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How to unsuspend a .org.za domain (Suspended on 1st September 2016 deadline)
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fix suspend a .org.za domain.md

Non-technical route

  1. Check FIRST if your domain is on the 3rd party suspended list: http://firefishy.com/orgza-domains-suspended-05092016s.txt if not then this guide is not for you.
  2. Ask the company who registered your domain to sort it out. They will likely charge R100, if wildly more they are ripping you off.
  3. Once they have started the transfer process check https://www.registry.net.za/whois/ to see if your domain has "Domain Status: pendingTransfer", if not return to step 2.
  4. Once in "Domain Status: pendingTransfer" transfer process takes 24 hours + 8 hours for new records to become valid.

Tech / Geek route

  1. Check FIRST if your domain is on the 3rd party suspended list: http://firefishy.com/orgza-domains-suspended-05092016s.txt if not then this guide is not for you.
  2. check https://www.registry.net.za/whois/ if domain has "Domain Status: pendingTransfer" skip to step 6
  3. Signup with an approved registrar: https://www.registry.net.za/accredited/ (note not all offer org.za eg: Gandi.) For geek credits + value use https://vweb.co.za/signup.php (option 13 - domain regsitration only)
  4. Initiate domain transfer
  5. The contacts listed on above whois will receive transfer request emails. Get these approved.
  6. Confirm domain now has "Domain Status: pendingTransfer"
  7. Wait 24h
  8. IN A PANIC TO GET SORTED ASAP AND pendingTransfer ? PHONE +27 11 314 0077 technical support and ask that domain be added back to org.za root https://www.registry.net.za/contact.php

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