Difference between revisions of "Dot TK"
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| − | * Free Domains - Dot TK provides free domains with .tk extension.<ref>[http://www.dot.tk/en/moredottk.html dotTK]</ref><ref>[http://www.programmableweb.com/api/dot-tk-tweak programmableweb]</ref> | + | * Free Domains - Dot TK provides free domains with .tk extension., though its free names come with limited rights<ref>[http://www.dot.tk/en/moredottk.html dotTK]</ref><ref>[http://www.programmableweb.com/api/dot-tk-tweak programmableweb]</ref> |
| − | + | * TK Mailias - You can create an alias email which can be disposed after you have finished your work. Such disposable email alias can be used for online shopping, for social networking websites and general privacy issues. | |
| − | + | * Tweak - Using Tweak you can rename a URL into a shorter one. You just type the URL or copy/paste and click the next icon; Dot TK will provide you with a smaller URL.<ref>[http://www.programmableweb.com/api/dot-tk-tweak programmableweb]</ref><ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/dot-tk-free-domain-names-with-no-strings-attached.html domainnews]</ref> | |
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Revision as of 21:22, 8 June 2011
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| Type: | Privately Held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2001 |
| Founder(s): | Balder Alofs, Joost Zuurbier |
| Headquarters: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Website: | dot.tk |
| Facebook: | Dot TK Facebook |
| LinkedIn: | Dot TK Facebook |
| Twitter: |  @dottk
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| Key People | |
| Joost Zuurbier, CEO Marcel Trik, CFO | |
Dot TK is the registration domain of Taloha, Inc., which is a joint venture of a private organization, BV Dot TK, with the Tokelau governmental telecommunications body, Teletok.[1][2] BV Dot TK, which is doing business as Dot TK registry, has been appointed by the Tokelau Government as the exclusive entity for the .tk ccTLD registration.
Offices
The registry is funded privately and has offices in the following regions:[3]
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- London, United Kingdom
- Palo Alto, USA
Mission
The company has its DNS root-servers in every region of the world, which provides the support for handling worldwide registrations. The registry has been mainly created for a social impact so as to make the people of the world aware of Tokelau, a Pacific territory of New Zealand and its community. This is to establish associations with bigger corporations for enhancing communication, medical expertise and education in the region and to directly fund the island using the royalty fees earned from selling the domain names.[4]
Services
- Free Domains - Dot TK provides free domains with .tk extension., though its free names come with limited rights[5][6]
- TK Mailias - You can create an alias email which can be disposed after you have finished your work. Such disposable email alias can be used for online shopping, for social networking websites and general privacy issues.
- Tweak - Using Tweak you can rename a URL into a shorter one. You just type the URL or copy/paste and click the next icon; Dot TK will provide you with a smaller URL.[7][8]