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Freenom Relaunches .GQ Top Level Domain [Professional Services Close - Up]
[October 18, 2014]

Freenom Relaunches .GQ Top Level Domain [Professional Services Close - Up]


(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Freenom relaunched the .GQ top level domain - the domain extension of Equatorial Guinea - and will deploy its business model to give .GQ domains away for free.

According to a release from the company, Freenom has partnered with GETESA to relaunch GQ in various stages. Before .GQ domains are available for free to the general public on December 1st, trademark holders and trademark agencies have their first pick in the GQ Sunrise Period .



From December 1st onwards free GQ domains will be offered to all internet users in Equatorial Guinea and internationally. There will be no restrictions to registrations of free domains and anyone can claim their own .GQ domain. Free .GQ domains will work exactly like any other extension and can be renewed an unlimited number of times at no charge.

"The need for free domains continues to grow exponentially," says Joost Zuurbier, CEO at Freenom. "Especially in countries like Brazil, Russia, Vietnam and China, we see the demand for new domains is growing and growing. We are happy to announce that we have opened up more domain space to fulfill these needs." "Free domains make a lot of sense in countries where the banking penetration is in the single digit range," continues Joost Zuurbier. "The demand for free domains is enormous because people in those nations may not have a credit card to buy domains, but they do have a profound need to communicate and build their presence online. Free domains are an important catalyst that directly enable local content creation and internet entrepreneurship." More information and complete details: www.dominio.gq www.freenom.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved.

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