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Oh funny story. I have a .tk domain with freenom (used to be with dot.tk before the Dutch invaded, I guess) that was a free domain and I broke the ToS by not se

Oh funny story. I have a .tk domain with freenom (used to be with dot.tk before the Dutch invaded, I guess) that was a free domain and I broke the ToS by not setting an A record for it. Unfortunately for me I had an MX record pointed to my email and some low value accounts registered to it that were now locked out to me. Determined to get this domain back, I tried all email contact methods and this failed. Never once received a response to an email asking for help. However, I did search around and discovered a phone number. This began months of me calling this number and speaking to the same Dutch woman asking about unsuspending this domain so I could purchase it. Every once in awhile I called her back during Dutch business hours (so late night for me) and had a conversation with her about it. Finally after around 4 months of persistence I got the domain back and was able to register it.

ravenstine 5y ago
I'm surprised that an A record for a .tk domain was even possible. If I remember correctly, those .tk domains were actually a webpage that displayed an iframe of your choice.
- Operyl 5y ago
  There were two variants. One was the iframe service you described, but another was an actual full-on DNS-capable service. I can't remember exactly how you'd sign up specifically for each, but both were going on at the same time.
ev1 5y ago
Freenom and Dot.tk are one and the same, and the same Dutch owner since start
- Sander_Marechal 5y ago
  Which owner is that? Edit: Found it: https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/k57803196/stichting-administratiekantoor-freenom.html https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/k57803196/stichting-adm... which is owned by https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/15705528/cervesia-acida-bv.html https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/15705528/cervesia-acida...
  - martijnvds 5y ago
    That last company name definitely looks like it's related to the CEO -- it's some kind of "translation" of his last name.
  - ev1 5y ago
    https://icannwiki.org/Joost_Zuurbier https://icannwiki.org/Joost_Zuurbier
brnt 5y ago
Good for you! My nearly 20 year old .tk registration suddenly disappeared last year. No warning whatsoever, and an enquiry gave no satisfactory answer. I only ever used it as a shortcut to my slightly longer actual domain, and I chose to not pursue on the 'you get what you pay for' idiom.
teddyh 5y ago
.tk domains have been unreliable since at least since 2005: http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=388 http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=388

ravenstine 5y ago

I'm surprised that an A record for a .tk domain was even possible. If I remember correctly, those .tk domains were actually a webpage that displayed an iframe of your choice.

Operyl 5y ago
There were two variants. One was the iframe service you described, but another was an actual full-on DNS-capable service. I can't remember exactly how you'd sign up specifically for each, but both were going on at the same time.

ev1 5y ago

Freenom and Dot.tk are one and the same, and the same Dutch owner since start

Sander_Marechal 5y ago
Which owner is that? Edit: Found it: https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/k57803196/stichting-administratiekantoor-freenom.html https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/k57803196/stichting-adm... which is owned by https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/15705528/cervesia-acida-bv.html https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/amsterdam/15705528/cervesia-acida...
- martijnvds 5y ago
  That last company name definitely looks like it's related to the CEO -- it's some kind of "translation" of his last name.
- ev1 5y ago
  https://icannwiki.org/Joost_Zuurbier https://icannwiki.org/Joost_Zuurbier

brnt 5y ago

Good for you! My nearly 20 year old .tk registration suddenly disappeared last year. No warning whatsoever, and an enquiry gave no satisfactory answer. I only ever used it as a shortcut to my slightly longer actual domain, and I chose to not pursue on the 'you get what you pay for' idiom.

teddyh 5y ago

.tk domains have been unreliable since at least since 2005: http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=388 http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=388