Manage a .pt domain name

This guide details the specifics of the .pt domain extension (for Portugal), including administrative procedures for registration or transfer, and rules set by the entity responsible for managing Portuguese domain names (DNS.PT).

New registration of a .pt domain

If you are registering a new domain name with the .pt extension for the first time (anywhere, regardless of the Registrar you use) from your Manager, Infomaniak requires an identifier for the owner and the technical contact.

This identifier, which is mandatory, represents for businesses:

• their tax identification number (VAT intracommunity number without the country letters)

and for individuals:

• the passport number or ID card number.

Once the order is placed, the domain will have the status "registered" but will only be fully active 5 days after its creation date.

It is possible to order additional .pt domains from Infomaniak, but if you wish to order them elsewhere with the same contact details, this will no longer be possible (read below).

If you have already registered a domain .pt

DNS.PT accepts only one active contact per ID, regardless of the Registrar.

In concrete terms, this means that if you have already registered a .pt domain elsewhere, Infomaniak will not be able to create your contact record with the same ID and register the ordered domains. The only solution is to transfer all your .pt domains to Infomaniak.

As mentioned earlier, it is perfectly possible to order other .pt domain names from Infomaniak.