.kz Domain: Kazakhstan's Official Country Extension
.kz is the official country code domain (ccTLD) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, entered into the root zone on 19 September 1994. IANA records list the Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan as the sponsoring organisation and KazNIC (Kazakhstan Network Information Center) as the technical operator. To a customer in Kazakhstan, a .kz address is the most direct signal that your brand actually operates in the country — a generic extension does not build that local trust as quickly.
You do not need a company in Kazakhstan to register a .kz name. The regulation defines the registrant as a natural person or a legal entity and asks for no local incorporation, so a business based abroad can hold a .kz name in its own name. If you trade commercially, it is worth weighing .com.kz, which the regulation reserves for commercial organisations. Compare the country's other options on the Kazakhstan domains page.
The one real condition attached to this extension is server location, and its consequences are felt directly: if the internet resource behind your domain runs on a server outside Kazakhstan, your application can be refused or a working domain can have its use suspended. The good news is how narrow the rule is — it concerns the hosting server, not the country your name servers sit in. Check the name you have in mind on the domain search page.
.KZ Domain at a Glance
- Registry KazNIC (Kazakhstan Network Information Center)
- Sponsoring organisation Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan
- Delegated 19 September 1994
- Restriction Server hardware for the resource must be located in Kazakhstan
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .kz domain
- Country Kazakhstan
- Character Length 2 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.kz Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$18.99 /year -
Transfer
$29.00 /year -
Renewal
$39.99 /year -
Restore
$120.00
Included With Every .kz Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
.kz Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: for .kz the post-expiry timeline is set by the registry, so it differs from one extension to the next. The diagram below shows the windows that actually apply to .kz, day by day. One thing never changes, whichever extension you hold: renewing before the expiry date is always the cheapest and safest route.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .kz address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.kz Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.kz Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .kz domain
- Country Kazakhstan
- Character Length 2 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.kz Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support No
Frequently Asked Questions About .kz Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Yes, you can. Kazakhstan's domain regulation defines the registrant as a natural person or a legal entity and does not require the registrant to be established in the country. A business based abroad, or an individual, can hold a .kz name outright. Here is the point people mix up: the hurdle is not incorporation, it is where your server sits. There is no condition on who you are — there is one on how you host.
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The regulation requires the server hardware behind the domain's internet resource to sit within Kazakhstan. The scope of this rule is often misreported, so to be precise:
- It concerns the server that hosts the resource.
- There is no separate requirement on which country your name servers (NS) are in.
In practice that means you can usually keep your existing DNS provider and bring only the hosting side into line.
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The rule bites at two stages. If you are still applying, your request can be refused because the server to be used sits outside Kazakhstan. If you already hold the name, its use can be suspended while the site runs on a server abroad — meaning the address effectively stops working. Suspension is not deletion: once the cause is removed, the domain comes back into service. Planning hosting up front is far cheaper than correcting it later.
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.kz is the direct second level, it is short, and it is open to individuals and legal entities alike. .com.kz is a third-level name the regulation reserves for commercial, profit-making organisations. The server location requirement works the same for both, so the choice is about positioning rather than technology: pick .kz for a short, general address, or .com.kz to carry commercial character in the address itself.
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No. In our system .kz is not among the extensions requiring documents — no notarised paperwork, commercial register entry or trademark certificate is asked for. What genuinely matters is that the registrant and contact details in your application are accurate and complete: the regulation treats incomplete or inaccurate information as a ground for suspension in its own right. So the effort belongs in keeping company name, address and email current, not in assembling documents.
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.kz is transferable. You obtain the transfer authorisation from your current provider, make sure the domain is not locked against transfer, and start the request; the domain keeps working throughout and your remaining registration period is preserved. The one .kz-specific point is that changing provider does not remove the server location requirement. Start the process on the domain transfer page.
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In our system WHOIS privacy does not appear to be available for .kz, so the option is not offered during registration. Which fields are shown, and to what extent, is set by the registry's own WHOIS policy, and that can work differently from a conventional privacy product. If the visibility of personal data matters to you, using corporate rather than personal contact details as the registrant is a practical approach. You can review current records with WHOIS search.
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Yes, you can update your name servers from the management panel at any time. .kz adds no extra restriction here, because the rule concerns the server hosting the resource rather than where the name servers are. Full propagation across the global DNS usually takes a few hours, and during that window some visitors may still see the previous records. That is normal and resolves on its own once propagation completes.
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