WHOIS Lookup

Every domain is recorded by a registry. This tool asks that registry directly, using RDAP, the modern structured replacement for the old WHOIS system. The right registry is found through the public list that IANA publishes, so nothing here comes from a scraped page or a data reseller.

The answer is shown as the registry published it: the registrar, the registration date, the expiry date, the date the record last changed, the name servers and the status codes, each status explained in words (for example "Locked by the registrar against transfer to another registrar"). An expiry that is within 30 days or already past is flagged. If you enter a subdomain such as www.example.com, the registered domain example.com is looked up, and the page says so.

Registries normally hide the owner's personal details, and this tool never tries to find them. Some endings (many country domains) have no RDAP service; then the page says so rather than showing nothing. A field the registry does not publish is shown as "Not available", never guessed.

• The record is what the registry published once; a registrar can show newer details.
• Owner contact details are normally redacted by the registry and are not shown.
• Dates are shown in UTC as the registry gives them.
• The domain you enter is sent to our server, which asks the registry that holds its record (found through the public IANA list). We do not visit the website, keep the domain or keep a history. To limit abuse we count lookups per visitor and per domain for up to an hour under one-way codes.