PKNIC Delegation

PKNIC Delegations

Starting from January 1998, PKNIC has started a program (called DirectRegister) to co-delegate its domain registration authority to a number of Internet Services companies in Pakistan. PKNIC DirectRegister program is a way to share the responsibility of Domain Registration for .PK TLD. In this program, PKNIC is delegating the task of domain name registration to a group of selected Internet Providers and Consultants in Pakistan. These alliance partners will act as "Trusted Agents" or PKNIC-Associate-Registrars, and will be able to directly register new domains under .PK.

Registration Time reduced to under 10 minutes!

The Trusted Agents are granted access to PKNIC database system that will let them register domains that automatically get added to PKNIC records and DNS within 5 minutes (without going through PKNIC Staff for approval).

The delegation program is open to all qualified companies in Pakistan. The criteria for selection for all new participants in this program is outlined below:

The participant in this program must follow PKNIC policies regarding .PK domain names registration.
The company that can qualify as co-delegate must have registered at least fifty domain names with PKNIC in the capacity of "Technical Contact"
OR has an intent of registration of at least fifty domain names in the next twelve months.
The participant must be a Pakistani company of good repute and standing.
It must get positive endorsement from three independent companies of good repute and standing.
The participant must be competent and have technical expertise about domain names, nameservers, security key management and related areas.
The participant must pass the general scrutiny of PKNIC and the current members of DirectRegister program.

How to Enroll (Deadline is Dec 31, 2000 for year 2001 enrollment).

The pilot DirectRegister test phase has now ended, and is now replaced by a permanent DirectRegister program.

WHAT IS DIRECT REGISTER:

Under the DirectRegister program, PKNIC delegates the capability of INSTANT domain name registration to a group of selected Internet Providers and Consultants in Pakistan. These alliance partners will act as "Trusted Agents" on PKNIC's behalf, and will be able to Directly Register new PK domains (without going through PKNIC Staff for approval). They will use the PKNIC's Shared Registry system, and the new domains they register will be added to the .PK root-server DNS within ten minutes.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE

The DirectRegister program is open to any organization that is competent and have technical expertise about domain name registration, DNS, nameservers, security key management and related areas. The organization must have either registered at least fifty domain names with PKNIC in the past, OR has an intent of registration of at least fifty domain names in the next twelve months.

COSTS

There is no fee to become a PKNIC Trusted Agent. In fact, the DirectRegister partners get additional discount on the domain maintenance fee (10 to 20% discount).

PAYMENTS

All domains registered by DirectRegister partners are pre-paid by them (in blocks of minimum of fifty domains each). Note: In the pilot program, we did not require any pre-payment, but that led to abuse of the system, and we have thousands of unpaid domains (which will be eventually deleted by December 31, 2000).

PROCEDURE:

To apply for the program, please send the following form to staff@pknic.net.pk Once we receive this form, a complete agreement will be drafted using this information, and will be sent to you to sign.

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Organization Name:
Complete Address:
Name of the Owner,Executive or Director who will sign the agreement:
Title:
Phone:
Email:
Domains Registered with PKNIC:
Total Unpaid .PK Domains registered by this organization:
Domains Intended to register in year 2001:
Address where to send the agreement (if different):
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DEADLINE FOR YEAR 2001

The agreement must be signed and payment for a minimum of one block (fifty domains) must be made by December 31, 2000, for enrollment in the DirectRegister program for the calendar year 2001.