If you're new here, wrap your head around important terms like "domain", "website", and "hosting".
Before you register a new domain, here’s a bit about what you get and how the domain registration system works in New Zealand.
At Domains Direct you'll always get the same price on registrations and renewals; and that's our promise. Just $21.50 +gst per year, with FREE transfers.
An in-depth look at each of the most commonly used DNS records for use with your domain name.
Choosing a domain can be a painful process when all the good ones are gone. So how do you check what's available?
Looking to secure your own piece of internet real estate? The journey begins with getting your own online address.
An introduction to starting, growing, and managing an online store with Shopify.
A new privacy option is available for private individuals to restrict what information is publicly avaialble on their registration.
If your Domain expires it means all services associated with the Domain (website, email etc.) will stop working, but fear not, you'll have a window to renew it.
You can use this tool to look up a .nz Domain name to find the owner's details, check its status, and see where it's hosted.
There's a few scenarios you may find yourself in when you believe someone else owns your Domain. Here we look at them and cover the processes you have available to acquire your rights (if
If you've searched for a Domain and found it's already registered, you can perform a WHOIS to check who owns the Domain and what its status is. Here we explain what they all mean.
We share our best tips for choosing an effective and memorable .nz Domain for your business or project.
The Unique Domain Authentication Identifier (UDAI) is a case-sensitive, eight-character-long 'password' which is a randomly generated unique identifier for every Internet NZ domain
Outlines the criteria for registering a .nz Domain Name.
There are 16 different .nz suffixes you can choose from. Some are restricted by use, but most are available for anyone to register. Here we look at what they all mean.