.uk Domain Names
.uk domain names, the short form secured
Two letters of country code, open at the second level since 2014. Shorter than .co.uk, run by the same Nominet registry — and a fully separate registration from its longer sibling. Register from $10.99/yr, with the renewal figure shown before you pay.
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Why .uk?
Direct .uk registrations — yourname.uk rather than yourname.co.uk — opened in June 2014, giving Britain the short national address most European countries had enjoyed for years. For five years each .uk was reserved for the holder of its matching .co.uk; those rights expired in June 2019, and today the two are independent registrations that simply share a registry. The practical upshot: whichever form of your name you hold, check who holds the other.
Everything friendly about the Nominet world applies: IPS-tag transfers that complete in hours, a public register that withholds individuals' addresses, and registrant validation that keeps the namespace honest. The .uk reads modern and clipped where .co.uk reads established — many firms hold both, serve the site on one and redirect the other, which is the arrangement we would suggest for any brand with a British future.
Good Fit
.uk works best for
- UK brands that want the shortest national address
- Startups reading .uk as the modern British form
- Holders of a .co.uk closing the lookalike gap
- Campaigns and short links under an established UK brand
With Every Name
Included with every domain
The .uk vs .co.uk question, answered honestly
Separate registrations since the 2019 rights expiry — we check both in one search and tell you plainly who holds what before you decide.
Nominet plumbing throughout
Same-day IPS-tag transfers, registry-level privacy for individuals, and validation rules explained before they surprise you.
One account for the family
.uk, .co.uk and the .com beside them, on one calendar, one card, one set of reminders — how lookalike risk is actually managed.
Common Questions
Questions about .uk
What is the actual relationship between .uk and .co.uk?
Both live under Nominet, but they are separate registrations at different levels of the same hierarchy: .co.uk is the traditional commercial second level, .uk the direct second level opened in 2014. Owning one grants no rights over the other since the reservation period ended in June 2019 — which is precisely why checking the sibling of any name you hold is worth five minutes today.
Someone else holds the .co.uk of my .uk (or vice versa). What should I do?
First, establish who: the register shows the registrar and registration dates even where personal details are withheld. An innocent coincidence is a livable neighbour — tighten your mail authentication so lookalike messages are harder to spoof, and watch the name's expiry. Anything that imitates your trade dress or intercepts your customers is a matter for advice; Nominet operates a dispute resolution service for exactly these cases.
How fast can I move a .uk between registrars?
Usually within hours — the current registrar changes the name's IPS tag to the new registrar's, and the move completes without codes, confirmation emails or gTLD-style waiting periods. Delegation is untouched, so nothing visitors or mail senders see changes unless you change it.
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