.UK Domain Names

Create or transfer your domain name in .uk from $9.00 per year all included.

Registry
Nominet
Origin
United Kingdom
Creation date
1985
Description
.UK is the official extension of the United Kingdom
Whois
see https://www.nominet.uk/whois/ (updated in real time)

.UK domain names at Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by Nominet since March 2006
Price: see the .UK domain names price list
Corresponding Gandi contract:https://www.gandi.net/contracts

Terms and Conditions

Assigning:
- .UK are open to anyone. However, the holder of a .CO.UK (registered before 10 June 2014), .ORG.UK or .ME.UK (registered before 29 October 2013) has until 25 June 2019, in this priority order, a registration right of the .UK second level domain name that is identical, during this period only him can make a registration request for the domain name
- .CO.UK, .ORG.UK and .ME.UK domain names are open to anyone
Syntax:from 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN (accented domain names):no
Registration period:1 to 10 years
Second-level extensions:no

Procedures

Renewal:deactivation of the domain name 30 days after expiration, late renewal possible during 60 days after deactivation of the domain name
Disputes:DRS
Transfer (change of Registrar):the process is started with the current registrar, by replacing their registrar tag with Gandi's, which is: GANDI. Then, the transfer must be initiated from Gandi's website within 5 days. The effective transfer is subject to validation by email and does not change the expiration date of the domain name.
Change of Ownership:Available on our interface, the current procedure consists of sending a confirmation e-mail to the new and current owners of the domain name. The expiration date remains unchanged
Deletion process:no quarantine period.

Registration period	10 years max.	Register a .uk
Renewal period	9 years max.	Renew a .uk
Late renewal period (domain suspended)	60 days
Restoration period	N/A	Restore a .uk
Period before release (Pending Delete)	2 days
Minimum period before a transfer	60 days	Transfer a .uk