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How it works

Four steps, then it's yours

  1. Pick a name

    3–30 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. The checker tells you instantly whether it is free.

  2. Sign up with that name

    We hold it for you straight away, marked pending. Nobody else can take it.

  3. Verify your email

    One click turns it active and opens up DNS.

  4. Point it anywhere

    Add A, AAAA, CNAME, TXT or MX records, or apply a one-click setup for Blogger, GitHub Pages or Vercel.

Renewing: just sign in

Subdomains are not permanent. They run in 7-day terms, and signing in renews every subdomain you own. That is the entire process — no button, no payment, no form.

active

Live

Resolving normally, with 7 days on the clock. Every sign-in resets it.

expired

Term ran out

DNS records are removed, so it stops resolving. The name is still yours for 7 more days.

released

Back in the pool

After the grace period, anyone can claim it. This is not reversible.

We email you 2 days before a term ends. Signing in during the grace period brings an expired subdomain straight back, records excepted — those you add again.

Why? Free subdomains attract people who claim a hundred names and never use one. A weekly sign-in costs an active user nothing and returns abandoned names to everyone else.

Who answers for your name

We run the authoritative nameservers for ajaira.site ourselves — ns1 and ns2.ajaira.site. When you save a record it is checked, confirmed to belong to you, and published straight to them. There is no third-party DNS provider in the path and no queue to wait on.

You can also hand your subdomain to nameservers of your own and manage it entirely elsewhere. How that works →

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. Some short names are held back as premium, but everything else is free to claim.

What if I go on holiday?

You get 14 days before a name is really gone: 7 live, then 7 of grace.

How fast is DNS?

Our nameservers have it instantly. Everywhere else honours the TTL you set.

Can I get a released name back?

Only if nobody else claimed it first. Released means released.