{"id":3359,"date":"2018-08-07T12:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T10:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:12:59","slug":"premium-domain-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/premium-domain-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Premium domain names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Premium domains are<\/strong>\u00a0domain names with <\/span>short, common or desirable words<\/b>, or acronyms of <\/strong><\/span>up to 3 letters<\/b>. They are available from specific registrars at a premium price. We do not facilitate the registration or administration of these domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

.org.za<\/span><\/h2>\n

Previously, org.za domains were available free of charge, including domains now classified as <\/span>premium <\/b>as they<\/span> contain 3 or fewer characters.<\/b> These letters or characters are often acronyms for longer organization names.<\/span><\/p>\n

ZARC registry changes, effective 1 September 2016, mean that these premium org.za domains are now only available via a specific registrar \u2013 at a higher cost than the regular domains. We will continue to administer the premium org.za domains registered prior<\/em> to this change on behalf of our customers, but do not offer new premium domain registrations or administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

City domains \u2013 .<\/span>capetown, .durban & .joburg<\/span><\/h2>\n

The ZA Registry Consortium<\/a>\u00a0(ZARC) has reserved a specific list of City Premium Domains<\/strong> that are made available at a premium fee \u2013 for .capetown, .durban & .joburg domains. We do not facilitate the registration or administration of these domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

.africa<\/h2>\n

As for the City domains, ZARC has reserved a specific list of Premium Domains<\/strong> that are made available at a premium fee and we do not facilitate the registration or administration of these domains.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"Premium domains are<\/strong>\u00a0domain names with <\/span>short, common or desirable words<\/b>, or acronyms of <\/strong><\/span>up to 3 letters<\/b>. They are available from specific registrars at a premium price. We do not facilitate the registration or administration of these domains.<\/span>\r\n

.org.za<\/span><\/h2>\r\nPreviously, org.za domains were available free of charge, including domains now classified as <\/span>premium <\/b>as they<\/span> contain 3 or fewer characters.<\/b> These letters or characters are often acronyms for longer organization names.<\/span>\r\n\r\nZARC registry changes, effective 1 September 2016, mean that these premium org.za domains are now only available via a specific registrar \u2013 at a higher cost than the regular domains. We will continue to administer the premium org.za domains registered prior<\/em> to this change on behalf of our customers, but do not offer new premium domain registrations or administration.<\/span>\r\n

City domains \u2013 .<\/span>capetown, .durban & .joburg<\/span><\/h2>\r\nThe ZA Registry Consortium<\/a>\u00a0(ZARC) has reserved a specific list of City Premium Domains<\/strong> that are made available at a premium fee \u2013 for .capetown, .durban & .joburg domains. We do not facilitate the registration or administration of these domains.<\/span>\r\n

.africa<\/h2>\r\nAs for the City domains, ZARC has reserved a specific list of Premium Domains<\/strong> that are made available at a premium fee and we do not facilitate the registration or administration of these domains."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Premium domains are specific extensions e.g. city domains, or domains which contain short words or acronyms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[18627,18630,18621,17222,16874],"topics":[10381],"class_list":["post-3359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","tag-premium-domain-names","tag-3-letter-domain","tag-zarc","tag-zacr","tag-register-domain","topics-domain-faq"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":155,"name":"Domains","slug":"domains","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":155,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Registering and Transferring Domains ","parent":0,"count":73,"filter":"raw","term_order":"61","cat_ID":155,"category_count":73,"category_description":"Registering and Transferring Domains ","cat_name":"Domains","category_nicename":"domains","category_parent":0}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":18627,"name":"Premium domain names","slug":"premium-domain-names","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18627,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1915"},{"term_id":18630,"name":"3 letter domain","slug":"3-letter-domain","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18630,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1916"},{"term_id":18621,"name":"zarc","slug":"zarc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18621,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1917"},{"term_id":17222,"name":"zacr","slug":"zacr","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17222,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2375"},{"term_id":16874,"name":"register domain","slug":"register-domain","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16874,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2481"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"marketing","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/marketing\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ea315e112423b2b955cb020fbce2b0835956c6ad85ff0f13f1db298977eaaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3359"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}