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A domain name registrar is a company that manages the reservation of certain top-level domain names<\/strong>. They act as <\/span>third-party providers<\/b>, facilitating the registration and management of domain names on behalf of individuals and organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n

A domain name registrar must be accredited by a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry such as ICANN<\/a> (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to register domain names for the public.<\/p>\n

We currently work with OpenSRS (Tucows)<\/a> to process all domain name registrations. This registration is subject to the terms of the registrar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, we are an accredited domain name registrar specifically for co.za<\/strong> domain extensions, as licensed by UniForum SA, the ZA Registry Consortium<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"A domain name registrar is a company that manages the reservation of certain top-level domain names<\/strong>. They act as <\/span>third-party providers<\/b>, facilitating the registration and management of domain names on behalf of individuals and organisations.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA domain name registrar must be accredited by a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry such as ICANN<\/a> (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to register domain names for the public.\r\n\r\nWe currently work with OpenSRS (Tucows)<\/a> to process all domain name registrations. This registration is subject to the terms of the registrar.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAdditionally, we are an accredited domain name registrar specifically for co.za<\/strong> domain extensions, as licensed by UniForum SA, the ZA Registry Consortium<\/a>."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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