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06-06-2011, 04:40 PM #1New Member
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What free DNS host to use (EveryDNS is almost gone)
So I have several domain names registered through GoDaddy and I use EveryDNS for their free DNS services. EveryDNS, EditDNS and maybe others have been gobbled up by DynDNS and are no longer going to be free. DynDNS is charging an outrageous $29.95 per domain per year for DNS services.
So where do I go from here? I have started some digging and I hope that others can join in.
freedns.afraid.org offers free DNS services. I could not tell how many of my own domains were free.
clouddns.com offers free DNS services. You can do 3 for free then it is $9 a year for unlimited.
namecheap.com is a registrar charging $9 per domain but they offer full DNS services for each domain. They also have free DNS services where you do not have to host your domain there. I am interested to see what their interface looks like and how many you can host.
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06-06-2011, 04:51 PM #2Junior Guru
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http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1054844
I am in the same bandwagon
So far, i am testing http://dns.he.net
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06-06-2011, 05:30 PM #3New Member
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Very cool, I will monitor the other thread as well.
I have created a free account at namecheap.com and am going to test out their free DNS services. If they work good I may transfer to them from godaddy as well. Godaddy is $12 a year and I can't afford the privacy since it's something like $15 a year. Namecheap looks to be $9 + $2 for privacy.
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06-06-2011, 05:34 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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DynDNS is charging an outrageous $29.95 per domain per year for DNS services.
As i know, also you must pay $ for migration to dyndns :-)Your Health Encyclopedia
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06-06-2011, 06:55 PM #5New Member
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06-06-2011, 07:08 PM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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06-06-2011, 07:50 PM #7Retired Moderator
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try godaddy's own (free) dns, since the domains are registered there.
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06-06-2011, 09:06 PM #8New Member
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A couple years ago when I needed DNS services godaddy did not offer much in that regard. Do they now offer full control, just like any of these other places, for adding/deleting/updating A/CNAME/MX/etc entries (I don't use godaddy for any hosting)?
As it stands I am testing out one of the domains over on namecheap.com and if successful I may move that domain over to them since I can get the privacy stuff for $2. I also havn't read up on them to see if they have been around long or suck it.
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06-06-2011, 09:14 PM #9Newbie
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U can also transfer to name.com and there's a coupons for free privacy also I just recently transferred to edgedirector...$15 for unlimited domains and 1 million queries combined
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06-06-2011, 10:17 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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06-07-2011, 02:44 AM #11WHT Addict
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Besides the ones mentioned so far, here are some more free DNS hosts:
dnsexit.com
pointhq.com
sitelutions.com
xname.org
You can also get a few free domains from some paid DNS providers such as dnspark.com, zoneedit.com, and zonomi.com. Hope this helps.
I think he meant to say cloudns.net.Krang
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06-07-2011, 03:13 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Don't use xname.org - the worst service I've ever seen
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06-07-2011, 04:19 AM #13Web Hosting Evangelist
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At some point you have to think that "free" is just not worth it if the site matters to you and just switch to a company like www.dnsmadeeasy.com... That is just soooo cheap that it is not worth your while to look elsewhere.
For free free free service (if you have no budget to do anything) I would suggest sitelutions.com or godaddy.com.
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06-07-2011, 04:29 AM #14WHT Addict
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06-07-2011, 05:35 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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I've used personally and can vouch for are Sitelutions, DNSPark, and ZoneEdit.Your Health Encyclopedia
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06-07-2011, 07:42 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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MyDomain.com offers free DNS services for domains not registered with them. They probably not as comprehensive as some of the other services, but may be good enough. I used to use their service, but not for a couple of years. They were stealing traffic at one time, but I think they stopped doing that about the time I no longer required DNS services.
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06-13-2011, 03:03 AM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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I have a question about Namecheap's DNS service. I have a domain transferring over to them any day now, and I don't have a host set up for it. If I chose to have their free DNS, will my site be hosted there for free? I'm a n00b at some of this, especially the DNS end.
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06-13-2011, 03:30 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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06-13-2011, 03:58 AM #19I route, therefore I am
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I can personally vouch for Cloudflare's DNS service, it's free and just 'works'.
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06-13-2011, 09:55 AM #20Newbie
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06-14-2011, 09:14 AM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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I've also used xname.org and haven't had any cause for complaint.
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06-14-2011, 04:44 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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11-07-2011, 07:13 PM #23New Member
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EntryDNS - free dns hosting
There is a pretty new and very simple free DNS hosting service - https://entrydns.net/ - EntryDNS
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11-21-2011, 08:12 PM #24Junior Guru Wannabe
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This is FUD. Facts are, there are free services out there with equal or better reliability than commercial ones, numbers at hand.
For free free free service (if you have no budget to do anything) I would suggest sitelutions.com or godaddy.com.BuddyNS.com -- World's fastest secondary DNS & DNS replication service.
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11-22-2011, 01:15 AM #25Junior Guru Wannabe
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HE has a nice free version for DNS hosting. And they are very stable have a simple non bloated web UI.
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