How to get a portfolio address without buying a domain

Claim a name under this site's own domain instead of registering one. Here are the rules the address follows, checked against the product's own endpoint, and what the address does not give you.

ConxfolioPublished 2026-09-12

— a name, not a registration.

Buying a domain is not expensive and it is not the obstacle people think it is. What stops most portfolios is the half hour after buying one: the registrar's dashboard, the name servers, the certificate, the host, and the deploy. The address is the smallest part of that list and it is the part everybody starts with.

The portfolio builder turns that around. The page comes first, and the address is a name you claim at the end of it.

What you are claiming

A name under this site's own domain, of the form the publish sheet shows while you type. You are not registering a domain and you do not own the name in the way a registration means. You are claiming an address that holds a page until you take it down.

That is a smaller thing than a domain and it is honest about being smaller. What it gives you is a short address you can put on a résumé, in an email signature or on a business card, without a bill and without an afternoon of configuration. The guide on choosing an address covers what makes a good one.

The rules the name follows

The address accepts lowercase letters, digits and dashes, between 3 and 63 characters, beginning and ending with a letter or a digit. That is the pattern the publish sheet states, and it is checked before anything is sent.

The check is a small endpoint and it can be called directly, which is the honest way to show what it does. Asking it about a free name returns a plain available. Asking about a two-character name returns an invalid format, because of the length rule. Asking about admin or resume returns reserved, because the product's own routes are protected from being claimed as handles. Those four answers were read off the running service.

The one email

The sheet lists what it needs in one line: two things before publishing, an address and a proven email. One code goes to the address you give, and entering it completes the claim and signs the session that owns the page. The sheet states the reason beside the field in a single clause, which is that the code proves it is you and nothing else is wanted.

This is the only place in the entire product that asks for an email. The résumé builder, the checker, the letter builder and every gallery work without one, which is the subject of why there is no account.

Private until you say so

The sheet says the page is private and noindexed until Publish is pressed. Nothing is exposed while you are deciding on a design or fixing a project line, and the render on step 03 is your real page rather than a staging copy. Taking it down afterwards is a control on the same step, described on unpublishing a portfolio.

What an address like this will not do

It will not let you send email from it. It will not give you a second page, a blog or a path you choose. It will not move to a domain you buy later, because it is a name in somebody else's namespace, which is the trade you accept in exchange for not owning any of the plumbing.

If you already own a domain and want it to be the address, this is not the tool for that job. Rent a host and deploy the page you want. The comparison worth making is honest in both directions: this gets one good page online tonight, and it does not pretend to be an owned web presence.

Using the address once you have it

Put it in the header of your résumé rather than in a paragraph, where a reader and an extractor will both find it. Linking a portfolio from a résumé covers the placement and the common mistake of burying it. If the link is going into a printed page, keep it short enough to be typed by hand, which is the practical argument for a name rather than a long path.

And check it on a phone before you send it anywhere. Step 03 offers Desktop and Phone views of the real page, and the phone frame renders at 390 pixels, which is what most people who receive the link will actually use.

Choosing the name itself

Your own name is the right answer for most people, because the address is going on a résumé beside it and a reader should be able to connect the two without thinking. A first name and surname joined by a dash is short, typeable and unambiguous.

Avoid a name tied to the role you want today, because the page will outlive that search. Avoid numbers, which are hard to dictate over a phone. And check what the address looks like written down on paper rather than only on screen, which is easier once you have printed the résumé that carries it, as printing a résumé correctly describes.