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Legal rules and specificities of .za domain names
Trustee authority
.zaDNA (ZA Domain Name Authority)
Registry
Creation date
1990
Related Contract
.CO.ZA domain names at Gandi.net
Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by ZACR for .CO.ZA since August 2012
Terms and Conditions
Assigning: .CO.ZA domain names are open any identifiable legal entities (individuals and legal persons)
Syntax: from 1 to 30 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN (accented domain names): no
Registration period: 1 year
Second-level extensions: .CO.ZA
Syntax: from 1 to 30 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN (accented domain names): no
Registration period: 1 year
Second-level extensions: .CO.ZA
Procedures
Registration: DNS must be specified and correctly configured according to the Registry's zonecheck
Renewal: no later than 2 days before the expiration date
Disputes: ZA ADR
Transfer (change of Registrar): the request is launched from the website of the domain's new Registrar. Be sure that the domain does not expire soon and was created at least 7 days prior to the request. In case of a transfer to Gandi, Gandi will send you an email for confirmation. Then, the transfer will be subject to confirmation of the Registry email or the approval of the transfer by the losing Registrar within a deadline of 5 days:
- if you confirm the Registry email, your domain will be automatically transferred,
- if you refuse or do not confirm the transfer, but the losing registrar does, then the domain will be transferred at the end of the deadline of 5 days,
- if neither you nor the losing Registrar confirm the transfer, your transfer request will be rejected at the end of the deadline of 5 days.
The transfer does not change the domain's expiration date
Change of Ownership: available on our interface, the current procedure consists in email confirmation by both former and new domain name owner. Expiration date is unchanged
Deletion process: quarantine of 10 days, see this table
Renewal: no later than 2 days before the expiration date
Disputes: ZA ADR
Transfer (change of Registrar): the request is launched from the website of the domain's new Registrar. Be sure that the domain does not expire soon and was created at least 7 days prior to the request. In case of a transfer to Gandi, Gandi will send you an email for confirmation. Then, the transfer will be subject to confirmation of the Registry email or the approval of the transfer by the losing Registrar within a deadline of 5 days:
- if you confirm the Registry email, your domain will be automatically transferred,
- if you refuse or do not confirm the transfer, but the losing registrar does, then the domain will be transferred at the end of the deadline of 5 days,
- if neither you nor the losing Registrar confirm the transfer, your transfer request will be rejected at the end of the deadline of 5 days.
The transfer does not change the domain's expiration date
Change of Ownership: available on our interface, the current procedure consists in email confirmation by both former and new domain name owner. Expiration date is unchanged
Deletion process: quarantine of 10 days, see this table
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