The African continent is home to a rich variety of national cultures, languages, and histories. To connect with this diverse market, a .AFRICA domain extension makes your connection to Africa loud and clear.
It’s a great way to build trust with your target consumers before they even visit your site. Despite its association with the African continent, .africa isn't restricted regional domain extension. This means that anyone, anywhere can register a .africa domain name.
Why Choose a .AFRICA Domain?
- Local Business: To reach regional customers, you need to have a regional domain zone such as .AFRICA.
- Open Domain Zone: The AFRICA domain zone is an open general-purpose domain zone and contains no restrictions.
- Pan-African Community: Wherever you're located, a .africa TLD shares that you’re part of the pan-African community.
- Global Recognition: A new challenger to .com is now publicly available.
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Registering Your .AFRICA Domain
Buying a domain with Shopify is simple and straightforward. Regery, as a fast domain registrar, makes it easy to register a .AFRICA domain name. Regery services use an algorithm for fast search of free domains thanks to which you can quickly find and register your favorite free domain name. To start your .AFRICA search, enter the desired domain name.
Domain Size: The length of a .AFRICA domain must be a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 63 characters.
Registration Deadlines: Registration term .AFRICA domain name is from one year to ten years.
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Domain Management and Security
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Transfer Protection .AFRICA Domain Name: .AFRICA domain name transfer protection allows you to prevent domain transfers from your account and also allows you to prevent changes to your NS servers. The service is available for free on Regery.
Simplified .AFRICA Domain Transfer: Regery Services provides a simple, secure and fast .AFRICA domain transfer process to Regery. During a domain transfer, the domain usually gets an additional year of validity for free (not all zones are supported). The transfer can also be done by our experts, they will handle the transfer process for you for free.
Authorization Code: Authorization Code (or EPP code) is a kind of password used to protect your domain from being transferred to another registrar without you the domain owner knowing or consenting . This code is assigned to the domain by the registrar who registered in on your behalf.
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Additional Features
- Fast DNS service: All .AFRICA domain records can be customized in an easy dashboard.
- IDN support: Regery services support registration of domain names in any language.
- DNSSEC support: Regery supports DNSSEC for AFRICA domains. You can sign a domain zone in the registry
- Forwarding .AFRICA Domain for Free: Regery services offer free forwarding of visitors from a .AFRICA domain to another domain.
- Auto-renewals: The .AFRICA domain will be automatically renewed at the end of the expiration date. If you plan to renew the domain yourself, simply turn this service off in your domain settings.
Domain Renewal and Redemption
You can renew your .AFRICA domain name at any time, until the end of the domain expiration date. You can also use the AFRICA domain auto-renewal service.
Domains are deactivated upon expiration. It is possible to renew up to 10 days following the expiration date.
Once a domain goes into the redemption period, it can be obtained by any other person. You may still be able to redeem your domain before 30-days after expiry by logging into your account and making payment. The fee for reactivating a domain in the Redemption Period is 340,000Ugx plus the regular renewal fee for the domain.
Pricing and Options
Here's a comparison of .AFRICA domain registration prices from different registrars:
| Registrar | Registration | Renewal |
|---|---|---|
| Regery | 9.59 €/yr | 9.59 €/yr |
| Gandi.net | Registration | Renewal |
| 1&1 Ionos | Registration | Renewal |
| CrazyDomains | Registration | Renewal |
| Namecheap | Registration | Renewal |
† Price information may not contain special offers and promotions, new prices may vary
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Rules and Particularities
- Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited .AFRICA since March 2017
- Assigning: .AFRICA domain names are open to everyone
- Syntax: from 2 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place and third and fourth place)
- IDN (accented domain names): no
- Registration period: 1 year (1 to 9 years for renewals)
- Second-level extensions: no
- Procedures Renewal: domains are deactivated upon expiration. It is possible to renew up to 10 days following the expiration date
- Disputes: URS and UDRP
- Transfer (change of Registrar): the process is started on the new registrar's interface with an auth code. Ensure that your domain does not have a TransferProhibited status, is older than 60 days and has not been transferred in the last 60 days.
Additional Information
Do you need to point your new domain to another domain or subdomain or port? The Private DNS are name servers that reflect your domain name rather than our default ones.
A domain in "Registrar Lock" status means the registrar for that domain has locked the domain to prevent any unauthorized transfer of that domain. The registrant has a setting in their account that allows them to lock or unlock their domain. A domain can also be in registrar lock status if the domain has already expired.
Unfortunately, as the registry does not allow for domain names to be changed after purchase, this is not possible. Once you have registered and reserved the domain name you own that domain name through its expiration date. If you did register a domain that was not spelled correctly, or want to change the domain name completely, you may also choose to just register the new correctly-spelled domain name.
There's no need to register the domain with "www" as the "www" isn’t actually a part of your domain name.
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