WHOIS Lookup
Find out when a domain was registered, when it expires and which registrar manages it. Status codes are explained in plain words, along with the name servers and DNSSEC.
INPUT
RESULT
Enter a domain and choose Look up.
The domain name is sent to the Deskbox server, which looks it up at rdap.org and the registry's RDAP server. Results are cached for up to an hour.
How to look up a domain
Enter a domain
Type a domain such as example.com or paste a URL. Names with accents or other scripts are converted automatically.
Look it up
The registry's RDAP service is asked for the registration record. A subdomain such as www.example.com is looked up as its registered domain.
Read the details
See the registrar, the creation, update and expiry dates, the status codes with explanations and the name servers.
WHOIS and RDAP
RDAP is the modern replacement for WHOIS: the same registration data, but structured and served over HTTPS. For generic domains such as .com, .org and .net, ICANN has made RDAP the official source in place of WHOIS, and many country registries offer it too. This tool asks rdap.org, which forwards the query to the registry responsible for the domain.
Why is the owner hidden?
Most registries no longer publish the name, address and email of a domain's owner because of privacy laws such as the GDPR. The record shows the registrar instead, which is where legal and abuse requests go.
Frequently asked questions
What is sent to a server?
The domain name is sent to the Deskbox server, which asks rdap.org and the registry's RDAP server for the record and returns a short summary. Results are cached for up to an hour, so a change made in the last hour may not show yet.
Why does it say the registry doesn't offer RDAP?
Some country registries, such as those for .de and .es when this page was written, don't run an RDAP service. For those domains, use the WHOIS search on the registry's own website.
What do the status codes mean?
They are locks and states set by the registrar or the registry. "client transfer prohibited", for example, means the domain can't be moved to another registrar until the lock is removed, which protects against hijacking. "pending delete" means the domain is about to be released.