Discover the history of a domain name’s ownership with a Whois lookup.

Just like every house is registered with a governmental body, every domain name registry keeps track of every domain name purchased through them, including the date of purchase, who owns it, and what time it was purchased.

Your domain registrar is obligated by ICANN to update the WHOIS database with your personal contact information whenever you register a domain name.

Your information will be accessible to everybody who searches for domain names after it is added to this Internet WHOIS database.

If you input a domain name, this tool will return the results of the WHOIS registration.

Who registered it, when, and where the DNS is housed are just a few of the details that can be seen (depending on the registrar).