Our domain backorder service allows you to book an expiring .uk domain name for £299, on a no-catch, no-fee basis.
Each day thousands of .co.uk and .uk domain names become available to register again. With the most sought after generic domains attracting a lot of competition from domain registrars. To stand a chance of registering an expiring domain, you need to be a member with Nominet, with a highly competitive drop catching script.
Our domain backorder service is available for .co.uk and .uk domains. It’s priced at £299, which includes the Nominet registrant transfer fee. This service is offered on a no-catch, no-fee basis – so if we’re unsuccessful in registering your domain, there is no fee.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, we do not charge a deposit. Backorders are available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Please contact us if you would like to place a backorder for an expiring UK domain name.
We will email you as soon as we know whether our attempts to secure the domain name were successful or not.
Yes, we can help you with this. Each registrar (eg. 123-Reg, Cloudflare, GoDaddy) has a slightly different process for this, but we will be very happy to help guide you through the steps.
We pay for the Nominet registrant transfer of your domain name. The only other associated cost for a domain is the annual registration fee, typically between £6-£15 per year depending on the registrar. Domain backorders include one years registration.
We recommend Cloudflare, they offer domain renewals at cost (wholesale) price with no markup. For UK domains this is around £5 per year.
Nominet is the registry for all UK domains (including .co.uk, .uk, .org.uk names). Every registrar that offers domain registrations and renewals does so through Nominet.
Yes, we are a registrar with Nominet, our IPS TAG is: YOLKUK
In order to offer the most competitive prices we do not offer an Escrow service. For buyers wishing to use an Escrow service, we can offer this via Dan.com. Please note, this adds a 5% transaction fee (Dan.com’s fee for imported leads). Dan.com then act as the third-party, taking payment, and control of the domain name, and handling the transfer. Please contact us if you have any questions about this process.
For sales through Yolk.co.uk we require payment via UK bank transfer (no additional fees). If you would like to pay with a credit card, debit card or PayPal, we can offer this via Dan.com. Please note, this does add an additional 5% transaction fee (which we pay to Dan.com for the service). Dan.com is a GoDaddy brand.
Please feel free to get in touch, we’ll be happy to help answer any other questions.