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.co.uk domains are the commercial & general type of UK domain extension.
Anyone can register a .co.uk domain name. They are issued on a first come, first served basis.
They can be registered by an individual or by a company.
As long as you are not infringing another person or company’s copyright or trademark then you can register a .co.uk name. If you are unsure you should always consult a legal advisor.
A .co.uk can be registered for between 1 year and 10 years into the future.
They can be registered for between 1 year and 10 years into the future.
No. Everything is done electronically. You can verify your ownership by searching the Whois on the Nominet website.
No. The maximum period that a .co.uk domain name can be registered for is up to 10 years into the future.
By way of an example, if you registered a .co.uk on the 1st of January 2010 for 10 years & its expiry date was 1st of January 2020,
then you would need to wait until 1st Jaunary 2011 before you could add 1 more year to it so that the new expiry date is 1st of January 2021.
At this point you would not be able to add any more years to your registration. You would need to wait until 1st January 2012 to add the next year on.
When your domain is set to expire you will be sent several renewal reminders by email. These will be sent to the listed owner email address in our system. The renewal reminders are sent 90 days, 60 days, 30 days, 10 days, 5 days & on the expiry date.
The renewal email will include a link to the Pickaweb Client Area & you can login & renew it.
You can find full details on how to renew a Pickaweb .co.uk here.
Yes, you can set your domain to auto-renew in your Pickaweb Client Area. As long as the card details that we have on file are up to date then your domain will auto renew.
You have up to 30 days to renew it. Again, just login to your Pickaweb Client Area to do this. If you are unable to do this, just contact our support team using the support link above & we will confirm everything for you.
UK Domain Names are administered by an organization called Nominet. Unless dealing with a dispute, Nominet does not generally deal directly with the public, but rather through accredited registrars such as Pickaweb.
An IPS Tag is a naming system managed by Nominet which identifies which of their approved Registrars manages a particular domain name.
Pickaweb’s IPS Tag is PICKAWEB (all capitals).
The great thing about UK domain transfers is that they are free. You can find detailed instructions for transferring UK domains here.
In instances where a .co.uk is registered to an individual then they have the rights of ownership.
If the domain is registered in the name of a company then it is owned by the company.
If you are unable to agree on the ownership of a domain name then you will need to apply to the Nominet Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). Details of the DRS can be found at https://www.nominet.uk/domains/resolving-uk-domain-disputes-and-complaints
You can verify the ownership of a .co.uk extension by using the WHOIS search on the Nominet website.
If you are registering a .co.uk on a personal basis, for yourself rather than for business use or for a charity or
other non profit organization then you can register it on a personal basis.
This allows you to hide your contact details from the WHOIS when someone performs a search.
You can set your domain to personal when registering it. If you have already registered your .co.uk & you now wish to make the details private, just contact us & we will make the changes for you.
However, if your domain is registered on behalf of a company then you can not hide your details in the whois.
It is important that you are aware of this before registering.
If you do register your domain as being personal & you then subsequently use it for business purposes than this change should be notified to Nominet to avoid causing issues in future.
You can update the contact details by logging into your Pickaweb Domain Managament Area
Yes, updating your nameservers is easy & free. We have prepared some info to help you understand how to update DNS settings.
