[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":154},["ShallowReactive",2],{"seo-verification":3,"blog-cost-of-a-ma-domain-real-price-over-3-years-en":6},{"google":4,"bing":5},"EycwPY2XMyTkVzas3n1ygeNJFGAH513qrMjfDljzsMQ","",{"id":7,"slug":8,"slugs":9,"title":12,"excerpt":13,"readTime":14,"views":15,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":17,"category":18,"categories":23,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":27,"relatedSolution":25,"intro":28,"sections":29,"ctaTitle":89,"ctaBody":90,"ctaButton":91,"ctaUrl":92,"relatedPosts":93},299,"cost-of-a-ma-domain-real-price-over-3-years",{"fr":10,"en":8,"ar":11},"prix-domaine-ma-dirham-renouvellement","تكلفة-نطاق-ma-بالدرهم-السعر-الحقيقي-على-3-سنوات","Cost of a .ma Domain: Real Price Over 3 Years","Registration, annual renewal, incoming transfer and post-expiry restoration: calculate the true cost of owning a .ma domain over 3 to 5 years, using only price variables.",9,0,false,"2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},10,"Compliance & Regulation","conformite","bg-amber-500\u002F10 text-amber-400",[24],{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},null,"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fbg.svg","\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fprix-domaine-ma-dirham-renouvellement-poster.svg","Registering a .ma domain shows a price. What that price does not show is the total cost of ownership over three to five years: the annual renewal, the transfer if you change registrar, and — the most overlooked item — the restoration fee if the domain has entered quarantine after expiry. This article breaks down each of these items, builds a three-year comparison table, and details what ServOrbit includes so that none of these scenarios catches you off guard.",[30,34,42,45,48,51,54,79,82,86],{"type":31,"title":32,"body":33},"h2","Why the displayed price is not the real cost","The registration price of a .ma domain — à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan — is the most visible figure. It is the one you see when you search for availability and the one that appears on your quote. But it only covers the first year of ownership. A domain name is not a one-time purchase: it is an annual right of use, renewable, subject to additional fees whenever the situation departs from the standard case.\n\nFour items make up the total cost of owning a .ma: the initial registration, the annual renewal, the incoming transfer if you change registrar, and the restoration after expiry if the domain has entered a quarantine period. These four items do not carry the same amount and do not arise in the same scenario. Knowing them in advance means avoiding unexpected fees that arise precisely when the domain is most critical to your business.",{"type":35,"title":36,"items":37},"ul","The four items in a .ma lifecycle",[38,39,40,41],"**Registration** — à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan for the first year, including DNS delegation, WHOIS data management and access to your management interface. This amount is due once, at creation.","**Annual renewal** — 139 DH\u002Fan per year, every year. This is the recurring item that makes up the bulk of the ownership cost over time.","**Incoming transfer** — 119 DH if you wish to transfer an existing .ma from another registrar to ServOrbit. This item only applies on a registrar change, not at initial registration.","**Post-expiry restoration** — fees higher than the standard renewal, charged by registre.ma if your domain has entered a quarantine period after expiry. This is the most costly and least known item.",{"type":31,"title":43,"body":44},"Initial registration: what is included","Registering a .ma domain at à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan covers the first full year of ownership. This amount includes DNS delegation — you can point your domain to any web server or cloud service — as well as registration in the registre.ma WHOIS with the identification data required by the ANRT naming policy.\n\nWhat this amount does not include: web hosting, professional email, SSL certificate or website creation. These are separate services, billed independently. The first common misconception among new holders is believing that domain registration includes hosting. It does not: a domain registered without associated hosting returns a \"site not accessible\" response until a service is configured.\n\nThe registrar is the ANRT-accredited intermediary that submits your request to registre.ma, verifies compliance with the naming policy (characters, length, reserved terms) and notifies you of your order status. ServOrbit is an ANRT-accredited registrar for `.ma`, `.co.ma` and `.press.ma`: these checks are built into the order form.",{"type":31,"title":46,"body":47},"Annual renewal: grace periods and renewal window","The annual renewal of a .ma is billed at 139 DH\u002Fan per year. This is the item that determines the long-term cost of ownership: over five years, you pay registration once and renewal at each annual due date.\n\nThe ANRT naming policy (decision ANRT\u002FDG\u002FN°02\u002F2024, article 33.2) requires the registrar to notify you of expiry at least thirty (30) days in advance. The early renewal window is wide: you can renew at any time during the validity period, within the five (5) year cap set by article 30 of the same decision. There are no additional fees for early renewal — the cost remains 139 DH\u002Fan regardless of when you renew, as long as the domain has not expired.