What Happens During a Registry Audit?

Overview

If you own a domain with special registration requirements, the registrant (domain owner) is subject to an audit if the registry chooses. This may be a random spot check of registrant data supplied during registration or if the registry deems the domain suspicious. Typically, the registry reaches out to the registrant via email to notify them that they have been selected for audit and specifies actions they need to take within a specific timeframe.

Registry Audit

1. The registry contacts the registrant via email.
2. The customer is notified and provided with the details of the audit.
   • What information needs to be provided
   • How to provide the required information to the registry
   • How the process of validating the information will work
   • What the timeframe is for the customer to provide the information to the registry
   • What happens when the registry either decides that the information is sufficient or if the customer does not provide the registry with the information needed
   • Repercussions of not acting that may put the domain name registration at risk of confiscation

Examples of domain name extensions that may be subject to a registry audit:

1. .US
2. .NYC
3. .EU
4. .CA
5. .BE
6. .­UK