Look up the WHOIS record of any domain — registrar, creation and expiry dates, status and name servers — plus the full raw record. Free.

Enter a domain to query its authoritative WHOIS server. Results are cached for an hour.

Registrar
Created
Expires
Last updated
Status
Name servers

Raw WHOIS record

Many registrars redact owner contact details for privacy (GDPR) — the registrar, dates and name servers remain public.


About WHOIS Lookup

The WHOIS Lookup queries the authoritative WHOIS server for any domain and returns the full registration record. The tool first asks the IANA root to find the correct WHOIS server for the domain extension, then queries that server directly over port 43 — the same protocol path a command-line whois client follows.

The headline facts are extracted for you: registrar, creation date, expiry date, last update, domain status codes and the delegated name servers. Below that, the complete raw WHOIS record is shown and can be copied in one click for documentation or dispute paperwork.

Use it to check when a domain expires, confirm which registrar manages it, verify name-server delegation after a DNS migration, or research whether a domain you want is close to dropping. Results are cached for an hour, and subdomains are automatically reduced to the registrable domain.

How to use WHOIS Lookup

  1. Enter the domain name, for example example.com — subdomains are trimmed to the registrable domain automatically.
  2. Click “Look up” and wait while the authoritative WHOIS server is queried.
  3. Read the extracted fields: registrar, created, expires, last updated, status and name servers.
  4. Scroll to the raw WHOIS record for the complete unedited response.
  5. Use “Copy raw record” to save the full text for your records.

Frequently asked questions

Most registrars redact registrant contact details to comply with privacy law (GDPR) or because the owner pays for WHOIS privacy. The registrar, registration dates, status codes and name servers remain public for every domain.

The authoritative one for each extension. The tool asks whois.iana.org which server handles the TLD, then queries that server directly — the answering server is shown with the results, so you know the data source.

Codes like clientTransferProhibited are EPP status flags. Transfer and update locks are normal protection set by registrars; statuses containing “hold” or “redemption” signal a problem, typically an expired or suspended domain.

A few registries run no public WHOIS server or answer only sparsely. If no server is known for the extension, or the server does not respond, the tool tells you — trying the registry’s own website is the fallback.

Records come live from the authoritative WHOIS server and are cached for one hour per domain. If you just renewed or transferred a domain, allow some time for the registry to publish the change, then look it up again.

Yes, it is free to use. Lookups are rate-limited to keep the underlying WHOIS servers happy, so spread out bulk checks by a minute or two.


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