.co.uk
A .co.uk domain is the country code domain for the United Kingdom. Nominet UK runs the registry, and it is one of the most widely used extensions in the world, with over 7 million registrations. Start-ups and established businesses alike choose it because UK customers widely trust it.
The registry supports DNSSEC, which helps protect your domain from certain kinds of tampering with its DNS records. Names can be between 2 and 63 characters long, and internationalised names are not allowed. You can register for 1 to 10 years, and renewals are added in 1-year steps, so you can choose the term that suits your budget.
A .co.uk domain is a strong choice if your business is based in the UK or sells mainly to UK customers. Before you register, check that you can provide a UK address for service, since the registry requires one. If you register as an individual, you can ask for your personal details to be hidden from public WHOIS, but this does not apply to businesses.
Registration is open to individuals and businesses from anywhere in the world.
- You must provide a UK address for service.
- Your contact details must be accurate and kept up to date.
- Individuals may hide their personal details from the public WHOIS database, but businesses may not.
Renew your .co.uk domain before its expiry date to keep it without interruption.
- After expiry, you have an 80-day grace period in which you can still renew the domain.
- There is no separate redemption period.
- If the domain is not renewed by the end of the grace period, it is released and becomes available to others.
You can transfer an existing .co.uk domain to Domain Central from another provider.
- The transfer is made by changing the IPS tag through your current registrar, so you do not need an authorisation code.
- The transfer usually completes on the same day once the IPS tag is changed.
- A transfer does not change the expiry date of your domain.
The registrant of a .co.uk domain can be changed through the registrar.
- Changes to the registrant are made through your registrar, not directly with the registry.
- The registrant change does not alter the term of the domain.
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