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CO.ZA

.ZA is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of the Republic of South Africa. Available forms: .CO.ZA

Za.jpg
Introduced 1990
Country South Africa
Registry .ZA Registry
IDN Capable No
Webpage Register CO.ZA

Contents


Registry

TLD

.co.za

Registry

.ZA REGISTRY

Dispute Policy

Rules

Registrar

1api GmbH

WHOIS-Server

whois.coza.net.za

WHOIS-Update

Real-Time

Min. Characters

1

Max. Characters

63

Character Set
  • Letters and numbers
  • Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD
  • IDN: not allowed
Limitations
  • Registrant Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1
  • Admin Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1
  • Tech Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1
  • Billing Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1

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IDN capable

No

Restore capable

Real-Time

Handle Updates

Supported

Registration System

Real-Time

Allowed number of NS

2 to 13

Registry Nameservercheck

Yes

Host IP-Addresses Type

IPv4 / IPv6

Hosts managed as

Attribute

SEC DNS Interface

KEY data interface

Transferclass

Pull

Transfer Periods

0Y

Transfer Authcode required

No

Transfer Real-Time

No

Transfer Pending Period

5 days

Transfer Expire Action

NACK

Transfer ACK by

Registrant

Transfer NACK by

Registrant

Transfer Lock

No

Owner Change by

Update


Periods

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Registration Periods

1 year

Add Grace Period

7 days

Accounting Period

-1 week

Finalization Period

-1 day

Failure Period

-1 day

Payment Period

-61 days

Deletion Restorable Period

29 days

Deletion Hold Period

0 days

Explicit Renewals

Yes

Renewal Periods

1 year


API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

OPTIONAL

auth = (TEXT) | (NULL)
period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)

Domain Transfer

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)
action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

Further information can be found at TLD specific

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 29 days and a following Deletion Hold Period of 0 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 29 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

subuser = (TEXT)
renewalmode = AUTORENEW | AUTOEXPIRE | AUTODELETE

Ownerchange

An Ownerchange is free of charge and can be done with the API ModifyDomain command.

command = ModifyDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
After a change of the owner contact has been submitted, the registry will not allow any updates to the domain details for 5 days. Please ensure other updates, like nameservers, have been completed before the owner update is submitted.


TLD specific

Nameserver Checks

PLEASE NOTE: The registry performs nameserver checks, therefore, domains are not activated until the domain's nameservers are successfully checked by the registry.

Terms and Restricitions

Please be advised that domain changes might not be reflected in the .ZA registry's WHOIS until the five day pendingUpdate period has passed.
Please be advised that changes to the domain or associated contacts might not be possible for the first week after registration, due to registry policies.


Transfer procedure

When transferring a .CO.ZA domain, the domain registrant may choose to either approve or deny the transfer request. It's important to note that if the transfer request is not approved within 5 days, it will be automatically denied.

  • The registry will send an email of approval to the registrant regarding the transfer.
  • If the registrant denies the transfer, it will fail instantly.
  • In case no response is received, either to approve or deny, the transfer of the domain will not take place.


It is possible to start a transfer after the domain has expired but only in the first five days (Pending Suspension).
If a domain is pending transfer when it expires, the domain transfer will still go through and it will reach the new registrar with the status "expired".

Addons

The following overview shows you all available Domain Addons which can be used for this special kind of TLD. It also shows the respective API parameters which are required to activate the Domain Addons:

Addon Class Parameter to (de)activate *1) Renewal term *2) Affected Parameters *3)
Proxy (WHOISTRUSTEE_ZA) X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1 1 month All Contacts






*1) Parameter to (de)activate: When accessing our backend through the API, you can either activate the addon with X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEE-TAC=1 or deactivate it with
      X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEE-TAC=0
*2) Renewal Term: Is the minimum renewal term of the "Addon Class"
*3) If you are using a "Proxy" Domain Addon normally all contact handles are affected (registrant, admin, tech, and billing contact).
      



RegistrarOC

Restore Process

To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.

Please do not initiate a restore directly at the registry (e.g. using the registrar webinterface). All restore operations must be performed through our system.