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Best Domain Registrars in Kazakhstan

Recommendations for .kz, .қаз and .com domains, plus notes on local rules, payment methods, and support languages.

Last updated 2026-08-19Prices checked monthly1 of 9 scored reviews with published testing notes6 registrars with primary-source pricingTransparent methodology
Short answer

Kazakhstan's rule is infrastructural, and it is the one that catches technical teams rather than lawyers. The registration rules require the server equipment serving a .kz name to be physically located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. That rules out pointing a .kz domain at a global CDN or a foreign cloud region as your authoritative setup, which is why .kz sits outside the normal global-registrar model, and none of the registrars we track sell it. Non-residents can only obtain administrator accreditation for the national namespace if they already hold ICANN registrar accreditation. A registrar has ten calendar days to consider a registration request.

Best options

Use caseRecommendedWhy
Local ccTLD (.kz)—No global registrar we track sells .kz — register through a registry-accredited local registrar.
.com from Kazakhstan
Porkbun logoPorkbun
Verified .com renewal of $11.08. WHOIS privacy: free, included by default.
Business use
Namecheap logoNamecheap
Support channels: 24/7 live chat, ticket support, knowledge base.
Developers
Cloudflare Registrar logoCloudflare Registrar
Industry-leading anycast DNS with deep developer tooling. Public API documented.

The .com, business and developer picks above are the same in every country we cover, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise: they are global registrars, and nothing about them changes at a border. What genuinely varies by country is on this page below — which registrars can sell the local ccTLD and under what eligibility rules, how billing and VAT work, and which support languages are available.

Local registry and rules

Registry operator: Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan (www.nic.kz/)
Policy authority: KazNIC, under rules approved by the responsible ministry
Local presence: Restricted in practice. The registration rules require the server equipment serving a .kz name to be physically located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Non-residents can obtain administrator accreditation for the national namespace only if they already hold ICANN registrar accreditation.
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. A registrar considers a registration request within ten calendar days.
Source: nic.kz/docs/registration_rules_eng.pdf

ccTLD breakdown

.kz

Last checked 2026-08-19

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 — it's available only through registry-accredited registrars (see Local registry and rules above for the official list).

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.

.қаз

Last checked 2026-08-19

Purpose: Kazakhstan's Cyrillic Kazakh-script internationalised ccTLD.

Eligibility: Administered alongside .kz under the same national rules.

Tracked registrars that sell .қаз

None of the registrars we track sell .қаз at retail — it's available only through registry-accredited registrars (see Local registry and rules above for the official list).

Punycode .xn--80ao21a. A separate IANA delegation from .kz.

.com pricing in USD

Verified and sample pricing per registrar for this TLD, with first-year, renewal, three-year cost and the date each figure was checked
RegistrarFirst-yearRenewal3-year costWHOIS privacyLast checked
(verified price)
Spaceship logoSpaceship
$8.88 +$0.20$9.98 +$0.20$29.44Free2026-08-19
(verified price)
Dynadot logoDynadot
$10.88$10.88$32.64Free2026-08-19
(verified price)
Porkbun logoPorkbun
$11.08$11.08$33.24Free2026-08-19
(verified price)
NameSilo
$17.29$17.29$51.87Free2026-08-19
(verified price)
Namecheap logoNamecheap
$11.28$18.48$48.24Free, with exceptions2026-08-19
(verified price)
Hover
$18.99$18.99$56.97Free, with exceptions2026-08-19
(sample price, not yet verified)
Cloudflare Registrar logoCloudflare Registrar
$10.44$10.44$31.32Free2026-05-12
(sample price, not yet verified)
Squarespace Domains logoSquarespace Domains
$11.00$20.00$51.00Free2026-05-12
(sample price, not yet verified)
GoDaddy logoGoDaddy
$11.99$21.99$55.97Free, with exceptions2026-05-12

+$0.20 marks the mandatory ICANN fee where a registrar itemises it separately instead of including it in the headline price. Prices are shown exactly as each registrar publishes them, and every ranking on this site compares the all-in total, so no registrar gains a position by splitting its price up.

Verified from the registrar's official pricing pageSample / preview pricing — pending verificationData sources

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
ccTLDSellers we verifyCheapest verified renewalvs cheapest .com
.kz0Local registrar only—
.қаз0Local registrar only—

Renewals are all-in and per year, at the cheapest registrar we verify for that extension, checked 2026-08-19. 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 do not track a single registrar based there — 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?
Kazakhstan's rule is infrastructural, and it is the one that catches technical teams rather than lawyers. The registration rules require the server equipment serving a .kz name to be physically located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. That rules out pointing a .kz domain at a global CDN or a foreign cloud region as your authoritative setup, which is why .kz sits outside the normal global-registrar model, and none of the registrars we track sell it. Non-residents can only obtain administrator accreditation for the national namespace if they already hold ICANN registrar accreditation. A registrar has ten calendar days to consider a registration request.
Do I need a local presence to register a .kz domain?
Restricted in practice. The registration rules require the server equipment serving a .kz name to be physically located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Non-residents can obtain administrator accreditation for the national namespace only if they already hold ICANN registrar accreditation.
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.

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