Students can now create websites for free with Namecheap

US-based area registrar and hosting agency Namecheap has prolonged its complimentary companies to college students returning to high school from the summer season holidays by providing a free .me area identify and internet hosting companies from GitHub.

The firm stated the initiative was put in place to encourage college students to kickstart constructing their on-line presence with their first web site, on-line portfolio or weblog.

So far, virtually 400,000 college students have claimed their free .me area since Namecheap launched this system in 2014.

Student websites

The most domains registered by means of the 'Namecheap for Education' program got here from the University of Waterloo in Canada the place college students have registered 3,344 free .me domains so far.

Namecheap is encouraging college students who've a .edu electronic mail tackle to participate in 'Namecheap for Education' initiative.

The firm additionally ran a seven-day sale for college students and lecturers and supplied value cuts on digital merchandise and productiveness instruments.

“Virtually each faculty scholar within the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and plenty of different areas all over the world (with .edu or faculty electronic mail tackle) is eligible to participate within the free web site program," Namecheap said.

The company also supported the initiative by releasing a 20-minute virtual class for educators to use and teach students and online novices the Internet basics.

The lesson is still available on Namecheap’s YouTube channel and includes a step by step guide on how to build and launch a website for the first time.

Back in February 2021, Namecheap launched its own website builder, known by the name ‘Visual’, which offers a range of creative design tools.