Domain name registration, management, and choosing the right TLD.
Your domain name is the one thing that follows your business everywhere online. It's on your business cards, in your email signature, and it's the first thing people type when they're looking for you. Picking the right one matters, but so does how you manage it after registration.
These articles cover domain strategy for UK businesses: choosing between .co.uk and .com, understanding renewal pricing, managing multiple domains, and avoiding the common mistakes that lead to lost names or broken email. We register 458+ TLDs, so we know the quirks of each.
ICANN opens its first major new domain extension round in 14 years on 30 April 2026. The USD 227,000 application fee is aimed at global brands, cities, and industry bodies. For UK small businesses, the real action is already in the existing 458-TLD catalogue.
A wave of new domain endings arrives in 2026 as ICANN opens its first application round since 2012. Big brands are queuing up for their own .brand extension. Here's what it means for UK businesses, brand identity, and how AI systems read the web.
You know your hosting is slow or overpriced. But what if switching breaks something? We've migrated thousands of WordPress sites. Here's what actually happens, step by step, and why none of the common fears hold up.
Most guides start at the search bar. This one starts at the trademark office. Here's how to check domain availability properly: avoid front-running traps, check for blacklisted history, match your social handles, and secure the right extensions before someone else does.
DNS records control where your website loads and where your email goes. Get one wrong and visitors see an error page, or emails vanish. This guide walks through every record type, from A records and CNAMEs to SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, with instructions that work at any registrar.
UK domains take 10 minutes and cost nothing. International domains take 5 to 7 days and add 12 months to your renewal. Here's exactly how to do both, from backing up your DNS records to verifying everything works after the move.
378.5 million domains registered globally means your first choice is probably gone. Here's how to check what you're actually dealing with, find a better alternative, buy it through the aftermarket, or grab it for £35 when it expires through Nominet's drop catching process.
8.4 million businesses use .co.uk. 1.4 million use .uk. After 12 years, the shorter extension never overtook the original. Here's what Nominet's data actually says, when each extension makes sense, and why most UK businesses should register both.
Over 150,000 domains expire every day. Our free WHOIS Lookup tool queries RDAP servers to show registration dates, expiry, nameservers, EPP status codes, registrar info, and DNSSEC for any domain. No sign-up needed.
Your emails might not be arriving, and your domain's DNS could be the reason. Our free DNS Lookup tool checks every record type, grades your SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX and DNSSEC setup, and flags problems in under 10 seconds. No sign-up required.
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UK registrars advertise .co.uk domains from £0.01 then renew at £12 to £27. 123-Reg is owned by GoDaddy. Names.co.uk jumps from FREE to £27.59. Here's what cheap really costs across eight registrars, verified April 2026.
