A .org.uk or a .co.uk domain name is mainly used by international corporations or companies who have business-relations in the UK.
A .me.uk domain name is mainly used by individuals who are interested in a .uk domain name.
Legal requirements
No special requirements. Anyone can register a .co.uk/.me.uk/.org.uk domain name but only on a 2-year-base.
Technical requirements
No special requirements
Naming conventions
All letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9) are allowed; hyphens (-) are also allowed, however not at the beginning or at the end of the domain name. A domain name should be between 3 and 63 characters long.
.org.uk, .me.uk or .co.uk domain names transfers to UniNames are possible. Be aware of the fact that when your domain is successfully transferred to UniNames the remaining registration period is kept and will not be extended by one or more years.
Procedure
.org.uk/.me.uk/.co.uk transfers can be requested by sending a transfer request through our website.
UniNames will then send you an e-mail with the steps that need to be taken in order to transfer the domain name correctly.
The following domain name information can be updated through your UniNames domain control panel.
Processing
Owner contact
Real-time
Admin contact
Real-time
Technical contact
Real-time
Billing contact
Real-time
Name servers
Real-time*
*Changes are processed in real-time but due to the nature of the domain name system it might take 24 to 48 hours before the changes are propagated worldwide.
The org.uk/.me.uk/.co.uk WHOIS zone files are updated every 5 minutes.
Updates can be done by any UniNames account having edit permissions on the domain name.
The billing contact of the domain name will automatically receive an invoice to renew the domain name. If the invoice is paid before the domain name expires, the domain name will be renewed.
Note the importance of correct billing information!
If not paid by the end of the month in which the domain name expires.
==> the domain name will be deleted
If the owner or the billing contact asks us to let the domain name expire:
the domain owner will be notified by e-mail
the domain billing contact will be notified by e-mail
the accounts with permissions on the domain name will be notified by e-mail
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