This guide details the specifics of the .pt domain extension (for Portugal), including administrative procedures during registration or transfer, and rules established 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) from your Manager, Infomaniak requires an identifier for the owner and the technical contact.

This identifier, which is mandatory, represents for companies:

• their tax identifier (VAT number without the country letters)

and for individuals:

• the passport number or identity card number.

Once the order is placed, the domain will then have the status 'registered' but will only be 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 (see below).

If you have already registered a .pt domain

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 that you transfer all your .pt domains to Infomaniak.

As indicated previously, it is quite possible to order other .pt domain names from Infomaniak.