.UK Domain Name Rules and Requirements
Common Domain Name Rules
PD Hosting provides Domain Registration under both:
– 2nd Level: .UK
– 3rd Level: .CO.UK, .ME.UK and .ORG.UK
Domain Theft Protection feature is not supported for .UK domain names.
There is no concept of a Redemption Grace Period in case of a .UK domain name.
UK Domain Name Registration
A .UK domain name may be Registered for 1 to 10 years.
The maximum length of a .UK domain name is 64 characters (including the extension).
The minimum length depends upon the extension under which the domain name is being registered:
– under .CO.UK/.ME.UK extensions – 6 characters (including the extension)
– under .ORG.UK extension – 7 characters (including the extension)
Allowed characters (excluding the extension):
– The domain name may consist of only the following: a – z, 0 – 9 and hyphen (-).
– The domain name may not have a hyphen as the first and/or last character as well as the third and fourth character (simultaneously).
– The domain name may not consist of only 2 letters; however, it may have a letter and a number or 2 numbers.
Example:
Registration for az.co.uk is not allowed whereas Registration of 1c.co.uk or 23.co.uk is permitted.
The domain name may not be identical to any existing Second Level extension (CO, LTD, ME, NET, ORG, PLC, AC, GOV, MOD, MIL, NHS, POLICE, NIC, SCH) or any Second Level extension under .UK the creation of which has formally been announced by the .UK Registry. For example, Registration of org.co.uk or nhs.org.uk is not permitted.
The domain name may not be identical to any existing Top Level extension (COM, NET, UK, EU, etc.) or any Top Level extension the formal approval of which has been announced by ICANN (the regulatory body overseeing the functioning of the Internet). For example, Registration of com.co.uk or eu.org.uk is not allowed.
– A .UK domain name does not have a Money Back Grace Period.
-.UK domain names do not support Internationalized Domain Names (IDN).
How do I register an UK domain name?
Simply use our Domain Search tool to check the availability of your .UK, .CO.UK, .ME.UK, .ORG.UK domain (UK Domain name registration), add the domain name to your cart and start the checkout process. Pop in a few details and you’re done – your .UK domain will be registered within seconds.
UK Domain Name Renewal
A .UK domain name may be Renewed for 1 to 10 years.
You may renew your .UK domain name anytime before its Expiry, upto 90 days after its Expiry.
Upon Expiry of a .UK domain name:
– Any service such as email, website, etc., configured for this domain name will continue to work till 30 days, post which the domain will be suspended at the registry and any associated services will stop working.
– If the .UK domain name is not Renewed until 90 days, the domain name would get Deleted and made available for fresh registration.
– It is important to note that there is no concept of a Redemption Grace Period in case of a .UK domain name.
UK Domain Name Transfer
Transfer of a .UK domain name does not include one year Renewal.
The 60 day Registration/Transfer Lock is not applicable in case of .UK domain names.
.UK domain names do not have a Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code.
Contact Details related Rules
.UK domain names use the .UK Contact Contact database in the system.
.UK domain names use only the Registrant Contact.
.UK domain names do not support PDHosting’s Privacy Protection feature.
Registrants who are non-trading individuals (those who do not use or plan to use their domain name for business, trade [including registration of domain names for monetization purposes] or professional transactions) can choose to opt out of having their Contact Details displayed in the Whois lookup.
This option can be enabled by the Registrant from within his Nominet control panel.
The Identity of the Registrant Contact cannot be modified for free.
Identity refers to:
– Name of the Registrant Contact, if the Registrant Contact is an individual.
– Company Name of the Registrant Contact, if the Registrant Contact is a non-individual.
Name Servers and Child Name Servers related Rules
Each .UK domain name needs to have at least 2 Name Servers and may have upto 10 Name Servers.
There is no limitation on the number of Child Name Servers you may create.
You may associate only a single unique IP Address per Child Name Server.
You may modify both Name Servers as well as any Child Name Servers associated with your .UK domain name.
Deletion of a Child Name Server under a .UK domain name is not allowed.
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