.UK modernisation, standardisation and legacy service retirement consultation

Since 2022, we have been discussing a proposal for .UK EPP Standardisation with Registrars. All previous materials, session recordings and polling data were made publicly available at the time and are available to view.

The feedback has been invaluable in helping us to refine and expand our initial thinking. Earlier this year we consulted on proposals to make significant changes to the .UK platform that will modernise our processes, standardise our technical systems in line with IETF standards, and retire some of our legacy services.

The consultation can be read in full here.

During the consultation we ran several webinars to explain more about the proposals which are available to watch on-demand.

We received 112 consultation responses which represents 69% of .UK domains under management (DUM) and were split between various business types.

We have reviewed the consultation feedback and produced a summary available in full here.

Overall Stakeholders were mostly supportive of the proposals, but have highlighted issues relating to the proposed lifecycle, inter-registrar transfer process and operational approach which would benefit from further consideration.

The Nominet Board will consider the implementation of the consultation recommendations and timeline in September from which we intend to share a further update. The implementation of the consultation feedback recommendations requires careful planning and consideration which is being progressed. Nominet commits to sharing significant advanced notice, engagement and support about the implementation of the recommendations made in the consultation.