By the MozOut editorial team · Updated 15 October 2026 · Data from the providers' public pages, consulted in October 2026.
A .mz domain can reach you by different routes, and the result - the name in your name - is the same in all of them. What changes is the work left with you afterwards.
The three routes
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Directly with CIUEM |
Through a provider |
| Who is the registrant |
Your company |
Your company - the same |
| Who handles the request |
You |
The provider, in your name |
| DNS management |
On you |
Your own panel, records at hand |
| Site and e-mail |
Bought separately |
Can come in the same place |
| Expiry notices |
You have to remember |
Automatic, with an invoice |
| If something goes wrong |
You deal with it |
The provider deals with the registry |
Which makes sense for you
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Directly with CIUEM, if you only want to reserve the name and have someone handling the rest. It is perfectly valid and many Mozambican companies do it.
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| 2 |
Through a provider, if you want the name working: managed DNS, site up, e-mail arriving and a single invoice.
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With us, if on top of that you want everything in meticais, support in Portuguese, and the guarantee that leaving one day costs you nothing.
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What changes day to day, after registration
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Directly with CIUEM |
With us |
| Registering |
By letter |
Online order, live the same day |
| Changing nameservers |
By e-mail, office hours only |
One click in the panel, any hour |
| Creating DNS records |
No DNS manager |
Zone editor: create A, MX and TXT yourself |
| Control panel |
None |
cPanel and the client area |
| Hours |
Monday to Friday, office hours |
Requests opened at any hour |
| Cancelling |
By letter; without it, billing continues |
In the panel, no paperwork |
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The detail that catches companies out. A domain registered directly with the registry and then abandoned without a cancellation letter keeps accumulating unpaid years. When, five or ten years later, someone wants to use it again, those arrears have to be settled before it can be renewed. Stopping payment is not enough: it has to be formally cancelled.
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The mistake that costs dearly
Some companies find out late that the domain is registered in the name of the IT person or the agency that built the site. That is neither normal nor required - whichever route you take, the registrant should be your company. See who is who in a domain registration and check who is on yours.
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Check before you need to. The worst moment to discover the domain is not in your name is when you want to move it, or when the relationship with whoever registered it has already soured.
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Sources
- CIUEM official website: www.ciuem.mz (consulted in October 2026)
- MozOut plans and prices: mozout.co.mz
This article is provided for information only. It compares services using what each provider published on its public pages on the date indicated; prices and conditions change, so always confirm them on each provider's website. We give no warranty or endorsement regarding third-party services. CIUEM is a trademark of its owner, and MozOut has no affiliation with them. If you find an error, write to us and we will correct it.
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