Domain Contacts at DNSimple

Table of Contents

• Getting started
• Understanding domain contacts
• Managing contacts
• Reference
• Related articles
• Have more questions?

A domain contact holds the registrant details a registry requires for a domain: a name, postal address, phone number, and email address. Contacts belong to your account, not to a user, so adding someone as a contact gives them no access to your DNSimple account. One contact can be assigned to as many domains as you like. This page is the starting point for contact documentation.

Getting started

• Managing Your Contacts - Create, edit, and delete the contacts in your account.
• Domain Contact Field Reference - What each field requires, its maximum length, and its accepted format.

Understanding domain contacts

• Domain Validation Requirements - Why registries validate the registrant email address, and what happens if it is not validated.
• NIS2 Contact Email Verification - A separate verification that confirms a contact address is reachable.
• ICANN 60-Day Lock After Change of Registrant - When a registrant change locks a domain against transfer, and when it does not.
• What Is Domain Trustee? - Registering TLDs that require local presence you cannot provide yourself.

Managing contacts

• Managing Your Contacts - Create a contact, update its details, or delete one you no longer need.
• Changing Domain Contacts - Assign a different contact to a domain, and track a registrant change through to completion.

Reference

• Domain Contact Field Reference - Required and optional fields, maximum lengths, and format rules.

Related articles

These live in other categories but come up often alongside contacts:

• WHOIS Privacy Protection - Keep contact details out of the public registration record.
• What is WHOIS Privacy Service? - What the privacy service replaces, and what it costs.
• Domain privacy after GDPR - What is published today, and how redaction differs from privacy.
• What is Domain Access Control? - Which roles can manage contacts and domains.
• Changing the WHOIS contact - Registry-specific contact update policies.

Have more questions?

If you have any questions about domain contacts, just contact support, and we’ll be happy to help.