Need to host your DNS where you can dynamically set the IP address for free? The solution is to use FreeDNS.

Navigate to https://www.namecheap.com/domains/freedns/ and get started.


Steps

Navigate to https://www.namecheap.com/domains/freedns/ 

Input your domain name and click GetDNS

Click Set up DNS

And you are done.

The DNS servers used by Free DNS are:

freedns1.registrar-servers.com
freedns2.registrar-servers.com
freedns3.registrar-servers.com
freedns4.registrar-servers.com
freedns5.registrar-servers.com


Next Steps

You will need to update your name server IPs for your domain. You would do this through your domain registrar.


Testing

$ nslookup          
> server freedns1.registrar-servers.com
Default server: freedns1.registrar-servers.com
Address: 45.58.122.83#53
> creativeattitude.com
Server:		freedns1.registrar-servers.com
Address:	45.58.122.83#53

Name:	creativeattitude.com
Address: 206.80.251.217




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