Domain tools
Whois lookup
Find out who a domain name is registered through, how long they have had it, when it expires and where its DNS is answered.
Look up a domain name
Type the name on its own — no http://, no path. The answer comes back from the registry that holds the record.
The lookup runs in your browser against rdap.org, which passes it to the registry that holds the record. Nothing you type is sent to us or stored here.
About Whois lookup
This tool retrieves the public registry record for a domain name: the registrar it is registered through, the date it was first registered, the date it expires, the nameservers answering for it and the status codes locking it.
WHOIS is the protocol behind those records — a set of databases that hold who registered each domain name, the nameservers associated with it, and the administrative and technical contacts responsible for it.
What each field means
- Registrar — the company the name is registered through, with its IANA number. Renewals, transfers and contact changes go through them, not through the registry.
- Registered, Updated, Expires — when the record was created, when it last changed, and the date the registration lapses if nobody renews it.
- Status — the registry’s EPP status codes. client transfer prohibited is the ordinary lock a registrar keeps on a name; redemption period and pending delete mean it has already expired.
- Nameservers — the servers answering DNS for the domain. Moving a site to a new host means changing these.
- DNSSEC — whether the registry holds a signature for the zone.
- Abuse contact — the registrar’s published address for reporting abuse involving the domain.
Why some fields are blank
Since 2018, registries and registrars have redacted personal contact details from public records to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. You will normally see the registrar and the dates, but not the registrant’s name, address, phone number or email — a relay address, or nothing at all, appears in their place. Records held by companies and organisations are more often left intact.
A blank contact field is not a sign that anything is wrong with the domain. If you need to reach the person behind a name, the registrar’s abuse contact is the route that still works.
Where the answer comes from
The lookup uses RDAP, the machine-readable replacement for WHOIS that gTLD registries run alongside it. Your browser asks rdap.org, which forwards the query to the registry holding the record — Verisign for .com and .net, Public Interest Registry for .org, and so on. The answer comes straight back to your browser. We never see the name you typed, and nothing is logged on this page.
Not every extension runs an RDAP service. Nepal’s .np registry does not, so this tool cannot answer for .com.np or .org.np names — the tool says so when that happens and points you at the classic WHOIS tool on our registrar app instead.
If the name is free
A lookup that finds no registration usually means nobody has taken the name. Check it and register it — and if you want a .com.np, we prepare the cover letter and the registration paperwork for you, free.