Contact

In the domain name and Whois context, Contacts are individuals or entities associated with domain name records. Typically, third parties with specific inquiries or concerns will use contact records to determine who should act upon specific issues related to a domain name record. There are typically three contact types associated with a domain name record, the Administrative contact, the Billing contact and the Technical contact. Other contact types may exist at the discretion of the implementer. Contacts may be related to any network resource and may not necessarily be associated specifically with domain name records in other contexts.

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• Administrative Contact: The administrative contact is an individual, role or organization authorized to interact with the registry or registrar on behalf of the Domain Holder. The administrative contact should be able to answer non-technical questions about the domain name's registration and the Domain Holder. In all cases, the Administrative Contact is viewed as the authoritative point of contact for the domain name, second only to the Domain Holder.

• Billing Contact: The billing contact is the individual, role or organization designated to receive the invoice for domain name registration and re-registration fees.

• Technical Contact: The technical contact is the individual, role or organization who is responsible for the technical operations of the delegated zone. This contact likely maintains the domain name server(s) for the domain. The technical contact should be able to answer technical questions about the domain name, the delegated zone and work with technically oriented people in other zones to solve technical problems that affect the domain name and/or zone.