{"id":15160,"date":"2021-09-03T13:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=15160"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T12:17:49","slug":"how-do-i-contact-the-owner-of-a-domain","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/artikel\/how-do-i-contact-the-owner-of-a-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I contact the owner of a domain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several reasons as to why you&#8217;d want to contact the owner of a certain domain. You might be interested in buying the domain name, ask the owner of a website to correct an error, or any of many other reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">If you come in touch with the owner of a domain with the goal of buying the domain (and the domain is registered via us), please refer to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/artikel\/how-do-i-transfer-a-domain-or-service-to-a-new-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\">these instructions<\/a> to learn how to do a transfer of ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please follow the sections below in the specified order to reach the domain owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Via contact information found on a website on the domain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is a website for the domain whose owner you want to reach, try finding some contact information on said website. Perhaps you can find an email address, a phone number, or a contact form that can be used to make contact with the owner. You may need to click around a bit before you find the information you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Via the Swedish Internet Foundation in the case of a .se or .nu domain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the domain is a .se or a .nu domain, you may use the contact form available on the Swedish Internet Foundation&#8217;s website to reach the domain owner. You find the form here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internetstiftelsen.se\/en\/registrant-reachout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/internetstiftelsen.se\/en\/registrant-reachout\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-danger\">Keep in mind that you cannot use the form to contact the owner of a domain not using the TLDs .se or .nu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding information via the domain&#8217;s whois<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in a domain that is not using the TLDs .se or .nu, a first step is to find out where the domain is registered (<em>i.e.<\/em> the registrar of the domain). This information can be found in the whois information of the domain. We&#8217;ve written the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oderland.se\/support\/en\/artikel\/where-is-my-domain-name-registered\/\" target=\"_blank\">following guide<\/a> regarding how you find where a domain is registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you know the registrar, you can contact the support department of that company and ask them to forward your contact request to the domain&#8217;s current owner. If we&#8217;re the registrar of the domain, please read the section <a href=\"#ask-us-to-forward-a-request\">below<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, you may find the domain owner&#8217;s contact information in the whois information directly. However, this has become rarer and rarer due to GDPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ask us to forward a request<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-danger\">Due to GDPR, we cannot hand out owner information regarding a domain name registered with us, but we can forward a contact request to the owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not able to reach the domain owner via the various ways described above, <a href=\"mailto:support@oderland.se\">send us an email<\/a> where you ask us to forward a message from you to the domain owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">Please note that we&#8217;re only able to forward a request to the owner of a domain that&#8217;s registered via us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In your email, state clearly what domain your request concerns, what message we should forward, and the contact information we should pass along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Once we&#8217;ve forwarded your request, we will not follow up the request. 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