<s>
.to	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
of	O
the	O
Kingdom	O
of	O
Tonga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
government	O
of	O
Tonga	O
sells	O
domains	O
in	O
its	O
ccTLD	B-Application
to	O
any	O
interested	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.to	B-Protocol
ccTLD	B-Application
is	O
administered	O
by	O
the	O
Tonga	O
Network	O
Information	O
Center	O
(	O
Tonic	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.to	B-Protocol
top-level	O
domain	O
was	O
widely	O
commercialized	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
company	O
Tonic	O
Corp	O
.	O
(	O
www.tonic.to	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Eric	O
Gullichsen	O
and	O
Eric	O
Lyons	O
)	O
which	O
would	O
sell	O
domains	O
at	O
$100	O
per	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
Solutions	O
was	O
already	O
selling	O
.to	B-Protocol
domains	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
chaotic	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
to	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
English	O
preposition	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
popular	O
to	O
craft	O
memorable	O
URLs	O
called	O
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
that	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
this	O
;	O
URL	O
shortening/redirection	O
services	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
do	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
preposition	O
but	O
rather	O
as	O
a	O
syllable	O
inside	O
of	O
a	O
word	O
,	O
including	O
Daniel	O
J	O
.	O
Bernstein	O
's	O
website	O
cr.yp.to,	O
London	O
web	O
development	O
company	O
Potato	O
p.ota.to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
domain	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Torino	O
(	O
Turin	O
)	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
as	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
hack	I-Application
in	O
Slavic	O
languages	O
(	O
to	O
meaning	O
it	O
or	O
that	O
)	O
–	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
uploading	O
service	O
uloz.to	O
(	O
"	O
ulož	O
to	O
"	O
means	O
"	O
save	O
it	O
"	O
in	O
Czech	O
and	O
Slovak	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
.to	B-Protocol
domains	O
are	O
purchased	O
,	O
all	O
normal	O
DNS	O
operations	O
are	O
possible	O
and	O
registered	O
sites	O
are	O
not	O
required	O
to	O
display	O
ads	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
the	O
registrar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
who	O
sell	O
on	O
.to	B-Protocol
domains	O
can	O
claim	O
a	O
commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.to	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
ccTLDs	B-Application
that	O
(	O
officially	O
)	O
do	O
not	O
maintain	O
a	O
(	O
public	O
)	O
WHOIS	B-Protocol
database	I-Protocol
providing	O
registrant	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
resulted	O
in	O
limited	O
popularity	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
.to	B-Protocol
for	O
websites	O
involved	O
in	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.to	B-Protocol
registry	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
emoji	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
names	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
former	O
.to	B-Protocol
registrar	O
,	O
Register.TO	O
,	O
did	O
support	O
the	O
search	O
and	O
registration	O
of	O
.to	B-Protocol
emoji	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
names	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Register.to	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
an	O
authorized	O
registrar	O
for	O
.TO	B-Protocol
domain	O
names	O
when	O
making	O
a	O
transaction	O
.	O
</s>
