Kazakhstan uses .kz, .қаз, which requires a local presence to register. Below: who operates each namespace, what its rules actually constrain, the accredited local registrars, and how global registrars compare on price where we hold a sourced figure.
Of the 10 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Hoster.KZ prints the lowest standing .kz price: KZT 9,580 incl. VAT. KazNIC accredits 18 registrars to sell .kz; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .kz in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Kazakhstan, not a recommendation in it.
Registrars accredited by KazNIC (Kazakhstan Network Information Center)
These 18 companies are accredited by the Kazakhstan registry to sell .kz, .com.kz, .org.kz and 1 more. Every column is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-29. Listed in the registry's own order.
Registrars accredited by KazNIC (Kazakhstan Network Information Center), with website and whether the registry lists each as supporting DNSSEC. No prices and no scores: none of these registrars has been tested by this site.
0 of 18 are listed by the registry as supporting DNSSEC. “Not published” means the registry does not list that registrar as supporting it, which is not the same as the registrar not supporting it. We have not tested any of these registrars, so nothing here carries a price, a score or a ranking. Comparing them on price and service is work we have not done, and saying which is better would be invention.
Which registrars have a kk / Russian site, bill in KZT and sell .kz?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Kazakhstan rather than merely to the world from it: an interface in an official language, billing in the local currency, and selling the local namespace. All three must hold. No registrar we track currently meets all three here.
The English storefront was read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefronts were read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All prices are in USD" is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, so this is a recorded 'no' on every non-USD currency rather than an absence.
The English storefronts were read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All pricing is per year and in USD." is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, as Porkbun's is; recorded as a 'no' on every non-USD currency.
The English storefront was read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The French and English and Spanish storefronts were read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English and French and Spanish and Portuguese and Turkish and Ukrainian and Italian and Hungarian and Polish and Czech and Slovak and Croatian and Greek and Indonesian and Swedish and Danish and Finnish storefronts were read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Read billing in EUR and PKR and BRL and ARS and COP and TRY and INR and UAH and PLN and CZK and IDR and PHP and SEK and DKK; KZT has not been established either way.
The German and English and Italian storefronts were read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The French and Dutch and German and English and Spanish and Portuguese and Italian and Polish storefronts were read and kk or Russian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
No registrar tracked here is recorded as selling .kz.
Nofails one condition
A dash is ignorance, not a failing grade: it means we have not established that condition either way. Several registrars render their language and currency switchers in JavaScript, which the read behind this table cannot see, so we record nothing rather than a false “no”. A currency that appears only in a display selector does not count as billing in that currency, because a converted price charged in dollars is exactly the case this condition exists to catch.
Where to buy a .kz: KazNIC-accredited registrars, read from their own storefronts
KazNIC's list of 18 operational registrars was read at nic.kz (English version) and ten of them were opened in a real browser; no page was blocked. Only Hoster.KZ states a .kz price with tax treatment, 9 580 тг per year for registration and renewal "с учетом НДС", printed in its notice on 2026 prices rather than a price table. PS.kz prints 9 590 тг without tax wording; MEGAHOST, Unihost, Host24 and reg.mail.kz show prices only after a search; iD Host's domain page returned 404 and CyberAge 405. R01 and Webnames are Russian storefronts with no .kz figure.
Ordered by the standing .kz price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 16% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
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Registrar
.kz standing price, incl. VAT
First year
Renewal
source
1
HHoster.KZRussian storefront, bills in KZT
KZT 9,580as printed, 9 580 тг за 1 год с учетом НДС
Ordered by the standing .kz price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 16% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
Read, not ranked
A local-language storefront, but no .kz price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
PPS.kzThe page prints .kz at 9 590 тг but states no tax treatment and no term or renewal wording beside the figure.
MMEGAHOSTNo .kz price is printed before a domain search.
Not read on 2026-09-29: iD Host (Kazakhtelecom) (Portal homepage showed no domain prices; the domains address tried returned HTTP 404.); CyberAge (HTTP 405 on the homepage. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Best options in Kazakhstan
No registrar we track meets all three local conditions in Kazakhstan.
No registrar we track is recorded as selling .kz at all, so the namespace condition fails before language or currency is reached.
For .kz itself, the registry’s own accredited registrars are the route, and they are listed on this page above. We have not tested them, so we name them rather than rank them.
does not bill in KZT; does not sell .kz; no kk/Russian-language storefront established
Verified .com renewal of $11.08. Not the cheapest .com we verify: Spaceship renews at $10.18, 9% less. Porkbun is the pick here for catalogue breadth, not for price. WHOIS privacy: free, included by default.
Buying a gTLD through an English-language registrar that bills in dollars is a real and common choice, so it is named with the trade stated rather than dropped. It is not a recommendation in Kazakhstan: the conditions it misses are in the column above.
Business use, globally
Namecheap
Support channels: 24/7 live chat, ticket support, knowledge base.
Developers, globally
Cloudflare Registrar
Industry-leading anycast DNS with deep developer tooling. Public API documented.
These two are the site’s global picks and are the same on every country page, which is why they are labelled globally and sit outside the table above. Nothing about a registrar’s API or its support channels changes at a border; what does change is language, billing currency and whether it can sell the local namespace, and that is what the eligibility table measures.
Policy authority: KazNIC, under rules approved by the responsible ministry
Local presence: Restricted in practice, and the mechanism is suspension rather than refusal. Clause 16 of the registration rules lists the grounds on which use of a .kz name is suspended, and item 6 is placement of the Internet resource on hardware and software complexes outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan; the registration application itself asks for documents confirming where the server equipment will be. Non-residents can obtain administrator accreditation for the national namespace only, in the rules' own words, "subject to the availability of ICANN accreditation as a Registrar".
