.za Domain

.za is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa. The .za namespace is managed and regulated by the .za Domain Name Authority (ZADNA). Most domains are registered under the second-level domain .co.za.

ZA hails from Dutch: Zuid-Afrika.

This text was written in the article .za on Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. A List of the authors is available on Wikipedia.

Available Suffixes
  • Registrations on second level (e.g. domain.za): no
available SLDs

  • co.za can be registered: yes
  • org.za can be registered: yes
  • net.za can be registered: yes
unlicensed SLDs

Please have a look at the following SLDs sponsored not directly by the registry. These SLDs may have lower restrictions and prices.

Useful information
  • Whois Server not available
Contact Requirements
Available Types:
  • Owner has to be Person or Org
  • Admin has to be Person
  • Tech has to be Person
  • Zone has to be Person
Registration

The TLD .CO.ZA has a special way of confirming or denying a deletion. .CO.ZA makes use of a voting system, which involves owner-, admin-, tech- and billing-contact.

- An email will be send to each individual contact, were this person is ask for approval or denial of the deletion.
- If one party responds with a disapproval the deletion will fail.
- If a party does not respond, this will not be considered.
- At least one party has to approve.

Transfer

The transfer has to be initiated through our system. The Owner of the domain will receive a Form of Authorization by mail. This Form of authorization has to be confirmed by clicking a link. Normally a transfer will be completed in 5 days. After a transfer, our system syncronizes the owner of the domain from the registry to our system. If possible, you can start an owner change if you want to replace the synced owner. The TLD .CO.ZA has a special way of confirming or denying a transfer. .CO.ZA makes use of a voting system, which involves owner contact and registrar.

Once a transfer has been initiated, the current owner and current registrar of the domain will be notified of the transfer request. Both have 5 days to accept this request. If none of them accepts, or if one objection is made, the transfer will be denied. If the owner accepts, the transfer is completed instantaneously.

A .CO.ZA domain name can not be transferred during its Anniversary Period. This period is two (2) days prior to its expiration up to the fifth (5th) of the following month.

Ownerchange

An Ownerchange may produce costs. Please refer to your pricelist. The Ownerchange can be started easily in our system. The TLD .CO.ZA has a special way of confirming or denying a change of registrant. .CO.ZA makes use of a voting system, which involves owner-, admin-, tech- and billing-contact.

- An email will be send to each individual contact, were this person is ask for approval or denial of the change of registrant.
- If one party responds with a disapproval the change of registrant will fail.
- If a party does not respond, this will not be considered.
- At least one party has to approve.


Nameserver
  • check: yes
  • DNSSEC: no
Restore

A Restore is not supported by the registry.

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