How to register a domain for free

Surprisingly, many people are unaware of the existence of zones that are free to register. Moreover, many pay money for domain registration in this zone - the standard price for well-known registrars is from 5 to 15 cu for what you can do yourself for free.

Here are the domains that can be registered absolutely free:
Ukraine
.net.ua, .od.ua, .org.ua, and many types of region.ua
Russia
.com.ru, .net.ru, org.ru, pp.ru,. msk.ru, spb.ru and many others like region.ru

Below is an instruction such as "domain is free for dummies"

Register a third level domain type in .ru

1) We go to the address http://www.ripn.net:8080/nic/dns/web-forms.html to register a record on the organization, individual or technical support service. Choose, for example, an individual. The fact that you fill out the form XXX-RIPN - this must be remembered - this is your identifier.
2) Add a domain to ns servers.
3) Go to http://www.ripn.net:8080/nic/dns/form/ , entering your username and password.
There is a web form through which it is very simple to register a domain you like. For geo domains, go here www.relcom.ru/Services/Domain/Geographical

The only condition is that ns servers must be configured correctly in advance.

Register a third level domain in .ua.

Take the example in the .od.ua zone
1) Create an identifier (NIC-HANDLE) at https://hostmaster.net.ua/?uanew1 .
2) Add a domain to ns
3) To register, you must send a letter in a special format to the address hostmaster@ns.od.ua.

For example, for the domain mesto.od.ua it will look where and what to send, can be found here: hostmaster.net.ua/2ld

Тема письма:
ADD mesto.od.ua

Тело письма:
domain: mesto.od.ua
descr: Mesto
admin-c: XXXX-uanic
tech-c: XXXX-uanic
nserver: ns1.hostxxxxx.com
nserver: ns2.hostxxxxx.com
changed: your@email 20081103
Где указать свой Nic-handle, ns-ы и email

Now the pitfalls.

Firstly, we need ns servers, in most cases according to the rules located in physically remote places. However, if you have already ordered a hosting that has a panel like DirectAdmin or CPanel and the like, you already have an ns server - ask your hoster
. Secondly, you might have problems with some domains, for example .net.ru could be registered very limited, in the regions it was necessary to confirm the residence, in addition, if there are no ns, you can’t register a domain and in most cases you will still have to book a hosting.

If anyone is interested, I can tell you in detail how these problems are easily circumvented, and how to get hosting for free in most regions, and also when you should not use it.

UPD. thanks to those who raise karma, moved the topic of

UPD2. those who in the comments discuss that free hosting is bad, pay attention once again to the article - it only talks about the domain registration process and is not called for anything. Moreover, these domains are free for everyone, that is, a domain that you register for yourself will not be worse than the same one that someone else registers for you for the money according to a similar scheme. I believe that the more people know, the better, and how everyone should decide who to do is
UPD3. Who immediately embarked and asks for help in a personal - indicate immediately what answer came. If you add something from the control panel, it’s worth waiting a while (depending on the settings of your hoster, as a rule, no more than an hour) and then send a request.

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