DNSSEC: Signed at the root
IDN: .қаз (punycode .xn--80ao21a) is delegated separately as Kazakhstan's Kazakh Cyrillic ccTLD.
The server-location rule is infrastructural rather than legal, and it is what rules out pointing a .kz name at a foreign cloud region or CDN as the authoritative setup. Because it is a suspension ground rather than a registration bar, a name can be registered and then suspended if the hosting moves out of the country.
Purpose: Kazakhstan's country code, governed by rules approved at ministerial level.
Eligibility: Restricted in practice. The registration rules require the server equipment for a .kz name to be physically located in Kazakhstan. Non-residents can obtain administrator accreditation only if they hold ICANN registrar accreditation.
Tracked registrars that sell .kz
None of the registrars we track sell .kz at retail: see the local registrar list below.
KazNIC operates the registry under rules approved by the responsible ministry and publishes them in Kazakh, Russian and English. A registrar considers a registration request within ten calendar days, so this is not an instant-checkout namespace.
Eligibility: Administered alongside .kz under the same national rules.
Tracked registrars that sell .қаз
None of the registrars we track sell .қаз at retail: see the local registrar list below.
Punycode .xn--80ao21a. A separate IANA delegation from .kz.
Namespace map
What you can register under .kz
The Public Suffix List records 6 registrable namespaces under .kz.
Registrable namespaces under .kz from the Public Suffix List, with which of the registrars this site tracks sell each one and the cheapest renewal price we have verified.
Namespace
.com.kz
.edu.kz
.gov.kz
.mil.kz
.net.kz
.org.kz
Operator: Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan · .kz signed in the root zone (2026-09-28)
Registered directly under the root label
The Public Suffix List records no delegated second-level namespaces under this delegation: a name is registered directly under the root label, at the second level, rather than under a category such as co. or org.
.қаз.xn--80ao21aAssociation of IT Companies of Kazakhstansigned in the root zone
Verified and sample pricing per registrar for this TLD, with first-year, renewal, ten-year cost and the date each figure was checked
Registrar
First-year
Renewal
10-year cost
WHOIS privacy
Last checked
(verified price)
Spaceship
$9.08
$10.18
$100.70
Free
2026-09-02
(verified price)
Dynadot
$10.88
$10.88
$108.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Porkbun
$11.08
$11.08
$110.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
OVHcloud
$9.20
$14.69
$141.41
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
AAmazon Route 53
$16.00
$16.00
$160.00
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-29
(verified price)
NNameSilo
$17.29
$17.29
$172.90
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Namecheap
$11.28
$18.48
$177.60
Free, with exceptions
2026-08-19
(verified price)
Hover
$18.99
$18.99
$189.90
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
(verified price)
NName.com
$12.99
$19.99
$192.90
Available (Whois Privacy) o…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
IONOS
$1.00
$20.00
$181.00
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-29
(verified price)
Gandi
$11.00
$38.38
$356.42
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
Compared across the 11 registrars whose .com price we have read ourselves.
Most global registrars price domains in USD; local registrars often invoice in KZT.
Can a registrar we track handle Kazakhstan?
No registrar whose prices we verify sells any of the ccTLDs on this page, so a local or specialist registrar is the only route to them. A global registrar can still hold the .com, which renews from $10.18 at the cheapest seller we verify: many owners here run both.
Kazakhstan ccTLDs and whether a registrar we verify sells each one
ccTLD
Sellers we verify
Cheapest verified renewal
vs cheapest .com
.kz
0
Local registrar only
-No value recorded
.қаз
0
Local registrar only
-No value recorded
Renewals are all-in and per year, at the cheapest registrar we verify for that extension, checked 2026-09-29. The .com reference is the cheapest verified .com renewal ($10.18). "Listed" counts registrars our country notes record as selling the extension without a price we have read ourselves.
What this page does not tell you: how the registrars based in Kazakhstan compare. We list 18 of them by name only, no prices, no scores, no hands-on testing, so any claim here that a local registrar is cheaper, better supported or easier to pay would be invention. Where local billing in Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT), local-language support, or a registry rule requires a local registrar, that is a reason to use one, and comparing them is work we have not done. Kazakhstan also applies a local-presence or nexus requirement to at least one of its ccTLDs: see the registry rules above before assuming eligibility.
FAQ
What is the best domain registrar in Kazakhstan?+
Of the 10 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Hoster.KZ prints the lowest standing .kz price: KZT 9,580 incl. VAT. KazNIC accredits 18 registrars to sell .kz; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .kz in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Kazakhstan, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .kz domain?+
Restricted in practice, and the mechanism is suspension rather than refusal. Clause 16 of the registration rules lists the grounds on which use of a .kz name is suspended, and item 6 is placement of the Internet resource on hardware and software complexes outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan; the registration application itself asks for documents confirming where the server equipment will be. Non-residents can obtain administrator accreditation for the national namespace only, in the rules' own words, "subject to the availability of ICANN accreditation as a Registrar".
Which global registrars sell .kz?+
None of the registrars we track sell .kz at retail. KazNIC operates the registry under rules approved by the responsible ministry and publishes them in Kazakh, Russian and English. A registrar considers a registration request within ten calendar days, so this is not an instant-checkout namespace.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Kazakhstan?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT). KazNIC registrars invoice in tenge. Global registrars bill in USD for gTLDs; Kazakhstani cards generally work for those.
What payment methods work in Kazakhstan?+
KazNIC registrars invoice in tenge. Global registrars bill in USD for gTLDs; Kazakhstani cards generally work for those.
