Whois Help

Overview

Whois is used to look up records in the Registry database. Whois can provide information about domains, name servers and registrars.

Enter a string to search the database.

Whois displays the results in one of two ways: as a full, detailed display; or line summaries for single/multiple matches.

Specify only part of the search string to perform a "partial" search on the domain.

Every domain STARTING with the string will be found. A trailing dot (or dots) after your text or the partial keyword indicates a partial search. For example, entering 'mack.' will find "Mack", "Mackall", "Mackay", and so on.

Keywords

Whois keywords fall into these categories: those that specify the TYPE of records to search, those that modify the interpretation of the input or designate the type of output to be produced, and those that are commands such as HELP or QUIT.

• domain
  Finds a domain record. Find the domain name, registrar name, Whois server and URL, Name Server name and IP Addresses, and the updated date. For example, "www.verisign.com".
• name server
  Finds name server records. Find the name server name, registrar name, IP addresses, Whois Server name and URL. For example, "name server NS.VERISIGN.COM" or "name server 101.198.1.101".
• registrar
  Finds records for "registrar". Find the Registrar name, mail address, phone number and contact information. For example, "registrar ABC Registrar, Inc".

Output Keywords

The following record types have these summaries:

Record Type
domain
name server
registrar

Summary
domain name
name server name
registrar name and Whois server

A summary of the matching record is shown and the sub-display follows directly afterwards.

Updates, Suggestions and Bug Reports

For general questions, comments, suggestions or bug reports send an email to info@verisign-grs.com.

By submitting a Whois query, the user agrees to abide by the Terms of Use.