Free stuff sites make up a very decent percentage of all sites on the internet. You can get anything from free screen savers to free software to free iPods to free vacations on the internet. Obviously other than a very few select products none of them are 'truly' free. They are not even a 'shareware kind' of product. Most of these schemes will expect a certain action to be performed to claim the 'free stuff'.
Normally, signing up to an offer from an advertiser, referring friends to a site or service or buying a related product all are examples of the 'actions' expected. For example, the free iPod offer that took over the internet by craze works on the premise that each person will refer 5 of their friends to the scheme as well as sign up to a few sponsor offers himself.
What is surprising is that out of all these offers, there are very few that are webmaster-centric. You hardly find offers for free domains, free webhosting or free traffic when you sign up for an offer. This is probably because the cost of these services or products are too low to warrant much interest. It can also be that webmasters prefer more direct forms of rewards like cash.
It is not that there are absolutely no free domain offers on the net. There are a few but their 'action' expected is either to buy hosting or to sign up and post at forums. The first scenario is a little scary because most web hosting companies will register the 'free' domain in their own name. So if want to change the web host, you lose the domain name and with it all the hard work you put in to develop the brand image. That leaves the posting at forums option. Well, if you asked me to post, say 50 messages and all of reasonable length (atleast 10 - 15 words), it will take me a month. This assumes that I also have something better to do! I cannot wait that long for a domain even if it is free.
From experience, it is seen that a webmaster will never refuse a free domain name. For that matter no one will will refuse a free thing if there is no catch involved. A webmaster should be willing to sign up for a free offer or two in exchange of a free domain. If such a scheme were available it should be quite sucessful. May be not as much as the free iPods schemes but atleast 50% as effective as them. If the free offer does not involve disclosure of credit card information, it will be the icing on the cake!
What do you do when a child is born to you? You name it. Running a business is like raising a child for most of the entrepreneurs. So when a business or a website is planned, the first thing that entrepreneurs do is name their venture, name their website. Getting a domain name right is very crucial and decides what the user response will be, when the venture or the website goes live. In case of websites this name is called a domain name.
To get the domain name registered you first need to check whether that domain name is available or not. Once you know that a particular domain name is available then go to various websites on the Internet and register your favorite domain name. You will have to give away your credit card details and will cost you around $ 10 for an year's registration, but the problem is that most of the domain name sellers, have a clause that until the buyer cancels the registration, they will keep charging the credit card. This means that even if you plan to shelve your business and you forget to cancel the registration, the domain name will still be in your name and you will keep paying $ 10 yearly.
If you don't want yourself to get into it, then you can register your domain name free. Simply log on to http://www.dom.ir/y.php and get your domain name you.dom.ir for free. The registration process will hardly take 3-5 minutes. Just check whether the domain name you are looking for is available or not through the search bar on the page. If your desired free domain name is available then simply get it registered. You will have to fill in some details regarding your name, email id and the keywords you would like to have.
Once you have entered the details here, just check your email for a verification email sent by the company, click on it and your account is verified. Now you have your account and you can log in to get to your control panel. Some of the details that you entered earlier can be changed at this time like the description of the page, keywords etc.
Now when you have your free domain name, you just need to find a hosting service, you can get this too for free or if you want to 'paid hosting' service then also there are a lot of options. Just pick from one of the available options, and host your website there. Your website is live now and is searchable through various search engines. Now you can use various other tools for making the content on your website more searchable like link building and other SEO tools. Once you are done you will realize you have saved yourself money and also lots of efforts.
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