The registry fee, is set to jump on March 1, 2015 just as the South African ccTLD .ZA passes the one million registration mark.
ZA Central Registry has told its domain registrars that registering new or renewing existing co.za, org.za, net.za, and web.za domains are all set to cost more
The report notes that ZACR CEO Lucky Masilela said that the wholesale price of registrations through their extensible provisioning protocol (EPP) system would become R45 ($3.90), while legacy registrations would increase to R90. Currently, EPP costs R35, while legacy registrations cost R65.88.
These price increases were approved in November 2014, and were originally set to take effect on 16 February 2015, the report continues.
Further price increases to legacy registrations of R10 per year will be implemented annually from 1 March, until the price reaches R130 in 2019.
ZA Central Registry has told its domain registrars that registering new or renewing existing co.za, org.za, net.za, and web.za domains are all set to cost more
The report notes that ZACR CEO Lucky Masilela said that the wholesale price of registrations through their extensible provisioning protocol (EPP) system would become R45 ($3.90), while legacy registrations would increase to R90. Currently, EPP costs R35, while legacy registrations cost R65.88.
These price increases were approved in November 2014, and were originally set to take effect on 16 February 2015, the report continues.
Further price increases to legacy registrations of R10 per year will be implemented annually from 1 March, until the price reaches R130 in 2019.
