Registrar url:
http://www.nominet.org.uk
Minimum period in years: 1
Maximum period in years: 10
Transfer available: Yes
Trade available: No
Renew available: Yes
Transfer auth code required: No
Trade auth code required: No
Private whois allowed: Yes
Soft quarantine period in days: 88
Quarantine period in days: n/a
DNSSEC allowed: Yes
Description:
.uk is United Kingdom and Northern Ireland"s top level domain. It is one of the rare ccTLD"s where second level registration is not possible, but only third level registration. The most popular third level domains are .co.uk, .org.uk en .me.uk. It is a useful domain for anyone trying to infiltrate the English market.
History
.uk was established in 1985. It was introduced simultaneously with the .gb (Great Britain) extension. The .uk extension was by far the most popular, with the largest target audience. Both extensions were used for a short period, but the .gb is no longer available for registration with only one domain still online.
The .uk domain has as a special feature that second level registration is not allowed – in other words no domain names can be registered using the .uk extension directly. There are some older domain names such as http://www.parliament.uk en http://www.british-library.uk.
In recent years proposals have been made to create separate extensions for all of the islands in the United Kingdom. For Whales, the proposed extension is .cym (after Cymru, Wales in Welsh), .eng for England and .scot for Scotland. As of yet, these extensions are currently not available.
Available
A .uk domain can be registered with no restrictions for 2 years. Join the flourishing United Kingdom market, and register .co.uk, .ltd.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk.