You are ready to put your business online. Every Black Friday banner promises an AI website builder with a free domain. Then checkout asks the question that stalls you: .co.ke or .com?

Pick the wrong one, and customers hesitate or you pay to switch later. The short rule is simple. Sell to Kenyans, take the .co.ke. Sell abroad, take the .com. Below are five  black Friday AI website builder with free domain deals and the domain each one gives you.

What to Weigh Before You Choose

Run every deal through this checklist. It takes two minutes. It also protects you from a bill you did not expect, and from a domain you cannot easily change once customers know your address.

• Extension fit. A .co.ke tells Kenyan buyers you are local and reachable. A .com tells overseas buyers you trade beyond one market.
• Renewal price. Free covers year one only. Note the year-two price before you pay.
• Ownership. The domain should register under your name. Then you can change providers without losing your address.
• The free-domain condition. Some providers register the domain free only while it serves as your hosting account’s primary domain.
• Payment method. M-Pesa in shillings is easier than a dollar card payment, especially for first-time owners.
• Matching email. An address like [email protected] builds trust. Check whether mailboxes come with the plan.

Quick Comparison

Skim this table first. Then read only the deals that fit your buyers.

Provider	Free domain	Black Friday status (26 Oct)	Best for
Truehost	.com or .co.ke free with annual hosting	Offer not announced yet	Kenyan sellers who pay by M-Pesa
Hostinger	Free for the first year on every AI Builder plan	Early prices live, full prices from 9 Nov	Lowest monthly price, global buyers
HostingKE	Free .co.ke for the first year	No Black Friday offer announced	Sites already built with an AI tool
HostAfrica	Free .co.ke with web hosting plans	No Kenya offer announced	One account with migration help
Namecheap	Domain deals, strongest on .com	2026 sale not announced yet	Owners who want a global .com

Checked on 26 October 2026. Providers change offers often, so confirm the final terms at checkout.

1)Truehost

Truehost pairs an AI-assisted builder with Kenyan domains. You describe your business, edit the draft, and publish without a developer on call.

Pricing: A .co.ke costs KSh 299 in year one and KSh 1,500 after. A .com costs KSh 1,100 in year one and KSh 1,600 after. The Hobby builder plan costs KSh 1,360 a year.

Features

• Choose your extension freely. Pick a .co.ke for local trust or a .com for reach. Annual hosting plans also come with a free domain in either one.
• Pay the way you already do. M-Pesa and card both work at checkout, so you skip the worry of paying in dollars.
• Get help in your language. Support answers in English and Swahili when you get stuck.
• Add trust with matching email. Pair your site with a Workplace business mailbox so customers see an address that matches your domain.
• Keep the commitment short. Yearly billing makes your renewal easy to predict.

Pros

• Local payments and local support
• No four-year lock-in on the builder
• Both Kenyan and global extensions in one place
• A matching business email is easy to add later

Cons

• No Black Friday offer announced yet, so check its Black Friday page before you pay
• The Hobby plan includes no business email, so add mailboxes separately

Best For: Kenyan businesses that sell locally and prefer paying by M-Pesa.

2) Hostinger AI Builder

Hostinger’s builder drafts the design, text, and layout from one sentence. Hosting, email, and SEO tools sit in the same plan, so fewer pieces can break.

Pricing: Premium costs $2.49 a month on a 48-month term and renews at $10.99 a month. Prices exclude VAT, and you pay in dollars.

Features

• Start from one sentence. Describe your business, and the AI builds the first version for you.
• Get a free domain for year one. Every plan includes one. Its Black Friday hub also lists a deal that adds two free domains with a .com, so read the terms.
• Launch with a matching inbox. Premium includes two mailboxes per website, free for one year.
• Test it with a safety net. A 30-day money-back guarantee lowers your risk. Full Black Friday prices start on 9 November.
• Sell from day one. The Unlimited plan adds ecommerce and free AI email marketing for a year, up to 100 subscribers.

Pros

• Lowest monthly price on this list
• Website, domain, and mailboxes in one plan

Cons

• Renewal costs more than four times the sale price
• The headline price needs a four-year payment upfront

Best For: Sellers who target buyers outside Kenya and want the lowest monthly rate.

3) HostingKE AI Website Hosting

Maybe you built your site in Lovable, Bolt, v0, or ChatGPT. It still needs a home and an address. HostingKE sells both.

Pricing: KES 2,900 a year plus VAT. The .co.ke renews at the normal price afterwards, listed at KES 1,400.

Features

• Get a Kenyan address included. The plan includes a free .co.ke for the first year, free SSL, and 20 GB of storage.
• Pay in shillings. M-Pesa checkout and yearly billing replace monthly dollar charges.
• Skip the upload stress. Send your project on WhatsApp, and the Nairobi team uploads it for free.
• Use a matching email. Up to 10 mailboxes let customers see a business address.
• Grow without moving. Upgrade to WordPress, Corporate, or VPS hosting later and keep your domain and files.

Pros

• No builder badge on your pages
• You keep your files and can move them any time

Cons

• This is hosting, not a builder, so you bring the finished site
• No Black Friday discount announced, so the listed price stands

Best For: Owners who already built a site with an AI tool and want a .co.ke address.

4) HostAfrica

HostAfrica bundles hosting, a domain, and migration help. That suits owners who want one account for everything.

Pricing: Check the live Kenya page for current plan prices. No Kenya Black Friday offer had appeared by 26 October.

Features

• Get a free .co.ke for year one. It comes with its web hosting plans on the Kenya site.
• Use the free site builder. The Kenya site lists a free builder and free SSL with hosting.
• Move without the copy and paste. The team migrates an existing site for free.
• Consider a continental name. Its main site pairs hosting with a free .africa domain instead.
• Scale by budget. Starter, Basic, and Business tiers let you upgrade as your traffic grows.

Pros

• Domain, builder, SSL, and migration in one bundle
• Useful if your current site sits with another host
• One support team for your site, domain, and email

Cons

• The free domain registers only while it serves as the primary domain on your hosting account
• Confirm the renewal price at checkout

Best For: Owners who want hosting, a builder, and migration help in one place.

5) Namecheap

Namecheap is a .com-first registrar with a long record of November sales. Its 2026 sale had not launched by 26 October.

Pricing: No 2026 Black Friday pricing yet. Last year its sale began on 21 November and ran for 15 days across domains and hosting.

Features

• Protect your details. Free domain privacy keeps your phone number and email out of public records.
• Secure a global name. Its strength is the .com, which suits brands that sell beyond Kenya.
• Watch for the November sale. Domain and hosting discounts usually arrive in the second half of the month.
• Manage domains in one dashboard. Register more than one extension and control them all from a single account.

Pros

• Strong choice for a global .com
• Free domain privacy

Cons

• You pay in dollars by card
• Confirm it sells your extension, and check the renewal rate, since sale prices cover the first term only

Best For: Buyers who want a global .com and accept card payments in dollars.

The Bottom Line: Claim Your Name Before Someone Else Does

A site can change next month. Your address travels with your brand for years. Choose .co.ke for Kenyan trust, .com for reach, or both for cover.

If you sell to Kenyan customers and want M-Pesa checkout, Truehost is the easiest place to start. If you sell abroad and want the lowest monthly rate, Hostinger leads. If you already built your site with AI, HostingKE gives it a Kenyan home.

• Selling to Kenyans: take the .co.ke and pay by M-Pesa.
• Selling abroad: take the .com and compare totals over the full term.
• Unsure: register the .co.ke now and add the .com when your first overseas buyer appears.

Search your business name today, claim the extension your buyers will trust, and let the AI builder draft the site while you focus on selling.