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.ac.uk domain prices

Second level, run by the registryNominet UK

1 registrars sell .ac.uk. Over three years it costs least at OVHcloud: $302.57 in total.

3-year total
$302.57
OVHcloud
First year
$112.23
OVHcloud
Renewal
$95.17
OVHcloud
Median renewal
$95.17
1 fresh prices
Rank by
Years of ownership
  1. 1OVHcloudBest
    $302.57
    3-yr total
    1st yr
    $112.23
    Renew
    $95.17
    Transfer
    —
    Restore
    —
Totals: the first year, then renewals. Taxes excluded.Converted from each registrar's own currency at the European Central Bank euro foreign exchange reference rates of 5 Nov 2026. A currency move is never counted as a price change.Stale prices are listed last and never ranked.

Price history

.ac.uk renew prices at the 1 cheapest registrars. No changes recorded yet: these are the prices since we started recording them on 5 Nov 2026, and every change from now on appears here.

Operation
  • OVHcloud$95.17

The table above lists every current price; this chart shows how they changed over time.

Fact sheet

Manager
Nominet UK
Type
Second level, run by the registry under .uk
Minimum term
1 year
DNSSEC
Signed (DS in the root zone)
IDN
No
RDAP
https://rdap.nominet.uk/uk/
IANA
Root zone database

From IANA's root zone database, its RDAP bootstrap and the root zone.

Questions about .ac.uk

What is the cheapest .ac.uk registration?

$112.23 for the first year at OVHcloud. 1 registrars sell .ac.uk.

How much does .ac.uk cost to renew?

The cheapest renewal is $95.17 a year at OVHcloud. Renewal is the price you pay every year after the first, so it matters more than the first-year price.

What does a .ac.uk domain cost over 3 years?

$302.57 in total at OVHcloud ($100.86 a year on average), counting the first year and the renewals at the regular price.

Cheaper to own than .ac.uk

Widely sold extensions with a lower 3-year total.