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Is it possible to set up a website that will last for 100 years, paid in advance? Question

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I've seen a lot of domain names expire or hosting go dark when a website owner stops maintaining the site.

Is there a way to prevent that for my own site? I'd like it to remain up, well after I'm gone. Is there a way to set up prepaid long-term domain registration and hosting? I'm thinking for 100 or even 1,000 years.

The goal is to keep the information around for a long time, not to generate income for a long time. Currently the hosting and domain name cost around $150 per year.

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What is your goal? (1 comment)
What is your goal?
matthewsnyder‭ wrote over 1 year ago · edited over 1 year ago

I think it helps if you're more specific. What do you seek to gain by keeping the site up after you're dead? Is it to provide income for your progeny? That is normally done by incorporating a business around the site, and having an estate or trust run it. Is it to etch your work in history? That would be best done through archival services (web archive, Github's Arctic code vault, libraries). Is it to preserve ownership of online real estate? Probably you'll need your children or an heir take over after you.

It's also hard not to think of the poem, "I am Ozymandias, the King of kings..."