• GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    You can make QR codes that copy text to a clipboard right? Can’t you just make it a DOI search term? Or pay $2/yr for a redirect domain that you can point to where you want later

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      6 months ago

      Sure, but that $2/yr company goes out of business after 10 years and the QR code stops working.

      I guess making the number just copy into your clipboard would be a decent option, but you can also just copy/paste text from images now, so why go through the trouble of QR coding it when that only makes sense to a computer?

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        6 months ago

        Even if your registrar goes out of business ICANN will help you restore the domain with a new registrar.

        Source it happened to one of my customers.

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        6 months ago

        A numerical .xyz domain costs less than a dollar a year, and you can make as many redirect links as you want.

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          6 months ago

          It costs less than a dollar for the first year. After that, who knows.

          The plain text is much more reliable than any url.

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            Use the search tool below to innovate on the affordable class of .xyz domains made up of 1.111 billion possible 6-digit, 7-digit, 8-digit, and 9-digit numeric combinations, between ‘000000.xyz’ through ‘999999999.xyz,’ now 99¢ per year, every year.

            This is from the registrar itself back in 2017.

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        6 months ago

        Namecheap xyz domains are less than $3 after tax for the first year. Subsequent years are around $10.

          • GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            You can get word-vomit domains that are made for QR/imbedded links. No human is typing those out and they do nothing for SEO, so they’re a pittance.

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        6 months ago

        .xyz Domains that are just numbers are $1 per year. and netcup has a deal a few times a year that prices .de domains at 1,30€ per year.