Domain Registrations - South African Domain Prices
| Domain | Register | Transfer | Renew | Redemption | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .co.za | R 80.00 | R 0.00 | R 120.00 | R 346.00 | Price on application |
| .web.za | R 80.00 | R 0.00 | R 120.00 | R 346.00 | Price on application |
| .net.za | R 80.00 | R 0.00 | R 120.00 | R 346.00 | Price on application |
| .org.za | R 80.00 | R 0.00 | R 120.00 | R 346.00 | Price on application |
| .capetown | R 236.00 | R 236.00 | R 236.00 | R 965.00 | Price on application |
| .durban | R 236.00 | R 236.00 | R 236.00 | R 965.00 | Price on application |
| .joburg | R 236.00 | R 236.00 | R 236.00 | R 965.00 | Price on application |
| .africa | R 656.00 | R 656.00 | R 656.00 | R 965.00 | Price on application |
| .za.com | R 863.00 | R 863.00 | R 863.00 | R 620.00 | Price on application |
What are premium domains and premium domain prices?
- All domain names less or equal to 3 characters are considered to be premium domain names.
- Domain names chosen dynamically by ZACR, are considered to be premium domain names.
- Renewal prices of premium domains as per the renewal prices in above table.
Domain Names must:
- have minimum of 4 and a maximum of 63 characters;
- begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number;
- use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z),numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these;
- neither begin with, nor end with a dash;
- not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.ab--cd.co.za);
- not include a space (e.g. www.ab cd.co.za).
Redemption
- Closed Redemption status happens after a Domain name expires.
- The Closed Redemption status is imposed by the ZACR registry.
- In addition to the renewal fee, the ZACR registry has imposed a redemption fee.
- This needs to be paid in order for the domain to be reactivated.
- Alternately, you can allow the domain to expire and then re-register the name.
- However, this does open the name up for registration by third parties which could mean that you will lose the domain name.