Look up any domain's registration details.
Registrar, expiry, nameservers and status.
Enter a domain name to see who registered it, when it expires, its current status, and which nameservers it's delegated to.
A WHOIS lookup shows the public registration record for any domain — who registered it, when it expires, its status, and the nameservers it points to. Free and instant, no login or rate limits, for .com, .au, .com.au and every other extension.
What a WHOIS record actually tells you.
Registrar & dates
Every WHOIS record shows the registrar the domain was registered through, plus the creation, last-updated, and expiry dates. If a domain has lapsed or is close to expiry, this is the first place it shows up.
Nameservers & status
Nameservers show which provider is currently handling DNS for the domain — useful for confirming a domain actually points where you expect. Status codes (like clientTransferProhibited) indicate registry-level locks.
Privacy & redaction
Many registrars redact the registrant's personal contact details by default, or offer a privacy proxy service. This is normal and doesn't mean a domain is unregistered — the registrar and dates are still reliable.
Australian (.au) domains
For .au and .com.au domains we query the auDA WHOIS server directly. You'll see the registrar, registrant type, dates and nameservers — personal contact details are redacted under auDA policy. Checking if an .au name is free instead? Use the domain checker.
WHOIS lookup questions, answered.
Enter the domain name above and we query the registry's WHOIS server for you. The result shows the registrar, registration and expiry dates, current status, and nameservers. Many registrants' personal contact details are redacted for privacy, but the registrar and dates are still shown.
Yes. We query the auDA WHOIS server for .au and .com.au domains, returning the registrar, registrant type, key dates and nameservers. Personal contact details are redacted under auDA policy. To check whether an Australian domain is available to register instead, use our domain checker.
Under privacy rules such as GDPR and auDA policy, registrars redact registrants' personal contact details by default. This is normal and doesn't mean the domain is unregistered — the registrar, key dates, status and nameservers remain publicly visible and reliable.
Yes — completely free, with no account and no rate limits. It queries the authoritative WHOIS server for each domain in real time, so results are current, not cached.
A WHOIS lookup tells you about a domain that's already registered — who holds it, when it expires, and where it points. To find out whether a name is still free to register, use the Stack2 domain checker instead.
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