.za domains

South Africa

.ZA domains pertain to South Africa, created in 1990, have a great popularity in the country.

.ZA domains are managed by .zadna.

Rates and features

.co.za

16,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period doesn't change

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	16,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	16,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	16,95 €		2 dominitis
Restore	60,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	2 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

Regulations

.za domain life cycle


	Domain registration		Expiration/Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Domain available

Permitted characters

.za domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

.CO.ZA domains require the DNS to be active on different subnets and to be authoritative for the domain at the time of registration. You can check if they pass these minimum requirements using our Zone Check tool.

Registrations

.co.za domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

Renewals

The renewal of .CO.ZA domains is different than with other extensions.

It's necessary to request the domain renewal at least 2 days before the domain expiration.

In case the renewal request is done after this date, the correct renewal is not guaranteed.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .CO.ZA domain, you'll have to do it opening a ticket (support area). Please note the domain cancellation involves no refund of the domain registration fee.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.