Starter kit · Domain + free hosting
Live website from रू199. No joke.
A domain from us + free hosting from Cloudflare/Vercel/Netlify. Here's exactly how.
Total first-year cost: रू199 domain + रू0 hosting = रू199.
The plan, in four steps
Nothing here needs a developer. The slowest part is waiting for DNS to propagate, and even that is usually minutes.
Step 01
Pick a domain
.online starts at रू199 and .com at रू1,499 for the first year. Register it through us and pay with eSewa or Khalti — no international credit card needed.
- रू199 gets you a real, ownable domain for a year
- .com at रू1,499 if you want the one everybody trusts
- eSewa, Khalti, bank transfer — local payment, local support
Step 02
Choose free hosting
Every host below has a free tier that does not expire. Cloudflare Pages is the one we recommend for most people because bandwidth is unlimited — a post that goes viral will not bill you.
- Cloudflare Pages — recommended, unlimited bandwidth
- Vercel — great for Next.js and React projects
- Netlify — easiest if you want to drag and drop a folder
- GitHub Pages — fine for a simple HTML/CSS page
Step 03
Point your domain
In your host's dashboard, add your domain as a custom domain. It will give you either two nameservers or a CNAME/A record. Put those in your domain's DNS settings and wait — usually minutes, sometimes a few hours.
- Nameserver change: simplest, hands all DNS to the host
- CNAME or A record: use this if email already runs on the domain
- Verify it actually propagated with our DNS Checker
Step 04
Deploy your site
Push your code to GitHub and the host builds and publishes it automatically. No code yet? Start from a free template — portfolio, resume, small business, blog — and change the text.
- Connect the repo once; every push after that deploys itself
- Or drag a folder of HTML files into Netlify and you are live
- HTTPS is issued for you, free, on all four hosts
Which free host should you use?
All four are free and all four work with a domain bought from us. We have no affiliation with any of them — this is just what the free tiers give you.
| Host | Free tier | Best for | Deploy method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Pages(recommended) | Unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/mo | Static sites, portfolios | Git push |
| Vercel | 100GB bandwidth | Next.js, React | Git push |
| Netlify | 100GB bandwidth | Any static site, drag-and-drop | Git or upload |
| GitHub Pages | Unlimited for public repos | Simple HTML/CSS | Git push |
Free-tier limits are set by each provider and change from time to time; check their own pricing pages before you commit to one.
Who is this for?
- Students building a portfolio
- yourname.online beats a Google Drive link on every internship application. रू199 for the year is less than a plate of momo a month.
- Freelancers who need to look professional
- A custom domain also gets you a real email address instead of a Gmail — the single fastest way to stop looking like a hobbyist to foreign clients.
- Startups testing an idea
- Ship a landing page, collect signups, learn whether anyone wants it. Spend on hosting after there is something to host.
- Bloggers who want their own name
- Own the address instead of renting it from a platform. If the platform dies, your readers still find you at the same URL.
- Small businesses under the E-Commerce Act
- Nepal's E-Commerce Act expects online sellers to publish identifiable business details. A domain plus a simple page is the cheapest way to satisfy that.
What you don't need
Four things people assume are required. None of them are.
An international credit card
We take eSewa, Khalti and bank transfer. The free hosting tiers do not ask for a card at all.
Technical hosting knowledge
Netlify lets you drag a folder into the browser. Cloudflare and Vercel need one button click to connect a GitHub repo.
Monthly hosting fees
These are permanent free tiers, not trials. Your only recurring cost is the domain, renewed once a year.
A developer
Free templates exist for portfolios, resumes, shops and blogs. Editing text in a template is not programming.
Tools you'll want open
All free, no signup.
Name Finder
Describe the idea in Nepali or English and get names that are actually still available, priced in rupees.
DNS Checker
After you point the domain at your host, check from here whether the records have really propagated.
Pricing
First-year and renewal prices side by side for every published extension. No hidden second-year jump.
Questions people ask before they try this
- Is the hosting actually free forever?
- Yes. Cloudflare Pages, Vercel, Netlify and GitHub Pages all run permanent free tiers, not time-limited trials — they do not expire and no card is required. The only thing you pay for is the domain, once a year.
- Will it be slow?
- No. Cloudflare and Vercel serve your files from edge locations worldwide, including nodes close to Nepal, so pages typically load faster than they would on most paid shared hosting sold locally. A static site on a free CDN tier is genuinely fast.
- Can I use WordPress?
- Not on these free hosts — they serve static files and have no PHP or MySQL. If you specifically need WordPress you will need paid hosting, roughly रू90 to रू300 per month from Nepal providers. If you only need pages, a portfolio or a blog, a static site does the same job for free.
- What if I outgrow free hosting?
- Upgrade to a paid plan on the same host, or move to a VPS. Because the domain is registered in your name and separate from the hosting, you just repoint the DNS — the address, your links and your SEO all stay exactly the same.
Ready? Pick your domain.
The hosting is free and waiting. The only decision left is the name — and at रू199 for the first year, it is a cheap decision to get slightly wrong.
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