Country extension · United Kingdom
.org.uk domain name
Register or transfer your .org.uk with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .org.uk and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .org.uk
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Registry
- nominet.org.uk
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 64 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- immediately
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 10
- Renewable after expiry date
- 28 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .org.uk?
- The registrant's name must contain at least 4 characters or at least 3 letters (a-z). Nominet applies this name rule to registrations and transfers.
- Nominet checks whether your contact details are complete and whether your name, organisation and address are correct. If this check fails, you'll still need to prove your identity.
- If you don't provide valid proof within 29 days, your domain name will be suspended. The domain name won't be deleted, though: once the check succeeds, it becomes active again.
Additional details for registration
- You state what type of registrant you are, for example a UK individual, a non-UK individual, a UK limited company, a non-UK company, a sole trader, a partnership, a registered charity, a school or a government body.
- For UK companies, you provide the Companies House registration number. This number isn't needed for a UK sole trader, a partnership, a government body, a statutory body or an organisation with a Royal Charter.
- Your name or organisation name must contain at least 4 characters, at least 3 of which must be letters.
- Your address must be complete, with street, town or city, postcode and country. The street can't consist of numbers only.
- Enter your phone number with the country code, area code and subscriber number, separated by full stops. For example: +31.20.1234567.
- Your email address must be valid: with an @, at least one character before the @ and a valid extension at the end. There must be no spaces at the beginning or end.
Documents
- If Nominet can't confirm your details, WebOké will ask you for proof of identity. This can be a driving licence, passport, national identity card (if you're not British), National Insurance card (if you're British), official company letterhead or a company stamp.
- WebOké checks your documents and forwards them for validation. Submit them as PDF or JPG files of up to 5 MB in total, with file names that contain no special characters.
Good to know when registering
- After registration, your contact details are checked. If Nominet can't confirm them, you must provide proof of identity within 29 days, otherwise the domain name will be suspended.
Transfer
Transferring a .org.uk
- To transfer a domain to WebOké, ask your current registrar to change your domain name's IPS tag to the tag WebOké gives you. You also request the transfer from WebOké.
- If the IPS tag isn't changed within 15 days, the transfer request lapses.
- If you want to move from WebOké to another registrar, the IPS tag is changed to your new registrar's tag.
- After a successful transfer, you keep the remaining registration period.
- You can find an overview of registrars and their IPS tags in Nominet's registrar list.
The transfer code
- With .org.uk, you transfer a domain by changing the IPS tag to that of the new registrar.
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Owner
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- Only the registrant can cancel a .org.uk domain name, directly with Nominet.
- If your domain name has expired or been deleted automatically, it can be restored.
- If your domain name's IPS tag has been removed, you as the registrant must have the domain name re-tagged by Nominet. This involves additional costs. You can find more information on Nominet's 'manage your domain' page.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nominet.org.uk
- Dispute resolution policy nominet.org.uk
- Registry terms and conditions nominet.org.uk
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.