Look up any domain's WHOIS record.
Enter a domain to see who it is registered through, when it was registered and expires, its status and nameservers, and any owner details the registry publishes. Read straight from the registry, no account needed.
- Registrar and abuse contact
- Registration and expiry dates
- Status codes in plain words
- Nameservers and DNSSEC
- Raw RDAP response
What you get
The whole registration record, explained.
The lookup reads the domain's official record from its registry and lays it out plainly: the registrar, every date, each status code with what it means, the nameservers and the contacts the registry chooses to publish.
whois · example.com
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- registrarExample Registrar, Inc.
- registered onJun 3, 2014
- expires onJun 3, 2027
- statusclientTransferProhibited
- nameserversns1.example.com, ns2.example.com
- dnssecnot signed
- registrantRedacted for privacy
Why it matters
A domain's record says who controls it.
Whoever holds a domain controls the website and the email on it. The registration record shows who it runs through, how long it is paid for and how well it is locked down.
Control
Know who a domain runs through
The registrar is the company that can change, renew or transfer the domain. When you buy a domain, report abuse or chase a lost login, it is the first place to go.
Renewal
Catch an expiry before it bites
The expiry date shows how long the registration is paid for. A lapsed domain takes the site and email down with it, and someone else can register it.
Security
Check the locks are on
Transfer and update locks guard against domain theft, and DNSSEC protects visitors from forged DNS answers. The status codes and the DNSSEC flag show both at a glance.
Who it's for
Built for anyone checking a domain.
01
SEO specialists
Vet a link source or a competitor's domain, and see which registrar and nameservers sit behind it.
02
Domain buyers
Confirm the registrar, the dates and the status before you make an offer or start a transfer.
03
Site owners
Check that your own domains are locked, signed with DNSSEC and nowhere near their expiry date.
04
Security and abuse teams
Find the registrar's abuse email and phone to report phishing, spam or malware on a domain.
How it works
From domain to registration record in seconds.
01
Enter a domain
Paste a domain or any URL. A subdomain such as blog.example.co.uk is looked up as the registered domain, example.co.uk.
02
Find the registry
The lookup finds the registry that runs the domain ending in IANA's official list, then asks it for the domain's RDAP record.
03
Read it plainly
You get the registrar, the dates, each status with what it means, the nameservers, the published contacts and the raw response.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
A WHOIS lookup reads a domain's registration record: the registrar it is registered through, when it was registered and expires, its status, its nameservers and any contact details the registry publishes. This tool reads that record from the registry over RDAP, the modern replacement for WHOIS.
Look the domain up above. If the registry publishes the owner, you see the name or organisation and the country. Most records hide them for privacy, so the usual routes are the registrar, which can forward a message, or ICANN's Registration Data Request Service for a request with a legitimate reason.
RDAP, the Registration Data Access Protocol, is the registries' official successor to WHOIS. It returns the same registration data in a structured, standard format over https. Since January 2025, ICANN no longer requires generic TLD registries and registrars to run WHOIS, so RDAP is the authoritative source for them.
Since GDPR took effect in 2018, registries and registrars hide personal data such as the owner's name, email, phone and address by default. Some still publish an organisation's name and the country, and some owners use a privacy service whose details appear instead of their own.
They are standard EPP codes the registrar or registry sets. Client transfer prohibited means the registrar blocks transfers until the owner unlocks the domain. The server versions are set by the registry. Codes like redemption period or pending delete mean the domain has expired and may soon be released. The lookup explains each code it finds.
DNSSEC adds cryptographic signatures to a domain's DNS, so resolvers can tell a genuine answer from a forged one. The registry record shows whether the domain's delegation is signed. Not signed is common and not an error, but signing adds protection.
Some country registries, such as the ones for .de, .it and .jp, do not offer RDAP yet. For those, the lookup says so and links to the registry's own WHOIS search when it knows where it is.
Every accredited registrar publishes an abuse email and phone for reports of phishing, spam, malware and other misuse of a domain. If a domain is harming you or your visitors, that is where to send the report.
When the registry has no record of a domain, it is probably not registered. Check with a registrar before you rely on it, since some names are reserved or held back by the registry.
Yes. You can run 10 lookups a day without an account. The data comes from the registries' public RDAP services.
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