COVE, a new Australian web hosting company with many not so new faces from ex-Jumba (which this blog was once hosted on many moons ago), is going to give away 2,500 free domain names next Monday (11 August 2008), via their promotional website, TheGreatDomainNameGiveAway.com.au (that domain is about as original as “OzBargain” despite being a lot longer…).

On Monday, August 11, COVE will give away 2,000 gTLD domain names (.com, .net, .org, .biz and .info), along with 500 .AU domain names (.com.au, .net.au and .id.au).

All of these free domain names come with the standard free features you get when buying a domain name from COVE, including DNS hosting, URL re-direction, URL cloaking and e-mail forwarding.

As stated by the rep, they currently use Bottle domain for .au domains and eNom for gTLDs.

Yup. All free. No string attached. I’ve already had quite a few in mind, with availability checked. When Monday comes COVE will post the coupon codes on their website for free domain registration. I am expecting to get none as I usually score pretty low on “luck”. I already have too many domains sitting there collecting dust anyway. Just need time to develop them into something more useful…