Right to Reserve guidelines for .uk domains

What is the right to reserve?

In 2014, the .UK registry introduced .uk as a shorter, sharper domain name to sit alongside existing options such as .co.uk and org.uk.

If you registered a .co.uk, .org.uk or .me.uk domain before 10 June, 2014, you may have the reserved right to the matching .uk domain. For example, the owner of www.mydomain.co.uk would have the right to www.mydomain.uk.

Do I have this right?

The qualifying .co.uk, .org.uk or .me.uk domain name must have been registered before 10 June 2014 and have been continually renewed.

Use this tool to check if you own the rights - it will show the qualifying domain, whose owner has the right to the .uk. If there is no match, the domain is not reserved and can be bought on a first-come, first-served basis.

What are my options with this right?

Register it now:

• By registering now, you can start putting your .uk domain to use straight away. For example, you can use it for a new product category, a special marketing campaign, or as your email address.
• DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE! Any rights you may have will expire 10 June 2019, so please act before then in order to protect your .uk domain. After that date, the domain will become available for anyone to register it, be it a competitor, a namesake, or an investor. If you do not renew the qualifying domain (.co.uk, .me.uk or org.uk), you will also lose the right to the matching .uk.

Pass on your .uk domain:

• If you do not wish to keep your .uk domain, no action is needed.
• If you would like to allow someone else to buy the .uk domain name prior the 10 June 2019 deadline (e.g. you may have been asked if you would be interested in selling the domain name), you could register the .uk domain name yourself and then transfer the domain name to the interested party.

How do I register my .uk domain?

Call our Toll-Free Support Line TOLL-FREE at 800-655-5512 within the USA (or +1 480-624-2500 from outside the USA) now to arrange your Special-Price .UK registration, always at least 15%-Off, and often just a dollar or two SPECIAL PRICING to transfer to us, or create a new .UK domain name.

If I'm based outside the UK, can I register a .uk domain name?

If you live outside the UK, unfortunately we cannot currently sell a .uk domain to you. The .uk domain name registry requires the registrant address to be within the UK.

Get more information about .uk domains.

How do the eligibility rules work?

See the registry FAQs for full details of the eligibility rules.