\n\nIf the due date passes without renewal, the domain enters a **thirty (30) day expiry grace period** during which it is frozen (articles 3.19 and 33.3 of the decision). During this window you can still renew at standard conditions. It is past this grace period that the situation shifts: registre.ma renews the domain automatically for one (1) year and charges restoration fees — an amount significantly higher than 139 DH\u002Fan.",{"type":31,"title":49,"body":50},"Incoming transfer: when it applies and how","An incoming transfer is the process that lets you bring an existing .ma from another registrar to ServOrbit. It is billed at 119 DH. This item does not apply if you register a new domain name directly with ServOrbit — only if you transfer a domain already registered elsewhere.\n\nThe transfer of a .ma follows the process defined by registre.ma and ANRT. You need the **EPP code** (transfer authorisation code), provided by your current registrar on request. Once the EPP code is obtained, the transfer is submitted to registre.ma and processed within a period that can be up to seven (7) days depending on the outgoing registrar's policy.\n\nTwo conditions apply: the domain must not be locked at the outgoing registrar (some apply a transfer lock by default, which must be manually lifted), and it must not be in an expiry or quarantine period. An expired domain cannot be transferred before restoration. The total cost of a registrar change is therefore 119 DH, to which restoration is added if the domain expired before the transfer was initiated.",{"type":31,"title":52,"body":53},"Post-expiry restoration: the hidden cost","Restoration is the most expensive item in the lifecycle of a .ma, and the least often anticipated. It applies when a domain has entered a **quarantine period** — that is, when the thirty-day expiry grace period has elapsed without renewal.\n\nUnlike a .com where the domain becomes available after quarantine, a .ma never becomes automatically free: under article 33.4 of decision ANRT\u002FDG\u002FN°02\u002F2024, registre.ma renews the domain automatically for one (1) year and charges the corresponding fees — fees higher than the standard renewal 139 DH\u002Fan. The registre.ma fee schedule (source: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fregistre.ma\">registre.ma\u002Ftarification\u003C\u002Fa>) distinguishes standard renewal from post-quarantine restoration; restoration is significantly higher.\n\nThis scenario happens more often than expected: a change of email address without updating holder contact details, a renewal reminder that lands in spam, an expired payment card on the registrar's platform. The consequence is twofold: higher-than-expected fees, and domain unavailability during the restoration procedure — which can affect your website, your professional emails and associated services.",{"type":55,"title":56,"headers":57,"rows":61},"comparison","Cost of owning a .ma over 3 years: minimum vs maximum scenario",[58,59,60],"Item","Minimum scenario (renewals only)","Maximum scenario (registration + transfer + one restoration)",[62,65,68,72,75],[63,64,64],"Initial registration","à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan",[66,67,67],"Annual renewals (2 years)","139 DH\u002Fan × 2",[69,70,71],"Incoming transfer","Not applicable","119 DH",[73,70,74],"Post-expiry restoration (once)","registre.ma restoration fee",[76,77,78],"Total over 3 years","à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan + (139 DH\u002Fan × 2)","à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan + (139 DH\u002Fan × 2) + 119 DH + restoration",{"type":31,"title":80,"body":81},"What ServOrbit includes in managing your .ma","ServOrbit's pricing for a .ma is transparent: à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan at registration, 139 DH\u002Fan per year at renewal, 119 DH for an incoming transfer. No setup fee, no DNS management fee, no holder data update fee.\n\nIncluded in standard management: DNS delegation with a full management interface (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV records), WHOIS data updates compliant with ANRT requirements, access to your client area to manage all your domains and services, and technical support in French, English and Arabic.\n\nExpiry reminders are sent by email on a progressive schedule before the due date. Automatic renewal is available as an option: when enabled, it charges your saved payment method at the due date and renews the domain without any action on your part. This option is particularly useful for critical domains — your main domain, your professional emails — where even a brief interruption has an immediate impact on your business.",{"type":83,"title":84,"body":85},"tip","Enable automatic renewal on your critical domains","Automatic renewal is the simplest protection against the restoration scenario. Enable it on any domain your main website or professional emails depend on: if your payment method is up to date, your domain is renewed at the due date with no action required. If you prefer to manage manually, regularly check that your contact email address is current in your client area — that is the address to which expiry reminders are sent.",{"type":31,"title":87,"body":88},"Budgeting your .ma over time: what to remember","A .ma domain is managed over time, not at purchase. The cost of ownership over three years depends on your scenario.