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Why? Is there something inherently bad about free domains? I’m aware that they were used for scams and eventually some websites (like facebook) just blacklisted them but other TLD could be too.
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Tokelau, Mali, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic are all actual countries with legitimate users, although admittedly they're also quite small and poor.
I can’t argue about the rest of them but Tokelau is a series of atolls in the pacific with a population of 1400. Additionally, even the official government website is hosted in New Zealand’s TLD. https://www.tokelau.org.nz/ So yes, they are actual counties but we can’t use that information to pressure that there’s must be at least one legitimate user (e.g. the government).
I had a four character TK domain back then.
I remember when dot TK domains were free… I think they came with the caveat that ads got added to every website you hosted with one… that didn’t last long though. I had a four character TK domain back then.
I remember when dot TK domains were free… I think they came with the caveat that ads got added to every website you hosted with one… that didn’t last long though. I had a four character TK domain back then.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? Is there something inherently bad about free domains? I’m aware that they were used for scams and eventually some websites (like facebook) just blacklisted them but other TLD could be too.
> Why? Is there something inherently bad about free domains? Not the person you've asked but I've seen many legitimate websites using free eu.org[1] (sub)domains but I believe I've never seen a legit use of tk/ml/ga/gq TLDs. I may have seen the cf one used for some configuration tools though. [1] https://nic.eu.org/
I have been trying to contact them regarding the transfer of a .gq domain of a customer. Their platform is bugging and marking my order as automated: "We were unable to verify you as a human, please try again later." I sent a ticket and they replied two days later, saying that they "will not be able to effect this transfer". I asked the reason and didn't received yet another reply.
Any way to acquire these ccTLDs (.tk .gq etc) domains without going through the quagmire that is Freenom? There has to be some service that bypasses this kind of gate-keeping. Surprised there's no dedicated NIC for these. http://nic.gq/ doesn't even resolve.
Sounds to me Freenom is the NIC, and the reason they're not present on nic.gq, etc., is that they're not very professional, and that their lack of pressionality is correlated with them falling apart right now.