.za.net and .za.org to stop providing free domains in October :(

[Sinbad]

They seem to be getting on in life and are tired of this. Im sure it requires a lot of their time. What they started has helped many people. We can employ people to manage this in SA. Servers are cheap. Even if its just to manage registrations to their database. Its easy to engineer a system to cull the spammers and offer more value and easier management.

I've sent them the link.

[ghoti]

I've sent them the link.

Ty

[ld13]

R.I.P ZANiC

[j4ck455]

R.I.P ZANiC

There's a big difference between giving notice that future registrations will not be accepted, and the domain service ceasing to exist, however this might be the first nail in the coffin and that would be very sad.

[ld13]

There's a big difference between giving notice that future registrations will not be accepted, and the domain service ceasing to exist

True true, but not being able to register new .za.net domains after the cut-off date makes ZANiC dead in my eyes.

[Mr.CookieMonster]

Ow well, at least there is still co.cc domains for free.

If you want something without hassles, you must pay for it.

[ambo]

Whats wrong with getting a .co.za for R4.17 per month?

[ghoti]

Whats wrong with getting a .co.za for R4.17 per month?

Its not a za.net

[House]

Those doing business analysis should watch this company, as this will be another one example of a business that will close down.

These domains were somewhat popular due to the free offering, they have no other value in terms of reselling domains. If they do have any value at all it will be very, very little.

co.za should see an increase in sales though.

[Sinbad]

Those doing business analysis should watch this company, as this will be another one example of a business that will close down.

These domains were somewhat popular due to the free offering, they have no other value in terms of reselling domains. If they do have any value at all it will be very, very little.

co.za should see an increase in sales though.

What company? It's a guy and his wife who did it as a hobby/sideline.

[koffiejunkie]

I can't say I'll be shedding any tears over this. I liked the .za.net domains 10 years ago, but it's come back to bite me in a mean and nasty way when I was moving all the domains I host DNS for off a dedicated server with one provider to a DNS provider. One of the domains just would not update. It would not show up in their queue. It's like the request for that domain disappeared into a black hole. (And before you ask, yes, there was nothing wrong with the request - I diffed it with one that went through, and all that was different was the domain name). I repeatedly tried to contact za.nic through the email and fax on their contact page, with no effect. The net result was, I was stuck with the dedicated box, costing me a lot of uneccessary money.

[rorz0r]

It was cool when I was a student and they were free etc. Bit of a mission to set up if you're not familiar with DNS etc though but zoneedit was good enough. At some point I needed to update a domain and it took over a month which meant about a month without email through that domain and since then I'll rather pay R50 a year for a co.za. Also for any company I think it's inexcusable to use a za.net when co.za is R50/year.

[ghoti]

removed on request

[murraybiscuit]

ghoti, maybe it's time for a new sld... net.za?
or you could be my all-time hero and set up the .dev tld.
love you long time. <3

[ambo]

maybe it's time for a new sld... net.za?

net.za exists and there are a few registrations in the zone. I believe that they are planning to re-open this SLD for registrations soon.

or you could be my all-time hero and set up the .dev tld.

I believe that there are around 100 applications that are currently in process for new TLDs. If you have a few $100k lying around you could apply for .dev