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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
The following instructions are not meant for modifying the Contact Details of:
.EU domain names
.UK domain names
Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name whose Contact Details you wish to modify and proceed to the Order Information view. 1
NoteIf 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 Longwood Computer Company, you need to get it Unlocked first. Contact us at wthtech@wthtech.com.
For Resellers: If the domain name is Suspended by either you or Longwood Computer Company, it needs to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed.
Additional InformationClick the Contact Details link to proceed to the Contact Details view.
Note-
.CA domain names only have Registrant, Administrative and Technical Contacts. There is no Billing Contact.
Additional Information-
Modify the details and click the Save Contact Details button 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.
You may choose to apply the modified details to all the domain names using this Contact by selecting the Update all Domain Names currently using this contact (wherever applicable) checkbox.
NoteThe 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:
.EU Contact
.CA Contact
In case of a .CA (Anchor: caaddrules) domain name, the following is relevant:
A Registrant Contact can be either an Individual or a Company.
Administrative and Technical Contacts can only be Individuals.
There is no Billing Contact in a .CA domain name.
You can not modify the Registrant Contact's Name of a .CA domain name. If you wish to modify the Registrant Contact Details of your .CA domain name, you need to instead create a new Contact and assign it as the Registrant Contact.
Upon Registration and Transfer of a .CA domain name, you can not set another Registrant Contact for the same domain name until 60 days have elapsed.
Similarly, upon assigning a new Registrant for a .CA domain name, you can not set another Registrant Contact for the same domain name until 60 days have elapsed.
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 2.
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
AttentionDomain 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 wthtech@wthtech.com 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.
While modifying the Contact Details for a .US domain name, the system would collect additional Nexus information, if the same is not already associated with the new Registrant Contact. 3
