What you can look up
A domain name, an IPv4 or IPv6 address, or an AS number such as AS151845. Results come from public RDAP, with classic port-43 output when that service still answers.
Look up any public record
Search domains, IP addresses, and autonomous system numbers through public registry data.
Use a domain, IPv4/IPv6 address, or AS number. Results use public RDAP registry data.
Look up any public registry object
Enter a domain, IP address, or AS number to see its public registration, allocation, or routing record.
After you own it
Nameservers decide where the name goes
The registry only stores who paid for the name and which nameservers it uses. Those nameservers publish the A, CNAME, and MX records that send web and email traffic.
| If you want | What to do |
|---|---|
| A website on our hosting | Use the nameservers printed on the hosting or VPS service. The domain and the hosting stay two products that you join with DNS. |
| The site to stay where it is | Leave the current nameservers after a transfer. Changing them is what moves web and email, not the transfer itself. |
| Email at another provider | Keep or copy the MX records they give you. A nameserver change without MX copies is how mailboxes go silent. |
| Only to reserve the name | Register it and leave DNS alone until you have a site. An unused name still has to be renewed. |
Public records
WHOIS is a directory. RDAP is the modern copy.
The lookup on this site reads public registry data. You can check a domain, an IP address, or an autonomous system number. Personal contacts are usually redacted. Registrar abuse contacts may still appear.
Why contacts are blank
Registries redact most personal fields. Privacy or proxy service, when a TLD allows it, is shown at checkout. We do not claim it is included on every ending.
Nameservers in the record
If the lookup lists nameservers, that is where DNS is delegated right now. It is the public clue to where the site and mail are hosted.
Before you buy
Answers people ask us
Anything not covered here goes through a ticket in your client area.
Ask a questionCan I point this domain at another host?
Yes. After you own it, change nameservers or individual DNS records to wherever the site and mail should live.
Is WHOIS the same as RDAP?
Same idea, newer protocol. RDAP is the structured public registry API this lookup uses. Classic WHOIS is the older port-43 text dump, shown when we still have it.