{"id":2374,"date":"2015-06-18T12:28:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T11:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:03:09","slug":"how-to-check-if-your-domain-name-is-parked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/how-to-check-if-your-domain-name-is-parked\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Check if your domain is parked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-5185\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clientarea-mydomains-overview-1024x497.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clientarea-mydomains-overview-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clientarea-mydomains-overview-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clientarea-mydomains-overview-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clientarea-mydomains-overview-1536x745.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/clientarea-mydomains-overview.png 1834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Client Area > My Domains<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-check-your-domain-parking-status\">How to Check your Domain Parking Status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you register a new domain name with UK Cheapest, your domain name is parked by default unless you assigned specific name servers during the registration&nbsp;process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While your domain name is parked, you will have access to the domain parking features such as Homepage Builder, Email Forwarding and Web Forwarding. The parking features are useful if you do not plan to immediately host a new website using your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can immediately inspect the parking status of your domain name in Client Area > My Domains > select your domain > Overview > Parking Status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For your domain name to be parked, your domain name servers need to be set to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ns.microlite1.com (or ns.ukc.uk)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ns2.microlite1.com (or ns2.ukc.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These name servers connect your domain name to the domain parking server. If your domain name is not parked, the domain parking features will not be accessible when managing your domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-check-your-name-server-settings\">Check your name server settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a couple of ways to check your current name server settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method 1:<\/strong> Check the WHOIS record for your domain name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nominet.uk\/lookup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nominet Lookup<\/a> page and check the record for your domain name.&nbsp;Scroll down to the name server section and there you will see how you name servers are set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method 2:<\/strong> Check the name server settings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/clients\/clientarea.php?action=domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain Management<\/a> area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Login to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/clients\/clientarea.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Client Area<\/a>, go to <em>Domains<\/em> &gt; <em>My Domains<\/em>, find your domain name in the list, select <em>Manage Domain &gt; Nameservers<\/em>. You will&nbsp;see the active name servers for this domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-so-is-your-domain-parked\">So is your domain parked?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your name servers are set like this, then your domain name is parked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ns.microlite1.com (or ns.ukc.uk)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ns2.microlite1.com (or ns2.ukc.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you name servers are set to <strong>anything<\/strong> <strong>else<\/strong>, then your domain name is not parked and the parking features will not be active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-if-your-domain-is-not-parked-and-you-want-to-park-it\">If your domain is not parked, and you want to park it<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply change your name servers to the parking server to activate the parking features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ns.microlite1.com (or ns.ukc.uk)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ns2.microlite1.com (or ns2.ukc.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For simplicity select \u201c<strong>use default name servers<\/strong>\u201d then click the \u201c<strong>Change Namservers<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This disconnects your domain name from the original server so ensure you no longer require any services performed on the original name servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be mindful&nbsp;that name server changes can take up to 24 hours to take effect, so be prepared to wait a little while before the parking features begin to function.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Check your Domain Parking Status When you register a new domain name with UK Cheapest, your domain name is parked by default unless you assigned specific name servers during the registration&nbsp;process. 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