ME.UK

 

IDN capable

No

Handle Updates

Not supported

Registration Period

2 years only

Add Grace Period

-

Autorenew Grace Period

-

Deletion Timeframe

2 days prior to expiration

Registration System

5 min.

WHOIS-Server

whois.nic.uk

WHOIS-Update

5 min.

Registry

http://www.nominet.org.uk

Dispute Policy

http://www.nominet.org.uk/disputes/drs/policy/

Zone Info

.UK is the so-called country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of the United Kingdom.

Zone Use

A .ME.UK Domain is normally used by individuals who would like to have their own personal domain beneath .UK.

Characters

* Minimum: 3
* Maximum: 63
* Letters and numbers
* Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD

Domain Registration

.UK domains can be registered online through webinterface or API.

Change of Registrant

To perform an ownerchange of an .UK domain you have to contact nominet directly.

Domain Renewal

As .UK domains can only be registered on a yearly basis, they cannot be renewed explicitly. To renew an .UK domain you have to set the domain renewal mode or default renewal mode to "AUTORENEW" or "RENEWONCE".

Deletion Process

In order to delete a .UK Domain it has to be de-tagged. This can be done
* In the web interface:
 "Domain Admin" -> "Push" -> ".UK Deletion"

* with the corresponding API command
 [COMMAND]
     command = PushDomain
     domain  =
     target  = DETAGGED
 EOF

Restrictions

None

Transfers

.UK Domain Transfers are possible.

Transfer procedure

* The domain owner has to contact his current registrar and ask him to change the so-called Registrar-Tag to "KEY-SYSTEMS-DE". When this has been done, the domain transfer has been completed successfully.
* Please note that you still must initiate the domain transfer through RRPproxy, so that we can assign the domain, as soon as the transfer has been successful.

Transfer notes

Please note that when a .UK Domain is transferred successfully, the remaining registration period is kept. The domains will not be extended by one year.

Please do not forget to initiate the transfer, even though your current provider only has to change the REGISTRAR-TAG.

Transfer time

The exact transfer time is dependant on the current registrar.

Restores

As .UK domains are not really deleted, but de-tagged and pushed back to NOMINET the domain has to be tagged again and transferred to us.

Restore Procedure

* The domain owner has to contact NOMINET and ask them to retag the domain with the Registrar-Tag to "KEY-SYSTEMS-DE". When this has been done, the domain transfer/restore has been completed successfully.

Information about how to re-tag a detagged domain can be found  at the here.
* Please note that you still must initiate a domain transfer through RRPproxy, so that we can assign the domain, as soon as the transfer has been successful.