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Domain name registration Great Britain(.gb)

An .gb is the extension for the registration of domain names from Great Britain. Here are our prices, requirements and more information about registration of a domain name in Great Britain.

General information .gb

Country Great BritainGreat Britain (GB)
Purpose Country Code Top Level Domain
Status Active
Price per 0 year € 0
Renew fee per 0 year € 0
Setup fee € 0
Min. registration period Registration not possible
IPv6 Support No
DNSSec Support No
IDN Support IDN not available
Price per 0 year € 0
Transfer fee per 0 year € 0
Trade fee per 0 year € 0
Renew fee per 0 year € 0
Setup fee € 0
Restore fee € 0
Min Characters 0
Max Characters 0
Max registrations Unlimited
Only company's No
Local contact No
Domain is company name No
Passport No
VAT number No
Trademark No
Local trademark No
Reserved names Not listed

There are no restrictions at this time.
Nameservers preconfigured No requirements
Nameservers on different subnet No
Working mailexchanges No
Zone update time 0
Whois privacy No
Whois server whois.ripe.net
Edit whois No
Whois update 0
Lock domain No
EPP connectie No
Update handles No
Deletion timeframe 0
Expiration timeframe 0
Redemption period 0 days

.gb is a reserved Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. Introduced at the same time as the UK's other top-level domain (.uk), it was never widely used. It is no longer possible to register under this domain.



The rule in the Domain Name System is that a top-level domain for a country is derived from the corresponding two-letter code in the ISO 3166-1 list. Accordingly the correct code for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is GB, and the .gb top-level domain was therefore delegated.



The pre-existing JANET Name Registration Scheme had used "UK" as a country code, so the UK also applied to Jon Postel of IANA for the .uk TLD. This was granted, and all UK domain names are now issued as .uk, rather than .gb.



.gb was used for a number of years, mainly by UK government organisations and commercial e-mail services using X.400-based e-mail infrastructure. This simplified translating between DNS domains and X.400 addresses, which used "GB" as a country code.



With the demise of X.400 e-mail and IANA's general aim of one TLD per country, use of .gb declined; the domain remains in existence, but it is not open to new subdomain registrations.
Name Reserved Domain - IANA
Address
Admin The JNT Association trading as JANET(UK)
Lumen House, Library Avenue
Harwell Science and Innovation
Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0SG
United Kingdom
naming@ja.net
+44 1235 822 212
+44 1235 822 397
Admin email naming@ja.net
Tech The JNT Association trading as JANET(UK)
Lumen House, Library Avenue
Harwell Science and Innovation
Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0SG
United Kingdom
naming@ja.net
+44 1235 822 212
+44 1235 822 397
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