Revision as of 08:33, 14 December 2017

.UK is the so-called country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of the United Kingdom. An .CO.UK domain is normally used by companies who are located in the UK or who have business relationships with the UK. An ORG.UK domain is intended for organizations or groups affiliated to the UK. For other generic websites, including personal domains, ME.UK is available for individuals with ties to the UK.

Introduced	1985
Country	United Kingdom
Registry	Nominet
IDN Capable	No
Webpage	Register .UK

Registry

Periods

API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

OPTIONAL

auth = <TEXT> | <NULL>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>
subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>

Domain Transfer

The losing registrar has to inititate the transfer to push the domain to the gaining (new) registrar. The gaining registrar has to be aware of the planned domain transfer. Hence the transfer has to be requested with the API TransferDomain command.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

OPTIONAL

order = CREATE | REPLACE | UPDATE

subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>
period = <PERIOD>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 1 day.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 1 day upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

renewalmode = <NULL> | <TEXT>
subuser = <TEXT>

Ownerchange

An Ownerchange for uk as well as for .co.uk can only be done by the registrant on side of the registry NOMINET directly: https://secure.nominet.org.uk/auth/login.html

TLD specific

Transfer In procedure

First of all, a transfer should be requested for the domain with the TransferDomain command or via the control panel.

Then the registrant of the domain name has to contact their current registrar and ask them to change the Registrar-Tag to 1API-DE. As soon as this has been completed, the domain name transfer should succeed automatically. Please note that when a .UK domain is transferred, the remaining registration period remains unchanged. Please do not forget to initiate the transfer in our system, otherwise the domain can not be assigned to your account and will not be renewed.

Grandfathering

Nominet offers Registrants, who already own a .CO.UK domain the possibility to register the name-pendant under .UK. The HEXONET internal handling. In case that the .CO.UK domain is registered with HEXONET, the corresponding UK domain can be registered by using exactly the same registrant details, the UK domain has, in addition the client has to provide the authorization-code of the already existing .CO.UK domain. In case that the corresponding .CO.UK domain is not registered with HEXONET, the domain can only be registered by adding the identical registrant contacts. Once the order has been submitted, Nominet sends and email to the registrant, asking to validate his identity. Once validated, the domain will go active.

Transfer Out procedure

Please contact the gaining registrar to determine their Registrar-Tag and then use the PushDomain command or Control Panel to Push the domain to that new tag. Please note that pushing a tag is irreversible and cannot be cancelled. You must either contact the registrar who it got pushed to, or the registry.

COMMAND = PushDomain
DOMAIN = (domain)
TARGET = (tag)

Addons

The following overview shows you all available Domain Addons which can be used for this special kind of TLD. It also shows the respective API parameters which are required to activate the Domain Addons:

RegistrarOC

Restore Process