What is Freenom?

Freenom is a domain registrar that provides unlimited free domains with TLDs of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, or .gq that last for up to a year at a time. Don't worry though you can also renew them for free!

I personally tend to use them for smaller, public-facing services I run and for generating "temporary" domains that I can use for a proof-of-concept or testing.

Register a Domain

• ⚠️ It should be noted that Freenom does not have a clean past and that your free domain name can be removed at any given time. Open for more details.

Register a Domain on Freenom

1. Navigate to https://freenom.com
2. Create an account if you don't have one yet
3. Go back to the homepage and choose a domain name
4. Click "Get it now!" and then checkout
5. If you're planning on keeping this domain for longer term, be sure to change the period accordingly
6. Check the terms and conditions and complete your order
7. Profit! 🎉

Add the Domain to Cloudflare

Even though we now have a free domain we will move our default nameservers over to Cloudflare to have better control over our domain and have more features such as a nicer user interface, CDN, DDoS mitigation, etc.

1. Go to https://cloudflare.com
2. Create an account if you don't have one yet
3. Click "Add a site" in the account dashboard and type in your domain
4. Select and confirm the free plan