Do not register for a free domain on dot.tk

Dot.tk is a giant parking page SCAM set up to lure you in by offering FREE domains only to bait and switch you once your website traffic starts rolling on in.

In my case, they stole several of my high traffic domains without any notice and parked them to earn money from the back link traffic. No notice was sent to me as to why, nor was I able to reclaim them by any means. My phone calls and faxes fell upon-deaf ears as well.

Webmasters beware! I confirmed this by setting up dummy domain and then blasting it with visitors. Once the count goes to be above 500 per day, the domain mysteriously disappeared from my account!

Another poor aspect of this company is that they do not respond to email contact...that is, if you can find any!
I will never recommend to anyone to use this TLD for registering any domain. You’re much better off with a .info compared to these crooks.

“Your domain will be reclaimed by them and parked at sedo parking once you are popular.”
My Domain : planetcricket(dot)tk and cricketwebs(dot)tk
Daily Visitors: 1000+,800+
Stolen Date: 5-Aug-2010,27 September 2010

 

There is no webmaster that use ..tk to build a site (maybe only for tests)
I own Cricketwebs.com I think you might be interested on it

 

Thanks for the heads up. Normally when something is free there is always a catch. At least others will not get scam now.

 

@dlatua
i need cricketwebs.com but i do not have much money.
I will buy it as soon as i earn something on my ppc network.
I am same the person who tried to register cricketwebs.com !!

 

Ok, I will hold on! You can make the payment as reg fee with paypal, moneybookers, alertpay

 

This is how they make their money. This is also why you can get free domains.

 

You get what you pay for. In other words, you get shit for free

 

but it nowhere in there policy to cheat like this.
When they close our they make excuses llke this:

This is the biggest lie bcoz i have read all their policies and my site had nothing illegal or against their policy.

 

Thanks for the heads up!

 

lol it's free, and if you're a half decent webmaster you'll spend $10 and buy yourself a domain.
.tk is perfect for 10 year olds setting up guild websites but nothing more.

 

Thanks for this valuable info

 

I think it is very possible, like the statement above, a person who wants serious will not use the free domain.
tld not too expensive, unless a premium . thanks for sharing...

 

If you're gonna create a website & plan to drive lots of traffic to a domain you don't own, it's not a smart move. If you can't afford the $8 to buy a domain the internet business is probably not for you...

 

Haha! thought I was hot shit when I have successfully used .tk for my blog until I read this. Thanks for the info.(and yes I'm a newbie blogger)

 

+1
Why will i use a .tk domain when i have a website that makes$xx or $xxx or even $xxxx a month?
lol cant i afford to spend $x on a decent .com?

 

Hey man.

I know when you're starting out a free domain sounds great but it never is in the long run. Free domains always fail. When you have a real domain that you paid for, it will always at least be worth something.

Back in the 90's to early 2000's it used to cost like $35 - which was then cheap - to register a domain. Be happy it fell to around $10 man.

If you need a domain I just launched a registrar & we offer the cheapest domain registration. I hope you get the name you want dude, it's slim pickins' these days.

 

Wow, I learned a lot from this thread! Noted!

 

I suppose that is clear as noon day: free domain names easy to get and free domain names easy to lose.

 

I found an interesting fact, archive.org and dmoz have listed/archived free dot.tk domains, that is why they take back certain domains names without warning.

As it was already said, monetizing reasons.

 

i see one of my friends use .tk for his CPA marketing effort. now i don't know what will happen to his site