Check who owns a domain name?

[idv]

Hi

How do you find out who owns a domain name? I used to have a domain name before and it expired but I would now like to rebuy the domain.

When I enter the domain name it just shows some sort of holding page with advert links on it? How do i go about getting the domain name as nobody seems to be using it.

 

[tomsk]

If google whois that will show you all you need to know.

 

[idv]

I have just tried that and it does not seem to work, I am getting

Error -102 pispGetWhoisDetails Invalid or no mapping exists.

Its a .co.uk domain and if I enter the domainname.co in the WHOIS lookup box and select .uk I get the above error?

What am I doing wrong?

 

[tomsk]

pm me the url and I will take a look.

 

[Faevilangel]

http://www.who.is or http://whois.domaintools.com/

 

[dottelads]

If google whois that will show you all you need to know.

whois.sc
domaintools.com

or many registrars themselves will allow you to do a whois on a domain if it's taken. note - you might not find what you're looking for as many reg details use privacy services.

pm if there is anything i can do to help.

 

[Ben-ChilliMintLabs]

If its a .uk domain use Nominets whois. I can't post the link but just google Nominet - the whois lookup is on the right hand side.

Hope that helps!

 

[idv]

thanks all

 

[jelly3]

Hi

How do you find out who owns a domain name? I used to have a domain name before and it expired but I would now like to rebuy the domain.

When I enter the domain name it just shows some sort of holding page with advert links on it? How do i go about getting the domain name as nobody seems to be using it.

domaintools dot com
will allow you to watch the site and alert you when it is up for renewal.

 

[oldeagleeye]

NOTHING TO DO WITH WHOIS. Nominet is the reigstrar for .co.uk domains.

BTW. If you use Firefox there is a great little addon which sits in your system tray and links to Alexa which in turn gives a wealth of info about a TLD including registrant - keywords used on the site - traffic etc.

Really useful and of course it's free.

Robert

 

[serene]

You can find out who owns the domain name by doing a whois lookup at whoisXY.com which will display the owner's contact information, nameservers, creation date, expiration date, etc

 

[Nathanto]

For a .uk domain you need the Nominet Whois:

http://www.nic.uk/ (WHOIS box on right hand side)

Or

http: //webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=ANYUKDOMAIN.co.uk

 

[JackieC]

idv,

if you haven't got sorted yet, PM me the domain and I will see what I can find out for you.

Jackie