Registering .uk Domain Names

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Registering .uk Domain Names

From June 10, 2014 you will be able to register a website with just the .uk – no .co required.

Whilst domains are being made available on a 'general availability basis', Nominet are reserving domain registrations for pre-existing domain UK domain names. So, if you registered a unique .co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .net.uk, .plc.uk or .ltd.uk prior to June 10th 2014, you have priority registration over the .uk equivalent up until June 10, 2019, as long as your existing domain remains registered and does not expire.

Checking Your Rights to .uk

To successfully complete a .uk registration, the owner contact information must be an exact match to the owner contact information of the equivalent third level .uk domain name (i.e. .co.uk), otherwise your registration will fail. Furthermore, if your third level .uk domain name resides at a registrar other than Kualo, Nominet will email the registrant to confirm the registration.

For names that shared the same website name but had different domain name endings (i.e. www.example.co.uk and www.example.org.uk) you can check whether you have the rights to the new .uk by using the rights lookup tool.

If you decide not to register the new .uk equivalent domain before June 10, 2019 it will then become available for someone else to register, but your existing domain will of course still be yours as long as it remains registered to you.

Reserving your .uk if you own an existing UK domain

If you own an existing UK domain, such as a .co.uk or .org.uk, we have made it easy for you to register the corresponding .uk domain name. Simply log into your my.kualo.com account and click this link. You will find a list of your UK domain names and will be able to easily order the corresponding .uk domain name. When completing your order, to ensure the domain registers automatically you will need to enter the same contact information that you registered your existing UK domain name with. You can check this information by going to Domains > My Domains > View Domain > Management Actions > Contact Information. Failure to validate your information may lead to failure of registration. We will manually verify any domains that don't automatically pass registration validation to ensure that you can successfully register your corresponding .uk domain name.

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