Originally written by Partner Content on Small Business
You have just under six weeks to register your reserved .uk domain name before it’s made available to the public.
The deadline to register a reserved .uk domain is 6am BST (UTC+1) on 25th of June 2019. This marks the end of the ‘Right of Registration’ period set aside by Nominet in June 2014 to allow these third-level domain registrants plenty of time to decide if they want the shorter name.
Find out whether the right of registration affects you, how it works and what you need to do.
What can I do now?
Firstly, check if you have a reserved .uk domain name. This may apply to you if you own a domain name with the ending:

.co.uk
.org.uk
.me.uk
.net.uk
.plc.uk
.ltd.uk

You can check here to see if you have reserved .uk rights
Those who do have the rights to register a .uk domain name should contact their registrar to find out how to register it.
After 1st July 2019 any reserved .uk domain names that haven’t been registered will be released into the public domain and can be registered by anyone.
What if I don’t want to register a .uk domain name?
Just because it’s available to you, it doesn’t mean you have to

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Originally written by Partner Content on Small Business
As part of our mission to help small businesses achieve more online, here at the UK Domain we have been answering your digital marketing questions over the last year in our #asktheukdomain video series.
Among the full collection of videos, is one which explores whether you need to buy all the different ‘endings’ when you register a new domain name.
If you’ve just started thinking about creating a website for your business – or you’re currently using a free domain name and you’re looking to register your very own custom domain (you can learn more about this here) – you might be wondering whether you need to buy all the different domain endings. By domain ‘endings’ we’re referring to domain extensions, the last part of the domain such as .co.uk, .uk, .com, .net, and .org.uk.
In this video, you’ll hear some great tips and advice to help you decide whether you should register all or any of the variations of your new domain name.
Watch the full video here:

If you’re looking to get your business online with your very own website, you can download a free 25-page guide that makes getting set up online a breeze here.

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
A lot of your business success sits on your domain name: it’s how your customers find you, it reflects your brand and it can determine how successful your online traffic is.
The domain name is the part of a web address that identifies your business or organisation, such as the smallbusiness.co.uk portion of www.smallbusiness.co.uk.
It’s important to get the name right, so let’s break the process down into smaller steps.
How do I choose a domain name for a website?
The name should be a true representation of yourself and your business, but there are a few things you can do to help it perform well online.
Firstly, keep it as short as you can. Altering existing words or removing vowels can also be helpful. For example, Flowerbx works better than Flowerbox for the florist business. If you were to type ‘Flowerbox’ into Google, you would find articles and photos of flowerboxes and the business itself would be buried, whereas Flowerbx is the first result on the search engine.
Another alternative is to go the way of Google or Häagen-Dazs and make up a completely new word. These companies use their business name as their domain. Once again, it

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