.tk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific.
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.tk is the internet address suffix designated for Tokelau, a small South Pacific territory belonging to New Zealand, similar to how .com or .uk work for other organizations and countries. It matters because it's one of the domain extensions people can use to create websites, and in practice has become popular for free or low-cost domain registration services.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .tk
- Top level domain.image
- Dot TK logo.svg
- Top level domain.introduced
- 7 November 1997
- Top level domain.type
- Country code top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- Dot TK (run by BV Dot TK)
- Top level domain.sponsor
- Government of Tokelau and Teletok
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Entities connected with Tokelau
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Varied site topics; few sites relate to Tokelau
- Top level domain.restrictions
- Yes, for free domains only
- Top level domain.document
- Registration Agreement (free domains)Registration Agreement (paid domains)
- Top level domain.structure
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- Overview
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.tk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific.
The .tk TLD is managed by Teletok, a local telecommunications company who outsourced the domain registry operation to the Dutch company Freenom, who was additionally also acting as a registrar. As Freenom offered free registration, the .tk ending was often associated with malicious activities like phishing, spam and cybersquatting. In 2023, Freenom stopped offering new .tk registrations in their registrar business as a result of a lawsuit with Meta. Their registry operations for other registrars were not affected by this. Freenom announced it would exit the domain registry and registrar business in February 2024.