Changing NIC handles (contacts)

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NIC handles (Network Information Centre handle) allow users to update the registrant, admin, billing and tech contact information for domains easily by assigning a single NIC handle to multiple domain contacts.

Instead of having to update the registrant, admin, billing and tech contact information separately, a user can simply assign all contact types to the same NIC handle, then update the single NIC handle to update the all the domain contact types.

Creating a new NIC handle

  1. Log in to your Account using the Account Reference and Password.
  2. Locate Administer/Upgrade domain along the left hand side of the page. 
  3. Search for or select the domain for which you wish to create a new NIC handle for.
  4. Click [Administer].
  5. Click Domain Name. 
  6. In the Contact information section, click on Create a new contact.
  7. Type in the new NIC’s contact details.
  8. Click [Create Contact].
  9. The following page will display the login/nic and password for the new NIC handle.
  10. Copy down the login/nic and password for future use.

Assigning a NIC handle to a domain contact

  1. Log in to your Account using the Account Reference and Password.
  2. Locate Administer/Upgrade domain along the left hand side of the page. 
  3. Search for or select the domain for which you wish to assign a NIC handle for.
  4. Click [Administer].
  5. Click Domain Name. 
  6. In the Contact information section, select the admin contact, tech contact, or billing contact from the Select contact type you wish to add drop down menu.
  7. Type in the login/nic in the Enter NIC handle field.
  8. Type in the password in the Enter password field.
  9. Click [Add Contact].

If you wish to update the NIC handle of the registrant contact, please contact our domains department.

How to view the NIC handle password for an existing NIC handle

  1. Log in to your Account using the Account Reference and Password.
  2. Locate Administer/Upgrade domain along the left hand side of the page. 
  3. Search for or select the domain for which you wish to view the NIC handle and password for.
  4. Click [Administer].
  5. Click Domain Name. 
  6. In the Contact information section, click on the NIC handle you wish to view the NIC handle password for.
  7. The first and second row of the Update Contact Information page will display the NIC handle and NIC handle password for the specific NIC handle clicked on.

Statutory notifications are sent to the registrant (or domain name owner) email address.

New NIC handles/domain name contacts may be created, however, new registrants may not be created in this way. To change the owner/registrant of a .au domain, a registrant name change request is required.

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