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| Introduced | 1995 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic) |
| Sponsor | Government of Tonga |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Tonga |
| Actual use | Used for a varied assortment of sites, few related to Tonga, some connected with Toronto |
| Registration restrictions | Open to everyone but some vulgar words not allowed to register and use for spam prohibited. |
| Structure | Registrations permitted at second level; some Tonga-related entities have domains at third level under labels like .gov.to |
| Documents | FAQ |
| Dispute policies | Some trademarked names reserved; no other dispute policy |
| Website | Tonic |
.to is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the island kingdom of Tonga.
The government of Tonga sells domains in its ccTLD to any interested party. Because to is a useful English preposition, it became popular to craft memorable URLs called domain hacks that take advantage of this, such as Daniel Bernstein's website http://cr.yp.to or Refused's page.to/come.
The .to ccTLD is administered by the Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic).
The city of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada, has TO (pronounced Tee-O) as its nickname. Therefore, the .to extension is used by many small businesses located in Toronto, despite Canada's own .ca. The .to extension is also used by some BitTorrent sites and pornography sites.citation needed
As the .to domains are paid for, all normal DNS operations are possible and registered sites are not required to display ads on behalf of the registrar. Some domains are free, like .edu.to, but only to real Tongan schools. At this moment businesses registered in Tonga can also get free domains. People who sell on .to domains can claim a bonus.
.to is one of few ccTLDs that (officially) does not maintain a (public) WHOIS database providing registrant information [1].
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