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Modify Registrant Contact Details for .UK Domain Names

When you need to update registrant contact details for your .UK domain name. This article explains how .UK Whois contacts work, how to modify registrant information from the control panel, service contact requirements for non-UK registrants, and important restrictions related to registrant identity changes.

 

Understanding .UK domain name Contacts

A .UK domain name displays only 1 Contact when performing a Whois lookup:

Registrant Contact: This contact represents the owner of the domain name.

Note

There are no Administrative, Technical, and Billing Contacts for .UK domain names.

Registrants who are non-trading individuals (those who do not use or plan to use their domain name for business, trade [including registration of domain names for monetization purposes] or professional transactions) can choose to opt out of having their Contact Details displayed in the Whois lookup.

This option can be enabled by the Registrant from within their Nominet control panel.

Service Contact: If the country of the Registrant Contact is not the UK, in case of a 2nd Level .UK domain name, then an additional Service Contact must be specified at the time of Registration or Contact Modification. This Contact must have a valid UK address, with the country being the United Kingdom (GB), the Isle of Man (IM), Jersey (JE), or Guernsey (GG). The Registry will send all physical communication intended for the domain name to this address.

General Contacts used for other domain name extensions (TLDs) can not be used for a .UK domain name. A .UK domain name has a separate Contacts database.

To modify the Registrant Contact Details (except the Identity) of a .UK domain name

Note

To modify the Registrant Contact of a UK domain name, the current Registrant will be billed directly by the .UK Registry.

Identity refers to:

  • Name of the Registrant Contact, if the Registrant Contact is an individual

  • Company Name of the Registrant Contact, if the Registrant Contact is a non-individual

  1. Log in to your Control Panel, search for the domain name, and proceed to the Order Details view.

  2. Click the Contact Details link.

  3. The Current Registrant Contact will be displayed. Modify the Contact information for the domain name by specifying it in the text boxes. You can modify all the details except the following:

    • the Name field, if the Contact is an Individual

    • the Organization field, if the Contact is a Company

  4. Click Save Contact Details.

    Note

    Apart from the above process, contacts can be created and managed independently of the domain name(s) and directly from within the customer control panel.