Nowhere gives one away for free without another purchase. If you want a free one for life, it will require a purchase of webspace and a server also.
You can get a free top level domain from .tk Your domain would be www.mydomainname.tk you can get them here http://my.dot.tk/cgi-bin/login01.taloha
In order to register a top level domain name (TLD) you must work through a domain registry and a domain registrar.
Here are the main registries for the most popular top level domains:
.com - Administered by VeriSign, Inc.
.net - Administered by VeriSign, Inc.
.org - Administered by Afilias Limited
.info - Administered by Afilias Limited
.biz - Administered by NeuStar
To register a TLD administered by any registry one must use a certified registrar. There are thousands of certified registrars.
See the related links below for links to popular registrars and related information on TLD's.
The three parts of a domain name are the host record (www, @(none) or *(other)), the SLD (second level domain) and the TLD (top level domain) or ccTLD (country code top level domain). For example wiki.answers.com:wiki = host nameanswers = SLD (second level domain).com = TLD (top level domain)
If you want a top level domain such as .com or .net, you would need to pay for it. You can get a subdomain with Weebly such as the following: test.weebly.com
I think you're referring to the top level domain. .cn is the top level domain for mainland China.
.com is an example of an top-level domain--Do you need a good .com domain name? Visit http://bit.ly/domainbr
Top-Level Domain Name
com
If you are referring to the ".com" or ".net" portion of the domain name, it is called the "top level domain name." Anything in between "www" and the top level domain name is called a secondary domain name.
This is called a "Top-level Domain".
Its TLD - Top Level Domain.
a geographical top level domain is the part of a domain name which is related to geography for example .in for india ,de. for denmark etit represents the country or a perticullar regionc
On the Internet, "com" is one of the top-level domain names that can be used when choosing a domain name. It generally describes the entity owning the domain name as a commercial organization. Along with the second-level domain name (for example: "whatis" in whatis.com), the top-level domain name is required in Web and e-mail addresses.The top-level domain names administered by ICANN and its delegate agencies are: com, edu, gov, int, mil, net, and org. In addition to these, domain name applicants within the United States may also be able to register a name under a U.S. top-level domain name based on geography. See RFC 1480 - The US Domain and visit the U.S. Domain Registry for registration procedures.
.nl is the top level domain for Netherlands.