Practical help with your domain
NameUK domain guides.
Practical answers for choosing, connecting and looking after your domain.
How to connect your domain to a website
Find your DNS host, add the website provider’s records and check that your email keeps working.
Read the guideHow to set up email on your domain
Understand mailbox setup, MX records and email authentication before connecting your domain to an email provider.
Read the guide.co.uk or .com for a UK business?
Compare a UK address with a global one, including audience, renewal costs and what owning both involves.
Read the guide.org.uk or .org for your organisation?
Choose an address for a UK group or a wider community, and plan who will look after it as people change roles.
Read the guideHow to choose a domain name for a UK business
Build a useful shortlist, test each address with customers and compare ongoing costs before you register.
Read the guideHow to register a UK domain name
Choose your UK address, check the owner and ongoing costs, then follow registration through to your dashboard.
Read the guideTransfer your domain. Keep DNSSEC working.
Prepare a registrar move while keeping your current signed DNS service and public keys.
Read the guide.co.uk vs .uk: which domain should you choose?
Compare .co.uk and .uk for your business or personal project: address length, separate registrations, renewal costs and using both names.
Read the guideDNS records, without the guesswork.
Understand website, email and service-authentication records before making a DNS change.
Read the guideHow to transfer a .co.uk or .uk domain
Prepare your UK registrar move, preserve website and email services, and check the receiving account before calling the transfer complete.
Read the guideDomain renewal checklist: keep your name active
Check your renewal deadline, price and payment permission, then confirm that the registrar has extended your domain registration.
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