The extension .uk is for domain names in the United Kingdom. Realtime Register is an official member of Nominet. We arrange for registration, transfer or change of your .*.uk domain name quickly and efficient.
br>Since June 10th, 2014 the .uk first level domain has become available for domain registrations.
If the .co.uk domain was registered before 2013-10-29, the registrant of the .co.uk automatically holds the rights. If there is no .co.uk registration prior to 2013-10-29, the orders of rights are .org.uk and .me.uk next. The conditions are that the domain name of .org.uk or .me.uk was registered before 2013-10-29 by the registrant applying for the .uk domain name.
.ltd.uk .net.uk and .plc.uk are not applicable for grandfathering rights. The reservation period ends on Jun 10th, 2014
The .uk tld has a number of second level domains reserved for third level domain names. For example .co.uk me.uk and .org.uk
More information is on the dedicated .uk second level page.
br>Minimum 3 characters. Maximum 63 characters. At least two character has to be in the domain name (not only numbers). You can't start or end a .*.ukdomain name with a ("-") sign. You can't begin with ("xn----").
No
Additional requirements you can find in Appendix .*.uk of the General Terms and Conditions. Upon registration of a .*.uk domain name, the dealer, customer and end-user agree with these additional terms and conditions. The dealer/reseller declares to make the General Terms and Conditions as well as Appendix .*.uk subject to the contract which he has with his customer or end-user (i.e. the domain name holder).
Minimum registration period: |
1 year |
Transfer policy: |
A transfer does not include the renewal of the domain, no transfer costs are charged. The registration period will remain intact, the domain will be renewed on the original expiry date. |
Contract required? |
Yes |
Registrant verification required? |
Yes |
DNSSEC support? |
Yes, for customer maintained name servers |