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Ask HN: Which is the cheapest TLD for 10 years?

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Re: Ask HN: Which is the cheapest TLD for 10 years?

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Post by detaro »

jameskegel wrote: post #19
icebraining wrote: post #5

.ovh is 1.2€ (first year) + 3.6€/year (renewal price), so about $42/decade.

Interesting. I'm curious how that TLD was conceived. Surely it's for the host, right?

If I remember right it started out as a gag before the new gTLDs were a thing, and they then decided it'd be good marketing to make it real.

Re: Ask HN: Which is the cheapest TLD for 10 years?

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Post by icebraining »

sshine wrote: post #18
pmlnr wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a country tld, those tend to stay around.

It's the TLD of the archipelago of Tokelau. They have a population of 1.400, their energy company provides 24-hour electricity "on special occasions", and they outsourced the TLD to a company I'd be ashamed to call a professional registrar. So country is a little guarantee.

Eh, seems to be basically an autonomous region of New Zealand, much like Gibraltar is of the UK. I'd bet it's pretty stable.

Re: Ask HN: Which is the cheapest TLD for 10 years?

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Post by 2562554354 »

.onion, it's FREE and with no renewal fees!!

No static ip required, encription and authentication built in and no need to expose ports on your router. Tor browser is great (it's just firefox) and available for all OS's (inc android). I'm running gitlab and a sftp server on an old laptop at home so I'm not even shelling out for server fees. Tor's is fantastic for devs!

Re: Ask HN: Which is the cheapest TLD for 10 years?

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Post by 5635373554 »

get an onion address its FREE (and no renewals), and great for personal use. I put a comment with more details but it was blocked so I'm trying to avoid keywords here. I'm running a gitlab and a sftp server on an old laptop at home (no server fees) which I can access anywhere in the world without dealing with static ip's or changing router settings.
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