Change WHOIS Registrant contact information for a domain name

This guide will walk you through the steps required to change the Registrant information is listed on a domain name WHOIS search

Log in to the Absolute Hosting Client Service Area (AHCSA) using your username / email address and password.

Click on to the Domains Icon
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On the My Domains Page, search for your domain name using the search function, and then select the domain you wish to modify the registrant information.

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On the Manage domain name page click Contact information under the Manage section (on the left hand side of the page)

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On the Domain management page for your domain name, select from a predefined contact to assign as the new registrant for the domain or provide the new registrant information and click save

Note : A change in registrant information for most gTLD's (ie .com, net, org etc) will require that you approve the registrant validation process. The validation process involves approving the changes by clicking on a link within an email sent to the new registration
.ZA Domains (Co.Za, Org.Za, Web.Za and Net.Za) contact information will only update after 5 days.

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