My spelling sucks so dont even bother telling me, I already know.

I have been watching VH very closly for about 1 year now and can
finaly say im a member, however hanging around long enough will surtanly
create a good heap of knowledge acumilation.

So here we go.

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Hey My name is Tazz Manic aKa MadManicMayhem

I have had trouble with DNS Changes for the .CO.ZA Domains from the first time i got one.

I purchas mine from SA DOMAIN, and this is how it works.

The Domain Points to their name server initially for it to be changed thiey say on the website

"You are now at the SA Domain management console for .COM, .NET, .ORG, etc. (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT MANAGE .CO.ZA DOMAIN NAMES)"

and then they continued to say in an email addressed to me


"Please arrange with your new ISP to transfer the domain name over to
themselves"


The best is still comming, (I will paste links at bottom for the hole procedure)

They continue to say that the Transfer / Nameserver updates for a CO.ZA domain name are done through a
company called
Uniforum Association SA

Going directly through them, however requires you to have a hole heap
of information ready

Namely

YOUR DETAILS
YOUR COMPANY

Then some information from your host

ADMINISTRATOR
BILLING
TECHNISION

And finaly

NAMESERVERS (Name & IP)

The procedure as they explain it. Seems to imply that the Whois information needs updating.

So it seems to me there is one of two options.

1) THE SIMPLE ONE
Your host agrees most likly one in South Africa. "I havent had any -no we cant do it- over here, but then again they suck and propably need the clients.


2) THE LONG ONE
You contact your host requesting the information requisted in the application
Then send the completed form back to a robot of some sort that scans the email, then sends notices out to all the email addresses found in the document, requesting them to allow or deny the update

More allows than denys will cause it to update, however
should the vote be tied or in deny's favour - you can forget about it being updated.



Here is the email that instructed me on the procedure



CO.ZA domain transfer / Nameserver update
================================================== ==
Transfer / Nameserver updates for a CO.ZA domain name are done through a
company called Uniforum Association SA (http://co.za)

Please arrange with your new ISP to transfer the domain name over to
themselves, alternatively you can find the update FAQ section from the
following link:

http://co.za/faq/updates.shtml

Once the transfer request has been sent, the registrant contact for that
domain will receive a request for confirmation which must be answered
within 24 hours of initiation.

To see the current contact for a domain visit:
http://whois.co.za

*Please note that when the update is done all the sections must be updated*



I tried it and failed.
told me need to have the requered info from the host.

Hey guys if someone could check this out and either just do it for us
or give us the requered information so we can do it ourselfs we will appretiate it emensly. PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEAAAASSSE!

Thanks

OK

With extensive emailing, excelent service once again from VH, a few calls to my registrar, submission of one form and 24HOURS later......

And I now own and manage my domain name www.manicwebsolutions.co.za.

I have sent an email requesting the billing information and exact costs.
I am however under the impression that registration of .co.za domains
are billed at ZAR 50.00 at http://co.za

Should you require more information please leave a post and i will explain estensively the procedure i followed to succesfully acuire a domain, hence what seems to me the only way of updating the NAME SERVERS.

Please also note that should you "screw" up the request, youll have to wait 24HOURS before you can try again, since the request is automated.

Regards
Tazz Manic