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Nominet, the registry for .uk domain names has recently announced that .uk domain names will be made available for registration. The release date has been set to 10th of June, 2014. Now, you can have a sharper, simpler domain name to promote your online business. All the existing .co.uk, .org.uk domain names will continue to run normally.
Any unique name that does not have an equivalent name registered as a .co.uk or a .org.uk can be registered on a first come first served basis.
There are over ten million .uk names already registered. Nominet will first offer these customers the shorter form of their domain names with five years to decide whether they want to use it in addition to, or instead of the domain they already have. The one who owns the .co.uk will be offered the .uk domain name.
For instance, I own the name adam(dot)co(dot)uk. Nominet will offer me the registration of adam(dot)uk and not to general public.
Nominet has also updated their whois records. Now you can go to their website, look up for the domain name and check if you can register the .uk name on the 10th of June.
You may follow the below mentioned steps to check the availability of the domain name :
Go to Nominet.org.uk >> Whois lookup >> Enter the domain name, for example abcdefghijklm.uk >> Click on Look up
Result of WHOIS query:
Domain name:
abcdefghijklm.uk
Right of registration: None
If abcdefghijklm.co.uk
is registered between now and 07:59 on 10 June 2014,
the right of registration will be available to the holder of
abcdefghijklm.co.uk
Note : If a .uk domain name shows as 'reserved', that indicates that the domain name is reserved for upto 5 years and can only be registered by the individual / business that has the 'right of registration.
Any unique name that does not have an equivalent name registered as a .co.uk or a .org.uk can be registered on a first come first served basis.
There are over ten million .uk names already registered. Nominet will first offer these customers the shorter form of their domain names with five years to decide whether they want to use it in addition to, or instead of the domain they already have. The one who owns the .co.uk will be offered the .uk domain name.
For instance, I own the name adam(dot)co(dot)uk. Nominet will offer me the registration of adam(dot)uk and not to general public.
Nominet has also updated their whois records. Now you can go to their website, look up for the domain name and check if you can register the .uk name on the 10th of June.
You may follow the below mentioned steps to check the availability of the domain name :
Go to Nominet.org.uk >> Whois lookup >> Enter the domain name, for example abcdefghijklm.uk >> Click on Look up
Result of WHOIS query:
Domain name:
abcdefghijklm.uk
Right of registration: None
If abcdefghijklm.co.uk
is registered between now and 07:59 on 10 June 2014,
the right of registration will be available to the holder of
abcdefghijklm.co.uk
Note : If a .uk domain name shows as 'reserved', that indicates that the domain name is reserved for upto 5 years and can only be registered by the individual / business that has the 'right of registration.
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