How to become a registrar?

Test operation

If you would like to try out how everything works before becoming a domain registrar, we offer the option of a test operation.

If you would like to participate, simply contact us and you will be given access to the test system without signing a contract or providing any documents.

Further information is also available on Registration system (FRED) page .

Requirements

Only a legal entity that meets one of the following conditions may become a registrar:

• It has its registered office in a Member State of the European Union.

• It has its registered office in a state forming part of the European Economic Area.

• It has its registered office in a member state of the European Free Trade Association.

• It is an accredited registrar of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) .

The registrar must also meet the following criteria:

• No bankruptcy order may have been issued against the registrar, no bankruptcy or composition proceedings may have been initiated against it, no petition for bankruptcy may have been dismissed due to insufficient assets, and the registrar must not be in liquidation.

• The registrar's information system must communicate with the Central Registry using the communication protocol in accordance with the Rules of Technical Communication .

• The registrar must provide the CZ.NIC Association with a contact telephone number available on a non-stop basis for resolving technical and operational issues.

Important information

Unless otherwise specified, documents must not be more than three months old at the time of submission.

If any document is submitted to the CZ.NIC Association in a language other than Czech, Slovak, or English, an officially certified Czech translation of the document, including any certification clauses, must be attached.

Process

If you meet the above requirements, proceed as follows:

Download the contractual Documents .

Read them carefully, then enter your details and sign the Agreement on Cooperation in Domain Name Registration.

You will also need:

• An extract from the Commercial Register or another equivalent register in which your company is registered.

• A completed and signed Declaration of Honour .

Please send electronically signed documents to registrars-support@nic.cz (preferred option).

If you are unable to use the electronic format, print all documents in duplicate, sign them, and send them to the association’s address:

CZ.NIC, z. s. p. o. Milešovská 1136/5,
130 00 Praha 3

CZ.NIC, z. s. p. o. will return the signed agreement to you and ask you to provide the IP addresses from which you will access the Central Registry.

At the same time, you will be sent an access code (login/password) that you will use to authenticate yourself when logging in.