🔥 Open beta — claim is $5, renew is $3. Stripe wires up the moment you want it.

Domains for things
that shouldn't outlast the day.

A subdomain for $5. One-click DNS. Auto-expires in 30 days. Namecheap charges $9/year and makes you do DNS by hand. We charge $5, once, and your subdomain quietly disappears when you're done with it.

✓ $5 once, not $9/year ✓ No card on file ✓ Crypto + card

Claim your subdomain

3-32 chars · letters, numbers, hyphens · must be unique · one-time $5

hackathon-sf.sn-x.com → https://my-event.glitch.me

Free during open beta · 30-day auto-expiry · no card

$ curl -X POST burndomain.com/api/claim \
   -d '{"sub":"hackathon-sf","target":"https://sf-hack.dev"}'

{ "domain": "hackathon-sf.sn-x.com",
  "expires": "2026-08-19",
  "dns": "auto-routed",
  "cost": "$5" }

$ curl hackathon-sf.sn-x.com
→ HTTP 200 from https://sf-hack.dev (proxied)
→ Visitor #42 today · 🔐 password protected
→ Expires in 28 days (renew: POST /api/renew)

How it works

Three steps. Total setup time: about the time it takes to read this paragraph.

Pick a name

Anything not already taken. We bind it to yourname.sn-x.com under Cloudflare's DNS in milliseconds.

Point it somewhere

One input box. Drop your Glitch link, GitHub Pages URL, even an IP. Changeable in one click anytime you want.

Toggle the easter eggs

Visitor counter, password gate, auto-redirect, "coming soon" splash — toggles, no config files. They come with the listing.

Walk away when done

Forget to renew? No pestering emails, no $80 "redemption" fee. It just stops. That's the whole point.

What's in the box

Every subdomain ships with these toggles. No upsells.

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One-click DNS

Point your subdomain anywhere with a single text field. Cloudflare Workers handle the proxy, HTTPS, and routing — all free tier.

🔐

Password gate

Set one password. Visitors see a clean gate before reaching your destination. Perfect for previews, beta cohorts, invite-only events.

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Auto-redirect

Send visitors to a specific path on your target URL. ?utm_source=burn tagged by default — track conversions from your subdomain.

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Visitor counter

See exactly how many people hit your subdomain, where they came from, and what device they used. Real-time, public, or private.

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Auto-expiry

30 days. No renewal emails, no charge attempts, no "we'll charge your card on file" surprises. It just resolves to nothing.

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One-time payment

$5 buys you a subdomain for its lifetime — until expiry. Renew for $3 if you want to extend. No subscriptions ever.

Pricing

Honest math, no asterisks.

Claim

$5 / once
  • One unique subdomain
  • Active for 30 days
  • One-click DNS rebinding
  • All easter eggs enabled
  • Visitor counter

For comparison: a single subdomain on Namecheap is $9/year minimum, requires manual nameserver config, and renews at full price annually. We charge $5 once — not per year — and never auto-renew.

Use cases

Anyone shipping something short-lived needs one of these in their toolbox.

🎪 Hackathons

Subdomain for every team. Bracket site, judging portal, results page.

🥷 Beta launches

Private invite links without exposing infrastructure. Password-gated by default.

🎟️ Event pages

Wedding, conference, popup — point to your Tally/Notion page. Live for the day, gone after.

🪂 Side-project soft launches

"Mything.mything.com" without the $9 annual commitment before you've even validated the idea.

🔬 Research projects

Pretest survey, paper companion site, replication link. Auto-expires when grant ends.

🛒 Drops / restocks

Flash drop landing page with visitor counter for hype. DNS rebinds when drop changes.

Common questions

Things people actually ask.

Why a subdomain instead of a real domain?

Because you don't need one. Subdomains inherit the parent's authority, HTTPS coverage, and Cloudflare protections. For anything short-lived, a subdomain is functionally identical to a $14/year domain, costs $5 once, and disappears cleanly.

What happens when it expires?

DNS records are removed. The subdomain stops resolving. We hold the name for 30 days after expiry in case you want to renew — then it's released for anyone to claim.

Can I take my subdomain with me?

Yes. Export your full configuration — target URL, easter-egg toggles, visitor analytics — and re-import into any other subdomain in one click.

Who owns the visitor data?

You do. Export anytime as CSV. We don't sell it, mine it, or share it. Ever.

Is this legal / will Cloudflare shut me down?

Subdomains on a domain you own are 100% normal, common, and explicitly supported. We run on Cloudflare's free tier (Workers + KV + Pages). No ToS risk.

What if someone squats names?

Names auto-release on expiry. Squatting costs them $5 per name per month. Not profitable.

try: ?easter-egg=flame

Stop paying for names that should die.

$5. One time. Done when you're done.

⚡ Claim your first subdomain

No card on file. No subscription. No expiry email we'll pretend to forget to send.