Free Domain Name? Whats the catch?

wirm

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Has anyone used or heard of the above website that offers a free .co.nr domain name......?

Whats the catch?

Sorry but when someone offers me something that seems to good to be true I normally expect the worse!

???

wirm

The CO.NR Free Domain Name / Free Subdomain Service ("Service") is provided to you ("Member") under the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service and any operating rules or policies that may be published by CO.NR.

The Terms of Service comprises the entire agreement between Member and CO.NR and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein.

BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CHOOSING THE "I AGREE" OPTION, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
The Service makes possible to use a free .co.nr domain name, that is a free subdomain of co.nr domain name and to point it to a web server (web space) account either by means of Url Redirection or by means of Pointing it to NS servers. CO.NR provides Members with a capability to use a free domain name (free subdomain of co.nr domain name) via the World Wide Web and on CO.NR's own system. Member may use the free domain provided that the using of the Service meets the guidelines of the Terms of Service.

.NR top level domain name is a ccTDL (country code top level domain) for Republic of Nauru, it is assigned by ICANN and can be used and accessed worldwide, and it is operated by the respected .NR Domain Name Registry - CenpacNet Inc.

CO.NR (as an Internet Project) is NOT and NO WAY a ccTLD registry for .NR domain names and we DO NOT pretend to be one. We are JUST an Administrator and Operator of CO.NR zone (domain name), and under the agreement with .NR ccTLD Registry we can operate this zone at our own discretion.



LINK TO CO.NR WEBSITE : ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT
In order to use CO.NR services it is absolutely required that the Member places a link back (a link to CO.NR website) on the main page of the Member's website. The linking code and the detailed instructions on how to place it on the webpage are provided in the Welcome email that is sent upon account activation.
Failure to comply with the Rule above will lead to Member's account termination

From the sites terms and conditions.....

wirm

Details of their basic package....

Basic Free Domain Name Package: Let's list the most important FEATURES of this package here:

Free domain name, free subdomain name Free Domain Name - https://www.yourname.co.nr that is a free subdomain name of .co.nr domain

free url, short url Free Short Url - we provide one of the shortest free web address on the net.. What can be shorter than a domain name? - Only a free domain name

Free URL redirection, Free URL forwarding Free URL Redirection also known as Free URL Forwarding service to redirect your free domain name to your real website address



Free Url Cloaking, Free URL Masking Free Url Cloaking also known as Free URL Masking - is used to mask a real website address with the Free Domain Name. So, your free domain name will always be in the location bar of your website visitors

Free Path Forwarding Free Path Forwarding for both subdirectories and files. It is used if one want to access e.g. a subdirectory usind a free domain name address (http://www.domain.co.nr/forums/)

Meta tags and keywords for a free domain name The most important META TAGS and Keywords are supported - they are very important for your website to be indexed by search engines

No ads: No banners, No popups No banners & No Popups, actually, NO ADS at all - and we are not going to add them in future. Enjoy our free and banner free service!

and much, much more

Woby_Tide

similar to https://www.dot.tk really, free domains but not much else really apart from novelty of having your own name or something, usual catch is you'll have their advertising or something and little grounds if they just give up the game

webwonder

You can also get free .info domains from https://www.1and1.co.uk a very reputable uk domain registrant.

student100

An address of example.co.nr is not actually a domain name in the same sense that example.co.uk is. The .co.nr version is a "subdomain" of the domain co.nr in the same way as forum.moneysavingexpert.com is a subdomain of the moneysavingexpert.com domain.

The way UK domains are allocated means that most UK domain names end in .something.uk, e.g. .co.uk, .org.uk, .ac.uk, .nhs.uk etc.
Most countries (including wherever .nr is) just allocate domain names ending in the country code e.g. mydomain.nr.

The company offering these free "domains" just owns the co.nr domain and is giving free subdomains of their own address.

wirm

You can also get free .info domains from https://www.1and1.co.uk a very reputable uk domain registrant.

Cheers! I just ordered 25 domain names! All FREE! ;D

meclive

Cheers! I just ordered 25 domain names! All FREE! ;D

Just remember to cancel after a year or you will be footing a big bill