Domain Name FAQs
General Domain Information
- What is a domain name?
- What is a domain registry?
- Who are ICANN?
- Who are Nominet?
- What is a domain registrant?
- What is a domain registrar?
- What is a domain/IPS tag?
- What is the IPS tag for ANS?
- How do I check if my domain registrar is ANS?
- How do I find out who the registrar for my domain is?
- How do I check where a domain is registered?
- What is a name server?
- What are ANS's name servers?
- What is a ccTLD?
- What is a gTLD?
- What is a TLD?
- What is an SLD?
- What is domain privacy?
- What is WHOIS?
- What does a domain trademark "claim" mean?
- What does domain "pre-order" mean?
Registration
- How do I register a domain name?
- What is the domain registrant validation process?
- Which TLDs does the registrant validation process apply to?
- Who does the domain registrant verification email go to?
- What information is the registrant asked to verify when validating a domain?
- How many emails will a registrant receive once the validation process has started?
- How do I resend the domain registrant verification email?
- What are the new ICANN rules for registering domains?
- What are the requirements to register a .jobs domain?
- What are the special requirements for registering a
.ltd.ukdomain? - What are the special requirements for registering a
.net.ukdomain? - What are the special requirements for registering a
.plc.ukdomain? - I've just registered a
.ltd.uk|.plc.uk|.net.ukdomain but it's not showing as registered? - I've registered a domain with another company, how do I point it to my server or hosting space with you?
- Why hasn't my .JOBS domain registered yet?
Transferring
- How do I transfer a
.ukdomain away from ANS? - How do I transfer a domain away from ANS?
- How do I transfer a domain to ANS?
- How do I transfer a non-
.ukdomain away from ANS? - How do I add my domain into ANS?
- What does Import my Domain do?
- What is a domain EPP/authorisation code?
- How do I get a domain EEP/authorisation code?
- How do I change who the domain transfer authorisation email goes to?
- How do I monitor the status of a domain transfer in?
- How do I resend a domain transfer authorisation email?
- How do I restart a failed domain transfer in?
Renewal
- How do I renew a domain?
- How do I set my domains to auto renew?
- When do you send reminders about my domain name renewals?
- When do you send reminders about my domain renewals?
- When is my domain auto-renewed?
- How do I manage who receives domain renewal reminders?
- Can I set how long my domains will be auto renewed for?
- Can I still renew my domain after it has expired?
- I no longer require a domain, how can I stop receiving renewal alerts?
- Why does my domain say it has expired when a WHOIS lookup suggests it will expire next year?
- Why have my name servers been changed to name-services.com?
- Why have my name servers been changed to renewyourdomain.net?
- What is a domain redemption period?
- What is a domain grace period?
Owner details
- How do I change the registrant of a
.ukdomain? - Why can't I change the registrant of a
.ukdomain in ANS Glass? - Why has Nominet suspended my domain?
- How do I update the name servers on a domain?
- What else will trigger the validation process for an existing domain?
- What actions on a domain will trigger the registrant validation process?
- What are the domain "Admin" contact details used for?
- What are the domain "Billing" contact details used for?
- What are the domain "Technical" contact details used for?
- What does it mean if my domain is "suspended"?
- What do the domain verification statuses mean?
- What change will trigger the validation process for an existing domain?
- What is a domain WHOIS Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) email?