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In January, 2012, it was announced that single-year .co.uk domains would cost more than multi-year registrations. The new policy, which is to begin in May, allows registration from anywhere from 1 to 10 years. The prior policy only allowed registration in two-year blocks. Now, a single year will cost £3.50 British Pounds, and a multi-year is to cost £2.50.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/one-year-co-uk-domains-will-be-more-expensive/ One Year Co Uk Domains Will Be More Expensive, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
In January, 2012, it was announced that single-year .co.uk domains would cost more than multi-year registrations. The new policy, which is to begin in May, allows registration from anywhere from 1 to 10 years. The prior policy only allowed registration in two-year blocks. Now, a single year will cost £3.50 British Pounds, and a multi-year is to cost £2.50.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/one-year-co-uk-domains-will-be-more-expensive/ One Year Co Uk Domains Will Be More Expensive, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
== Second Level Domains ==
== Second and Third Level Domains==
Nominet maintains the register of .uk domain names which has over eight million domain names. Nominet also maintains many [[SLD|second-level domains]], such as:
Nominet has historically only allowed the registration of a domain at the [[Third Level Domain|third level]], so, ''example.co.uk'', they have 15 second level extensions, such as:
* [[.co.uk]]
* [[.co.uk]]
* [[.org.uk]]
* [[.org.uk]]
There are a total of 15 SLDs after Nominet created judiciary.uk in November, 2011. Some of these extensions are reserved for special social sectors, such as the judiciary SLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/nominet-approves-judiciary-uk/ Nominet Approves Judiciary UK domainincite.com]</ref>
There are a total of 15 SLDs after Nominet created judiciary.uk in November, 2011. Some of these extensions are reserved for special social sectors, such as the judiciary SLD.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/nominet-approves-judiciary-uk/ Nominet Approves Judiciary UK domainincite.com]</ref>
In October, 2012, Nominet opened a 3 month comment period to gauge public interest in opening registration at the second-level, thereby making ''example.uk'' a registrable address. Some of the proposed differences include: a higher price at £20 instead of £2.50; verification of actual UK-residence and contact information; the possibility of mandatory DNSSEC; and possible [[registrar]] accreditation or selection.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10642-goodbye-to-co-nominet-ponders-releasing-second-level-uk-domains Goodby to Co Nominet Ponders releasing Second Level UK Domains, DomainIncite.com]</ref> [[ICANN]] regular, and CEO of Irish [[registrar]] [[Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd]], [[Michele Neylon]] immediately logged a number of complaints with the proposals, which he sees as being "heavily influenced" by the law enforcement requests being made during ongoing discussions at ICANN over the [[Registar Accreditation Agreement]].<ref>[http://www.internetnews.me/2012/10/01/nominet-sucking-up-to-law-enforcement-with-new-proposals/?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign= Nominet Sucking up To Law Enforcement with New Proposals, InternetNews.me]</ref> Many of his complaints can be seen [http://www.internetnews.me/2012/10/01/nominet-sucking-up-to-law-enforcement-with-new-proposals/?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign= here].
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