Punktum dk administers .dk and is responsible for the basic infrastructure, security, and operation of the .dk zone. As a registrar, you are responsible for direct contact with the registrant and for handling the commercial aspects of the .dk domain name, including registration, renewal, payment, and support.
Registrar management is the current model
From 1 July 2026, new .dk domain names must be registered and managed through an approved registrar.
Registrants who already have a .dk domain name managed directly by Punktum dk must choose a registrar to manage their .dk domain name going forward by 30 June 2028 at the latest.
This means that the registrar will become the registrant’s primary point of contact for the day-to-day management of the .dk domain name.
What does this mean for you as a registrar?
As a registrar, you can manage .dk domain names on behalf of your customers. This includes, among other things, creation, renewal, payment, support, and other customer communication.
You must ensure that the registrant receives the necessary information about the terms, prices, and management of the .dk domain name. The registrant must continue to hold the right of use to the .dk domain name and accept the applicable terms and conditions for .dk.
Punktum dk’s role
Punktum dk remains responsible for .dk and for the central administration of the .dk zone. This means, among other things, that we handle the technical operation, the security of .dk, and the registration framework.
Punktum dk may still contact the registrant directly when necessary. This may, for example, be in connection with updating contact details, ID checks, security, terms and conditions, or other matters where Punktum dk has a specific obligation.
Transition for existing registrant-managed .dk domain names
Existing registrants who currently have a .dk domain name managed directly by Punktum dk have until 30 June 2028 to choose a registrar.
As a registrar, you can help registrants with the transition to registrar management and ensure that they can manage their .dk domain name in one place.
New administration model comes into effect in 2026
ID check
It is central to Punktum dk's work that we carry out an identity check on all registrants. We carry out the identity check so that we know for sure who has the domain name and that this is validated. Since we continue to publish who has which domain names in our WHOIS database, we know that this has a preventive effect on the misuse of .dk domain names.
The identity check mainly takes place in connection with the registration of the .dk domain name with a registrar.
For Danish citizens, companies and associations, this identity check is carried out using MitID. For foreign citizens, companies and associations, this is done on a risk basis and with the submission of authoritative documents when necessary. Read more about our identity check here.
If the identity check fails, the domain name will be suspended and after 30 days the domain name will be deleted.
Punktum dk makes a number of services available to everyone who is a registrar with us. Read more about our services here.
Our systems are continuously developed in collaboration with the users of the individual services. We publish an overview of known bugs and prioritized changes on this page, where it also appears when which releases were made.
General prerequisites for registrars of .dk domain names
Regardless of what you offer, it is mandatory to have a registrar account with us. All your transactions with us are deducted from the registrar account, and therefore there always have to be credit on it.
If a registrar offers name server service, it is an obligation to offer DNSSEC signing. Regisras that do not offer name server service will be required to inform the customer where DNSSEC signing can be done.
The obligation for the DNSSEC signature follows a specific requirement in the new executive order on the administration of .dk domain names. Read more here (in Danish only)
