hmm,

give me those Free names.. i would convert them to money making ones hehehe....... (joking)

I would never be intrested in getting free names. And if some one is really giving still i wont take them...

Money converted with Free things always wind away Freely

And if you have a free domain it would surely go in vain.. but if you have bought it you will give ur 200% to make something of your investment

Good luck. Nothing in life is Free. You have to pay for it now or later

You guys don't know but I have no credit card so how can I register the domain name from the registrar? I need free domain because of I have one project. Domain should be .info, .com, .us, .uk, .net I don't care. I need domain only for 5 or 6 months.

Good point, but what I was wondering is if there could really be a business in providing free domain names?

Aside from buying the domains and giving them away in return for a link or something else, there are some sources of cheap used domains like Sohil has that could be "recycled". Perhaps those that have domains and want to dump them would be willing to give them away in return for the person linking to one of their other parked domains?

Sure, the domain you gave away may not ever get PR, but if you talk with the person first you could find out if they were serious or not and even help them to have a nice little site. I was thinking that after about 6 months you would transfer ownership to the person so that they really do own it, with the understanding that they contiune to link to you for at least another 6 months.

You need a domain, but you also need hosting. Do you have a plan for that yet? Why don't we talk about it in a PM? :-)

Good questions, nielsencl.

I think that the appeal of a free domain name is universal. Obviously, there are a lot of people that can't or don't want to have to pay for registry and an offer like this would appeal to them.

I would prefer to have a close associate or a friend pay for a domain name since the prices are very small. If someone is doing well, I am sure that they can afford to register a domain on your behalf as a gift or bestowment and, this way, the domain would be in your name in the registry and you would not have to fear the retribution of a company which gave it to you for free.

I found the offer tempting for a little while and considered the benefits and consequences, and decided not to give the offer my contact information or address; I think that it would be better for me to simply pay the five to ten dollars myself.

Here are some more free domain providers
http://www.feefreedomains.org.uk/application.html
http://ifastnet.com/freedomain.php
http://www.palkey.com/freedomains/
http://www.byethost.com/freedomain.php (Provides free .com .net and .org domain names)