Searching for a domain? Use WHOIS Look-Up!

Searching For a
Domain? Use WHOIS
Look-Up!

WHOIS is recorded listing which identifies who owns a
domain and how to get in touch with them. The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Numbers (ICANN) regulates the
domain name registration and decides who owns what.
Before you can understand what is contained in it, you
will have to understand certain terms:
Domain: Simply it is the name of the website. They are
used in a URL to identify a webpage.
e.g., www.domain-name.com
IP Address: The IP address is the unique address of your
computer on the internet. There are two variants of IP
address that are available:
IPv4 address- 0-255. 0-255. 0-255. 0-255 (32-bits
and has decimal numbers)
IPv6 address-3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf
(128-bits and has hexadecimal numbers)

WHOIS Lookup: The process of retrieving WHOIS details
of a domain from the database is called WHOIS look-up.
It can be done in many ways, and there are many
websites where you can perform a WHOIS lookup.
Once you perform a WHOIS domain look-up all the
details are retrieved and are presented in a human
readable format so that anyone can read them easily.
You may be interested in knowing what all is included in
the result. Let’s find out:
The Details of WHOIS
There is four main classifications of the domain:
1. The domain information
2. The Registrant Contact
3. Administrative Contact
4. Technical Contact

#Domain information
This information has all the details about the domain. It
consists of these following fields:
1. Domain: It gives the domain name for which you
are querying the WHOIS details
2. Registrar: This gives the registrar’s name where the
domain is registered.
3. Date of Registration: It is the date of the
registration of the domain name.
4. Date of Expiration: It is the date when the date is
going to get expired.
5. Updated Date: It was the date when the WHOIS
details were last updated.
6. Status: It is the registrar status of the domain. It is
‘OK’ if there is no restriction and the domain is free
to transfer from one registrant to the other.
7. Name Servers: It will provide the details of the
name servers that are being used by the domain.

#Registrant Contact
These details are contained (Name, Organization, Street,
City, State, Postal Code, Country, Phone, Fax, and E-mail)
#Administrative Contract
It is the name of the person and the organization that is
authorized to manage all the tech issues.
#Technical Contact
It is the individual or the organization that will be
authorized by the registrant to manage all the technical
issues for the domain.

A major concerns is the privacy of the records. In fact,
you can hide the various details by paying a small annual
fee.
In The End
With the help of the domain look-up, you can find the
details about the domain that can be used in various
ways.