\n\n**Standard scenario** (registration + annual renewals): you pay à partir de 119 DH\u002Fan at creation, then 139 DH\u002Fan each year. This is the least costly scenario, accessible to any holder who renews on time.\n\n**Transfer scenario**: if you change registrar, add 119 DH to the first year's cost at the new registrar. This item arises once per registrar change.\n\n**Restoration scenario**: if the domain expires and enters quarantine, registre.ma restoration fees are added on top of the standard renewal — a significant gap that makes early renewal or automatic renewal the right choice.\n\nA sound budget contains only the first two items. For related articles on .ma compliance and registration, see also \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblog\u002Fcharte-nommage-anrt-domaine-ma\">the ANRT naming policy\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblog\u002Fdomaine-ma-ou-com-lequel-choisir\">.ma or .com: which to choose\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fblog\u002Fmegalogi-registrar-accredite-anrt\">ServOrbit, ANRT-accredited registrar\u003C\u002Fa>.","Register your .ma with no surprise fees","Registration, renewals and expiry reminders included — no DNS management fee, no setup fee. ServOrbit is an ANRT-accredited registrar for .ma, .co.ma and .press.ma.","Register my .ma domain","\u002Fdomaine-ma",[94,107,124,141],{"id":95,"slug":96,"slugs":97,"title":100,"excerpt":101,"readTime":14,"views":15,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":102,"category":103,"categories":104,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":106,"relatedSolution":25},295,"anrt-ma-naming-policy-rules-before-registering-your-domain",{"fr":98,"en":96,"ar":99},"charte-nommage-anrt-domaine-ma","ميثاق-تسمية-ma-قواعد-anrt-قبل-تسجيل-نطاقك","ANRT .ma Naming Policy: Rules Before Registering Your Domain","Allowed characters, length, second-level subdomains, registration period and reserved terms: all ANRT naming rules to avoid rejection of your .ma domain.","2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},[105],{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fcharte-nommage-anrt-domaine-ma-poster.svg",{"id":108,"slug":109,"slugs":110,"title":113,"excerpt":114,"readTime":14,"views":15,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":115,"category":116,"categories":121,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":123,"relatedSolution":25},293,"ma-or-com-domain-which-one-to-choose-for-your-business",{"fr":111,"en":109,"ar":112},"domaine-ma-ou-com-lequel-choisir","نطاق-ma-أم-com-أيهما-تختار-لشركتك",".ma or .com domain: which one to choose for your business?","Difference between .ma and .com, ANRT eligibility, SEO impact and real cost over a full cycle: make the right choice in under five minutes.","2026-08-22T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":117,"name":118,"slug":119,"color":120,"icon":119},5,"Comparison","comparatif","bg-info\u002F10 text-info",[122],{"id":117,"name":118,"slug":119,"color":120,"icon":119},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fdomaine-ma-ou-com-lequel-choisir-poster.svg",{"id":125,"slug":126,"slugs":127,"title":130,"excerpt":131,"readTime":19,"views":132,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":133,"category":134,"categories":138,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":140,"relatedSolution":25},118,"ma-domains-why-go-through-an-anrt-accredited-provider",{"fr":128,"en":126,"ar":129},"megalogi-registrar-accredite-anrt","نطاقات-ma-لماذا-تلجأ-إلى-مزود-معتمد-من-anrt",".ma Domains: Complete Guide — ANRT, Types and Management","Complete guide to .ma domains: ANRT accreditation, available types (.ma, co.ma, org.ma…), naming rules, 7-step registration, renewal and transfer.",1,"2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":14,"name":135,"slug":136,"color":137,"icon":136},"News","actualites","bg-sky-500\u002F10 text-sky-400",[139],{"id":14,"name":135,"slug":136,"color":137,"icon":136},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fmegalogi-registrar-accredite-anrt-poster.svg",{"id":142,"slug":143,"slugs":144,"title":147,"excerpt":148,"readTime":14,"views":132,"isPinned":16,"publishedAt":149,"category":150,"categories":151,"featuredImage":25,"bgImage":26,"posterImage":153,"relatedSolution":25},244,"vat-on-digital-services-in-morocco-what-changes-in-2026",{"fr":145,"en":143,"ar":146},"tva-marocaine-hebergement-web-facturation","ضريبة-القيمة-المضافة-الرقمية-بالمغرب-ما-الذي-تغير-في-2026","VAT on digital services in Morocco: what changes in 2026","Morocco's 2024 Finance Law imposes 20% VAT on foreign digital services sold to Moroccan clients. Who owes it and how to register on tax.gov.ma.","2026-08-10T00:00:00+00:00",{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},[152],{"id":19,"name":20,"slug":21,"color":22,"icon":21},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Ftva-marocaine-hebergement-web-facturation-poster.svg",1787661797378]