Renew Domain
To renew your domain, the following methods are available.
- Online Invoices
- Credit or Pre-paid Card
- External Agent
- Cheque/Bank Drafts
ONLINE INVOICES
If an invoice has been issued (which is generally issued a few weeks before the expiry date for a domain), you can view the invoice from menu Billing ⇒ Invoices , and pay them using the options displayed on the invoice page (e.g. domain credit, credit card, paypal, etc).If no invoice is issued (e.g. for advance renewal), you can issue invoice yourself under menu My Domains ⇒ Manage Domains and select the domains checkboxes and then choose "Invoice For Payment" action under "Perform Bulk Actions".
CREDIT or PRE-PAID CARD
From menu Billing ⇒ Pay Domains, you can pay directly for a domain using prepaid card or credit card.EXTERNAL AGENT
You can ask an external agent (ISP, Reseller, Domain registration company, etc) to pay for your domains on your behalf.CHEQUES
Please make cheques payable to 'PKNIC (PVT) Ltd' and write your .PK account number (or domain name for renewal only) on the back of the cheque. Please also print and include the payment slip with your payment. Your payments may be sent as under:PKNIC Collection
435 Tariq Block, Garden Town
Lahore. Pakistan
Please allow 2-3 working days for cheques to arrive. Please note that no cash payments are accepted at PKNIC.
Frequently Asked Questions
In principle, you are free to choose the domain name. However, you cannot choose names that are in use by other organizations, or names that for various reasons are prohibited or reserved for technical, ethical or national considerations. You also have a duty to ensure that your registration of a domain name does not infringe another party's right to the same name. Remember that the responsibility always rests with you. Here, you can read more about choosing a name.
To find out if a name is available or to find out who registered a particular name, use our WHOIS Search tool which can be found on the home page of our website.
For domain registrants based in Pakistan, a domain fee of Rs. 1600 per year will be charged. For domain registrant or their registrar located outside Pakistan, a fee of $15.99 per domain per year is charged. The fee is charged on a biennial basis (two-year period) and can be paid up to a maximum of ten years.
Once the Registry System has been updated, the information in our database is shared with the Internet's zone files worldwide. This sharing process is called 'propagation', because the new information about your Domain Name spreads or propagates across the Internet. The zone files are propagated frequently, every few hours. We cannot control the rate at which the millions of servers on the Internet are updated, but generally your domain should be available to Internet users within a very short period.
Once a domain has been registered, its name can not be modified.
From time to time it is necessary to reach a contact person for the domain. This could be due to technical problems or disputes. In these situations, it is vital that the contact data is up to date. As the domain name holder, you are responsible for keeping your contact information updated.
PKNIC office is located in Lahore. PKNIC has no other offices or outlets in the country. Please note that any appointed resellers or agents are independent companies with whom PKNIC has no financial ownership affiliation or partnership.
PKNIC does not provide any website or email hosting services. PKNIC is responsible for the operation of the .PK root servers and thus enabling the registered .pk domains on the internet.
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