User Instructions and Guides

Root Zone Management user guide

• Root Zone Management User Guide (PDF, 3.2 MB) updated 13 December 2022
• Root Zone Management System Webinar, Recorded (Passcode ?!*9uakj0p)

Process descriptions and guides

• Root Zone Change Request Process
• Delegating a Generic Top-Level Domain
• Delegating or Transferring Country-Code Top-Level Domain
• Identity Verification Process
• Root Zone Management System API and Testing Environment User Guide

Domain-related help articles

• Technical Requirements for Requests to Change TLD Nameservers in the Root Zone
• Eligible Top-Level Domain Strings
• Obtaining Consent for a Root Zone Change
• Preparing an Operational and Technical Plan
• Common Questions and Answers on ccTLD Delegation and Transfers/Redelegations
• Common Questions on the Next-Generation Root Zone Management System
• Procedures for delegating test IDN top-level domains