Ends in 3 months — .UK grandfathering

Time is running out to register matching domain names.

People and firms that want to secure the second-level .UK equivalent of their third-level .uk domain have three months left to do so.

That’s when the clock runs out on a grandfathering plan. People with .co.uk domains registered as of October 28, 2013, were given five years to register the matching .uk domain once they became available. That ends June 25, 2019.

At that point these domains will be opened up to all registrants on a first-come, first-served basis.

Will there be a run on second level .uk domains? Despite the availability of example.UK names, only regarding 10% of fresh .uk registrations are at the second level. Most people still opt for third level domains.

Regarding 10 million domains had grandfathering rights but many of those domains expired. There are right now 2.3 million second-level .uk domains registered.