Modifying the Whois (Contact Details) of Domain Names

Typically, Domain Name Contacts are of the following types:

  • Registrant Contact

  • Administrative Contact

  • Technical Contact

  • Billing Contact

In the system, Contacts are independent of a domain name. All contact information that you have used for registering any domain name, is maintained separately in a Contact database. This allows you to re-use the contact information for any other domain name registration without having to fill in all the values again. Think of this as linking Contacts from your Contact database to the domain names you register. Whenever you change any contact information in any Contact, it will automatically change that information in every domain name which uses that contact information and reflect the same immediately in the Whois lookup results of your domain name.

To Modify Contact Details for a Domain Name

Exceptions 

Note

The following instructions are not meant for modifying the Contact Details of:

  • .UK domain names

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name whose Contact Details you wish to modify and proceed to the Order Information view. See details

    About Lock / Suspension 

    Note
    • If the domain name is Locked/Suspended, you will have to first get it Unlocked/Unsuspended it before proceeding further.

    • For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by you, you may proceed without Unlocking it.

    • For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by GBNames, you need to get it Unlocked first. Contact us at https://kb.gbnames.uk.

    • For Resellers: If the domain name is Suspended by either you or GBNames, it needs to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed.

  2. Click the Contact Details link to proceed to the Contact Details view.

    About Contact Details View 

    Note
    Additional Information

  3. Modify the details and click the Save Contact Details button to proceed to save the changes.

    • You may choose to use the the Registrant Contact Details for the Administrative, Billing & Technical Contact Details by selecting the Use same contact for Administrative, Billing & Technical details checkbox.

    Contact Modifications that trigger Change of Registrant verification 

    Note
    • Contact modifications to the following fields will trigger Change of Registrant verification and you will be provided with an additional step to complete contact modification:

      • Name

      • Company Name

      • Email Address

    Domain Name Extension Specific Contact Information 

    Note
    • The Modify Contact form supports the following, except for the Phone Number, Fax Number and Email Address fields:

      • Accented characters in case of the below Contact Types:

        • General Contact

          • Thin Registry - All characters

          • Thick Registry - A set of characters and this set varies from Registry to Registry

        • .ES Contact: This supports all UTF-8 characters.

          Additional Information

          List of UTF-8 Accented Characters

    • .ES (Anchor: esaddrules) domain names use an independent Contact database in the system. Contacts for .ES domain names are listed under .ES Contact.

      The following list displays the various types of .ES Contacts listed in our system and how they are displayed in the Whois of .ES domain names:

      .ES Contact Type displayed in the System

      .ES Contact Type displayed in the Whois

      Registrant

      Registrant

      Admin

      Admin

      Technical

      Tech

      Billing

      Billing

      Contact Details addition is restricted in the following ways:

      • For Registrant Contact:

        • The Registrant Contact of a .ES domain name may either be a natural person/individual or a company.

        • You may not modify through our system any Contact Details of the Registrant Contact, of a registered .ES domain name.

          Note

          If you wish to transfer the ownership of a .ES domain name to another entity, the transfer procedure needs to be followed. Once a request has been submitted at the Registry, you need to inform our Support Team at https://kb.gbnames.uk. This will enable us to track the request and update our database accordingly.

      • For Other Contacts:

        • The Admin, Technical and Billing Contacts must be natural persons/individuals only.

        • You may not modify any Contact Details. However, you may add another .ES Contact and select the same as either the Admin, Technical or Billing Contact.

Contacts Management Independent of Domain Name 

Additional Information

Apart from the above process, Contacts can be created and managed independent of the domain name(s), directly from within the Customer Control Panel See details.

 

Contact Details Modification Errors and Domain Name Extension Specific Conditions 

 

Note
  • You will encounter the below error message in case the domain name is either:

    • Locked/Suspended at the Registry (and not under our system), or

    • a Transfer Away for the domain name to another Registrar is under process

    Attention

    Domain Status does not allow this operation.

  • If you wish to modify your domain name's Contact Details in these circumstances, you have the following solutions:

    • Lock/Suspension applied at the Registry: Contact our Support Team at https://kb.gbnames.uk to know the reason for Lock/Suspension and how this Lock/Suspension may be removed.

    • While a Transfer Away is under process:

      • Cancel the Transfer through the link listed in the email sent to the Registrant/Administrative Contact of the domain name and then perform the required modification, or

      • Wait for the Transfer to complete and then carry out the desired modification at the New Registrar.

  • Modification of Registrant Contact of a Third level .ME domain name would be allowed, only if the Registrant remains a Montenegrin individual or entity.