them at any provider you choose.
  7. Verify. After the records propagate, confirm the domain resolves and that your host recognizes it. If it doesn't resolve, recheck the record values against what your host specified.

Known limitations and dead entries

The News section is worth reading before you pick, because several providers have shut down:

  • OpenHost Registry (.pride.ngo and similar) stopped accepting new domain registrations as of December 2025.
  • Freenom, the registry behind .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, and .gq, announced in February 2024 that it had resolved its lawsuits and would exit the domain business. Since mid-January 2023, all Freenom-based domains have been down and unavailable — the site reported "application for new registrations is temporarily out-of-order," and said several existing domains stopped working due to DNS resolution issues.
  • Amazon launched .FREE in April 2025, per the site's news feed.

The site also notes that ICANN has been releasing New gTLD application resolutions, with more expected weekly.

A realistic example

Suppose you want a free subdomain for a personal project and your host requires A and TXT records. You scan the table, find a suffix whose DNS Records column includes A and TXT, confirm the Notes column has no requirement you can't meet, and check the News section to make sure that provider hasn't shut down. You register at the provider, add the A record pointing to your host's IP and a TXT record for verification, then wait for propagation and test that the domain loads.

Practical cautions

  • Free suffixes are not dot-coms. They behave the same for hosting and DNS, but they are a different namespace, and some may not be indexed or geo-targetable.
  • Availability is not permanent. Freenom's collapse shows that a free registry can disappear and take existing domains with it. Don't build anything you can't afford to move.
  • The site is a directory, not a registrar. Any account, terms, or limits come from the individual provider you register with, not from GetFreeDomain.name.
  • Check the Notes column every time. Developer-only suffixes and similar conditions are easy to miss if you only look at the ratings.