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The short answer: when you register a domain, your details (name, e-mail, phone, address) are tied to it as the holder. Registries require them to be true and current: it is by that e-mail that renewal notices arrive and, in several extensions, the registry’s own confirmations. False or out-of-use details are behind many lost domains.
What usually depends on these details
| What | Why it matters |
| The e-mail | Receives renewal notices, the transfer code and confirmation requests. If wrong, you miss them. See Domain renewal. |
| The holder’s name | Proof of who the domain belongs to. A domain in the name of whoever built it, rather than the company, is a common problem: Who owns the domain. |
| Phone and address | May be asked for in a dispute or a registry check. |
| Privacy | Some details may be hidden from public lookups, but the registry keeps the true ones. See What WHOIS shows. |
Viewing and updating
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| Do not use false details to “protect” the domain. In many extensions, false details or ones that do not answer a check lead to the domain being suspended, and proving the domain is yours gets hard. If you do not want the details in view, use privacy protection, where available, instead of inventing. |
| Put a yearly reminder in your calendar, around renewal time, to check these details are still right. |
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Cannot change a domain detail? Open a ticket with the domain and what you want to change. Open a support ticket |
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SEE ALSO Domain renewal: deadlines, reminders and what you lose WHOIS: what it shows about your domain and how to check it |
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