Register a conflicted domain name?

We have put together this guide, if you have any questions that relate to a conflicted domain name that this guide doesn’t cover, please contact us here.

What is a conflicted domain name?

A conflicted domain name is a .nz domain name that is available but is unable to be registered until issues with its counterparts are resolved, for example:

If anyname.co.nz and anyname.org.nz were registered to 2 different registrants (domain name holders), then anyname.nz is a conflicted domain name and in order for a party to register anyname.nz they will need to obtain the consent of those 2 registrants.

What is a conflict set?

Using the above example, for the conflicted domain name anyname.nz:

anyname.co.nz and anyname.org.nz are part of the ‘conflict set’.

You can find the other domain names that are part of the conflict set listed next to ‘Name With Rights’ on the registration record. To find out the contact information for those registrants you can perform a whois search here.

I am not part of the conflict set, how do I register a conflicted domain name?

There are 3 steps for this:

1. You will be required to contact one of the conflicted parties to see if they will register the conflicted domain name for you on your behalf.
   
   
2. You will then need to contact the rest of the parties in the conflict set and consent from them advising that they do not want the conflicted domain name. They will need to change their preference here and choose ‘I don’t want the domain name’.
   
   
3. Once you have done the 2 steps above, the first party can register the conflicted domain name for you and then can action a change of registrant with you. 

I am part of the conflict set, how do I register a conflicted domain name?

1. You will be required to contact the other conflicted parties that are part of the conflict set to see if they will allow you to register the conflicted domain name.
   
   
2. They will need to change their preference here and choose ‘I don’t want the domain name’ if they agree.
   
   
3. Once you have done the 2 steps above, you can then register the conflicted domain name with your chosen provider.

What is a self conflicted domain name?

A self conflicted domain name is where the same registrant (yourself) holds all the second level variants of the conflicted domain name. For example, if you are the registrant of anyname.co.nz and anyname.org.nz then anyname.nz is self conflicted.

You can find out more about self conflicted domain names here.

More information

When a registrant changes their preference in the ‘Lodge your preference’ portal, a UDAI for their domain name is required, you can find out more about UDAIs here.

Until all parties can agree, the conflicted domain name will remain unavailable to everyone.