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'''Dot TK''' is the registration domain of Taloha, Inc. which is a joint venture of a private organization, BV Dot TK, with | '''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]].<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/dot-tk-free-domain-names-with-no-strings-attached.html domainnews]</ref><ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/company/dot-tk linkedin]</ref> 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<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/company/dot-tk linkedin]</ref>== | ==Offices<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/company/dot-tk linkedin]</ref>== | ||
The registry is funded privately and has offices in the following regions – | The registry is funded privately and has offices in the following regions – | ||
* Douglas (Isle of Man) | * Douglas (Isle of Man) | ||
* Amsterdam (Netherlands) | * Amsterdam (Netherlands) | ||
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* Palo Alto (USA) | * Palo Alto (USA) | ||
==Mission | ==Mission== | ||
The company has its DNS root-servers in every region of the world which provides the support for handling | 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.<ref>[http://www.dot.tk/en/pageC00.html dotTK]</ref> | ||
==Services<ref>[http://www.dot.tk/en/moredottk.html dotTK]</ref> | ==Services== | ||
* 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> | |||
===TK Mailias=== | ===TK Mailias=== | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 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[3]
The registry is funded privately and has offices in the following regions –
- 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
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 for privacy and can be used on first date.
Tweak[7][8]
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.