.tk

.tk

Introduced	7 November 1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Dot TK (run by BV Dot TK)
Sponsor	Government of Tokelau and Teletok
Intended use	Entities connected with Tokelau
Actual use	Sees some use, mostly not in Tokelau
Registration restrictions	Yes, for free domains only
Structure	Registrations are taken directly at the second level; domains are redirected to actual website addresses within a frame, or point directly to a webserver or nameserver.
Documents	Registration Agreement (free domains) Registration Agreement (paid domains)
Dispute policies	UDRP (paid domains only)
Registry website	Dot.TK

.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 a 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.

Teletok opened negotiations with the domain registry operator of .nz, for help in managing .tk after Freenom's exit.^[1]