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Domain Services for UK Small Businesses
Quick! Efficient! Reliable! Register a domain name for your Small Business with
us or transfer an existing domain to our servers.
What Domain Name Should I Use?
The Top Level Domain TLD (the .com, .co.uk, .net bit of the name/url) The Top Level Domain TLD (the .com, .co.uk, .net bit of the name/url)
generally defines the nature of your business or type of website you are
promoting. Choosing the wrong TLD can cause confusion for your website visitors
and customers. Use the following as a guide to selecting the right TLD for your
domain.
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.com |
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Commercial entities selling worldwide or mainly in the USA |
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.co.uk |
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Commercial entities selling primarily in the United Kingdom. Use .co.uk if most
of your customers are in the UK |
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.eu |
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For companies based in the European Union. Use .eu if your customer base is the
EU and UK |
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.net |
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An abbreviation for "Network", use this for networking sites either computer
based or social networking |
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.org |
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Organisation. For organisations, non profit making or other. |
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.org.uk |
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Same as above but mainly based in the UK |
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.biz |
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Business. For businesses selling anywhere in the world including the UK |
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.info |
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Information. A website for informational purposes only, perhaps providing
product information, you wouldn't expect to see an e-commerce site on domain
like this |
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.name |
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For personal websites, non business related. |
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.me.uk |
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Same as above, personal sites non business related. |
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.ltd.uk |
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For UK limited companies only. You will need to provide proof of company
ownership to register this type of domain |
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.plc.uk |
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Same as above but need to be a public limited companies |
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.mobi |
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For websites that are to be accessed by a mobile device, such as a phone or PDA. |
Please note registrations and hosting is for a two year period We will contact you prior to registering your domain to make sure we have the correct contact details for the registration. All domains are regsitered in your's or your company's name which ever you prefer.
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