How to Check a Registered Domain Name

Check a registered domain name to see who registered the Web address.

You can check a registered domain name to find out who owns the domain, the domain's registration and expiration dates and the domain host. Knowing a domain's owner comes in handy if you need to contact a domain owner for business transactions, or in the event your intellectual property is stolen and displayed on a particular website. All domain owners must supply their phone number and address to register a domain, but many domain owners don't want their personal contact information available to the public. As a result, domain name registrars offer a special service to keep personal information private. So if a domain owner uses a private registration, it will become more challenging to find his contact information.

Instructions

1. Copy the domain's address from your address bar.

2. Visit the WHOIS database and paste the domain name in the Lookup field. Select the proper domain extension from the drop-down list and press "Go".

3. View the results from the lookup search. If the domain owner opted to make his personal information private, you can only see the registrar's name.

References

• Internet Privacy Advocate: Domain Name Contact Information is Public Information

Resources

• WHOIS Database