com.zm Domain: Zambia's Second Commercial Zone
com.zm is one of the commercial zones under Zambia's country extension and sits with the same registry as its sibling co.zm: ZICTA, the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority. The mandate comes from statute rather than a commercial contract — responsibility for the .zm name space was assigned to the authority by the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2009.
The co.zm and com.zm forms of the same word are separate names and are registered separately. If the co.zm form of your corporate name belongs to someone else, the com.zm form may still be free. If you want to protect a brand, taking both forms stops anyone else from taking the other later. Compare them on the domain name search page.
.COM.ZM Domain at a Glance
- Registry ZICTA — Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (Lusaka)
- Legal basis Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2009
- Sales channel Only through registrars licensed in Zambia
- Dispute procedure No published procedure specific to the extension
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .com.zm domain
- Country Zambia
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 2 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Popular Domain Extensions for Zambia
Registering the same name on more than one extension keeps someone else from taking your brand.
- .com.zm
- .co.zm
.com.zm 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
$349.00 /2 years -
Transfer
$349.00 /2 years -
Renewal
$383.90 /2 years -
Restore
$250.00
Included With Every .com.zm 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.
.com.zm Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.com.zm Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .com.zm domain
- Country Zambia
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 2 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.com.zm Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support No
Frequently Asked Questions About .com.zm Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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There is no known difference in rules: both zones are held by ZICTA, and no separate rulebook is published for either. The difference is that the two forms of the same word are separate names; one being registered does not stop the other from being free. If the com.zm form of your corporate name is free, taking both co.zm and com.zm is a sensible way to protect your brand.
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There is no known barrier to being the holder: the zone contains names held by foreign companies. The sales channel is local, however — registrations go through registrars licensed in Zambia. Because the registry publishes no detailed eligibility text, you can ask us in writing about the conditions before you apply.
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There is no known document requirement. The registry publishes no list of documents for registration, and names in the zone are held by foreign companies, so a Zambian presence does not appear to be required either. No document list is therefore given here; for the exact list, you can ask us in writing before ordering.
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The registry publishes no post-expiry chain, so renewing before the term ends is the safest course. Do not judge whether a com.zm name is free by reading its WHOIS expiry date; query the name directly and confirm the result with us.
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There is no published dispute procedure specific to this extension, and ZICTA publishes none. What remains is a complaint to the regulator and the Zambian courts. The most practical protection is to register the com.zm form of your brand yourself.
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