This explains why these domains account for such a high proportion of registered domain names in the LDCs (Figure 3.3, left). Freenom makes money by monetizing the domain when it expires by selling residual traffic to advertisers as well as providing web hosting.69 One of the risks of free domain names is they attract registrants engaging in malicious behavior. The registry for Nepal (NP) provides free domain names but companies must be registered in Nepal to obtain one.