) has introduced inflation-linked price hikes that will see the wholesale cost of domain name registrations rise by 5.23% from R55 to R61 per domain name.“In response to a comprehensive financial analysis and the impacts of inflation and foreign exchange rates on operational expenditures, Zadna has recognised the need for a registry fee adjustment.
He said Zadna has made policy changes that allow for multiyear registrations and renewals, allowing for periods of up to five years. The current system of annual registrations and renewals will run concurrently to the multiyear option, which Zadna plans to implement from 1 October. When an ISP – or other domain registrant – pays the wholesale portion of the Zadna fee to Zarc, the latter keeps a portion of the money and a further portion is paid over to Zadna as the regulator.Zarc was appointed by Zadna as registry operator to manage the .co.za, .org.za, .net.za and web.za domain names. Zadna reports to the department of communications & digital technologies.