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How to Get a Free Domain for Your Website 2022
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May 12, 2024
"Unlock the secrets to obtaining a free domain for your website in 2022 with this informative tutorial. Discover a variety of methods and platforms offering complimentary domain registration services, eliminating the need for upfront costs. From leveraging website builders to utilizing promotional offers and discounts, this video provides step-by-step guidance on securing a domain name without breaking the bank. Whether you're launching a personal blog or a business website, this tutorial equips you with the knowledge to kickstart your online presence with a free domain."
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How to get a free domain
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That's what I'm gonna walk you through in today's video. Before I do that though, I wanna know what is it
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that you're trying to build on the internet? Do you have something you need to get up online
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for people to be able to find and you have $0 to invest? Or maybe are you starting a business
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you have a little bit of a budget, but are trying to spend as little as possible
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to get your business or whatever it is up on the internet? Well, for the first option, you need a domain
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a website, all of that free and free for life, not something for the short term
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And then if you're starting a business, you have somewhat of a budget, but you're trying to save money
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So there's a bunch of options on how you can get a domain free for the first year
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And then I'll show you how to pay as little as possible for your domain going forward
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At the end of the video, I'll show you where we end up purchasing our domains from. One place you may see mentioned in other YouTube videos
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blog posts, articles, et cetera, is Freenum. So this isn't something that I would recommend
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They advertise that you can get a free domain, but I haven't actually been able to get a free domain
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and they're not domains that you would probably want for your website anyways. So if you put in something that you're searching for
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and click search, they show you .tk.ml.ga.cf and .gq as something you could potentially get for free
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But when I go to click on get it now, it always says unavailable
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And I go to check and there's nothing at that website. So if it's jeffreythalen.tk or thefigco.cf
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there's nothing at those websites, but they're not available here. So this is just something I wouldn't want to go
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through the whole process, have something not work out, give them all my contact information
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Maybe they want your credit card number, who knows? I would just do one of the other options
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I talk about later on in this video. One place you could potentially get a .com.co.net
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a domain like that for free for a longer period of time, maybe for as long as you need your website
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is if you're spending a bunch of money on other services. With E-N-O-S, for example, if you have email with them
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as long as the contract is, you get the domain paid for. So if you have no budget for anything
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this isn't a great option for you. You're essentially paying for the domain, but it's kind of bundled up with the other things
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that you're paying for. So that option, I think, isn't great for you. If you have $0 to invest in the domain or the website
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I would check out the free website builders. Most website builders do have a free plan
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They won't give you a free, say .com domain, they will give you a free subdomain
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So a subdomain looks something like this versus a normal domain that you own
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Not a huge deal if you end up going with something like this that costs you no money
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Wix, for example, has a little bit longer domain for their free websites
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but you can do most things you could do with a normal website with a free one
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There are very few that allow you to sell products, have an e-commerce store
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Other ones will strip out some functionality. One other thing to keep in mind is they will put an ad on your website
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so they're not making money directly from you. And so they're hoping somebody that visits your website
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will see the ad, click on it, build their website, and give them money. As an example, here's what the ads look like
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for Wix and Weebly. So if you do have a little bit of money to invest
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but don't wanna spend any more than you have to, getting your domain for free for the first year
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is really, really easy. Most website builders and hosting companies, for example
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if you're building your website with WordPress, you're gonna need hosting, they will give you a domain free for the first year
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There are two things I want you to keep in mind, though. The first, read the fine print
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So for example, Squarespace, you can get a free domain with any of their plans
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but you need to pay for it annually, not monthly. So if you sign up monthly, it's not gonna include the free domain
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Then somewhere like Weebly, just check which of their plans. So the free website builder or the very lowest cost plan
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do not include a domain. They're not gonna include any of the plans above that will. So it's either the timeframe
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or the specific plan you choose. Some may include or exclude the one year free of the domain
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So make sure to check that. The next thing to keep in mind is the renewal price. So what you're gonna pay for a year
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two, three, five, 10, 50 years, as long as you have your website
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So for example, with Squarespace, they charge $20 per year for a .com domain
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With Wix, for example, it's gonna cost you around 14 or $15 for a .com domain
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The privacy protection is another, about the same, 14 or 15 bucks
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So you're paying close to $30 per year with them. So that's not the cheapest place to pay for your domain
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And you can transfer your domain. So they're just assuming you're gonna be lazy about it
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You get a free year and then you're just gonna keep it there forever. If you transfer it, you can save a bunch of money
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I'll tell you where in just a second. In this scenario where you're not ready to build your website yet
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but you wanna have the domain, you're not gonna be able to get a free domain for any amount of time
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There's nothing you have kind of in exchange to be able to get it for free
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So you wanna pay as little money as possible for that domain. I wouldn't recommend purchasing
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from somewhere like GoDaddy. So you see the first year here, they'll give it to you for a penny
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but you have to pay for year two at the same time, which is $19.99
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So you spend 20 bucks for the two years. So 10 bucks per year in that scenario
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And then all the future years is gonna be $19.99. Also privacy protection, they'll charge you
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they have a couple of different options of 10 or $20 per month. I forget what it is
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So be careful of that. I have a whole video walking you through how to save money when purchasing a domain
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Check that out if you wanna make sure you're getting the best domain and not paying for anything that you don't need
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So where we recommend purchasing a domain or if you have the first year free and want to transfer your domain
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for year two and beyond would be Porkbun. So with Porkbun for a .com, for example
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you paid $9.73 for the first year and for all following years
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Also included in the 973 is privacy protection, an SSL certificate and free trials to a bunch of things
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They do have promotion sometimes for the first year, but it's always very clear
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what the renewal price is with them. So to summarize, if you have a little money to invest, figure out where you wanna build your website
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and sign up for a plan that gives you the domain for free for the first year. Before the first year is up
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transfer your domain to Porkbun or somewhere much lower cost. If you wanna learn how to transfer your domain
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check out the video up above. If you have no money to invest, we recommend that you sign up
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for one of the free website builders and just use a free subdomain and you can have that open forever
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If you wanna learn about options for free website builders, check out the video below
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Hope to see you in those and future videos. Bye bye
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