A free name before you own a domain
Claim a free name such as alex.coritan.gg for a website, mailboxes or a game server’s address before you own a domain. Each name uses one of your websites.
Claim a free name such as alex.coritan.gg and use it for a website, mailboxes or a game server’s address, before you own a domain. The name costs nothing and needs no renewal. It stays on your account while its DNS zone exists.
- 3 names for each account
- Free, with no renewal
- DNSSEC on, with no step from you
What you can use a name for
A claimed name works like a domain you own.
- A website. Create a web proxy for alex.coritan.gg or www.alex.coritan.gg. We also request a wildcard certificate for the name, which covers it and every name directly under it. Create a web proxy
- Mailboxes. Use the name as a Mail Hosting domain, such as you@alex.coritan.gg, or as an SMTP Relay sending domain. We publish the mail records for the name ourselves. Add a domain to Mail Hosting
- A game server’s address. Use a name under yours, such as play.alex.coritan.gg, as the address players type. The name itself cannot be a join address. Use your own domain for a join address
- Records of your own. The name is a DNS zone on your account. Add any record the zone takes, and turn on a proxy for an address record. Add, edit and delete DNS records
Each name uses a website
Each name is a DNS zone, so it counts as one of your websites. Plan limits on websites apply once the plans are open.
The Free plan’s websites include DNS, certificates and protection on our network. The site itself runs on a server you pay for, on hosting you already have, or as a static site on our edge.
How to claim one
- Open the claim form. In the dashboard, open the Websites page and choose Get a free coritan.gg name. Right after you sign up, the dashboard opens it for you.
- Type a name. The form checks the name as you type and says when it is free. It also offers up to three names made from your profile.
- Claim it. We create the name’s DNS zone on your account, add its records to coritan.gg and request its wildcard certificate.
The weekly certificate limit
Every name under coritan.gg shares one weekly allowance of new certificates.
| Weekly allowance | |
|---|---|
| Why it is shared | Certificate authorities limit the certificates they issue for one registered domain each week, and every claimed name sits under coritan.gg |
| Our limit | Up to 45 from the first authority and 90 from each of the other two, for all names under coritan.gg together |
| When it is used up | A claim still works, but we do not order its wildcard certificate. Request it again once the week has turned. |
Limits
What a name allows and what it does not.
| Names | |
|---|---|
| Names one account can hold | 3 |
| Length of a name | 3–32 characters |
| Characters | Lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, with no hyphen at either end and no two hyphens in a row |
| Reserved names | Names such as www, mail, api and support, and any name a join address already uses |
| Websites and zones | |
| Websites | Each name is a DNS zone, so it counts as one of your websites. Your plan’s limit on websites applies once the plans are open, and we then refuse a claim that would take your account past it. |
| DNS zones one account can hold | 100, claimed names included |
| Claims and releases | |
| Claims | 6 an hour for your account |
| Availability checks | 60 a minute for your account |
| Nameservers | Ours only. A claimed name cannot use other nameservers or move to a registrar. |
| Releasing a name | Deletes its zone with every record in it, and anyone can claim the name afterwards |
Guides for free names
- Claim a free coritan.gg name: Claim a name, use it, or release it.
- Get a coritan.gg mailbox: A mailbox such as alex@coritan.gg is a separate thing from a name.
- Set up DNSSEC: How a claimed name is signed with no step from you.
- How SSL/TLS certificates work: How the wildcard certificate for a name is ordered and renewed.
Claim your name
Create a free account and claim a name such as alex.coritan.gg.
Frequently asked questions
Does a coritan.gg name cost anything?
No. A name costs nothing and needs no renewal, and it stays on your account while its DNS zone exists. It uses one of the websites your plan allows.
How many names can I claim?
An account can hold 3 names. Release one before you claim another. Each name is a DNS zone on your account, so it also counts as one of your websites: on the Free plan, three names use all three websites.
Why might a new name have no certificate yet?
Certificate authorities limit how many certificates they issue for one registered domain each week, and every name under coritan.gg shares that allowance. When it is used up, the claim still works but we do not order the certificate. Request it again once the week has turned.
Can I use my own nameservers or move the name to a registrar?
No. Our nameservers answer for a claimed name, and it cannot move to a registrar. To use other nameservers, register a domain of your own.
What happens when I release a name?
We delete its DNS zone with every record, load balancer and origin pool in it. Mail domains, web proxies, certificates and game server addresses under the name stop working, and anyone can claim the name afterwards. You cannot undo a release.
