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WHOIS Lookup

Look up any domain’s registration details — registrar, creation and expiry dates, status and nameservers — with a live WHOIS/RDAP query.

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How to use this tool

Enter a domain

Type any domain name — for example example.com — into the box above. You don’t need a www or https prefix.

Run the lookup

ns6 queries the domain’s registry and registrar over RDAP (the modern WHOIS protocol) in real time.

Read the record

You’ll see the registrar, the creation and expiry dates, the domain status codes, and the nameservers the domain is using.

Take the next step

If the name is expiring or unregistered, jump straight to search to check availability and register it.

A WHOIS lookup shows the public registration record behind a domain name: which registrar it’s registered through, when it was first registered, when it expires, its current status, and the nameservers that control where it points. Modern lookups use RDAP, the structured successor to the classic WHOIS protocol.

People use WHOIS to check whether a name is taken, find out when a domain expires in case it becomes available, confirm they own a domain, or research a site before trusting it. With free WHOIS privacy on every ns6 domain, your own personal details stay off this public record.

Frequently asked questions

It’s a query that returns the public registration details of a domain — its registrar, registration and expiry dates, status codes and nameservers. ns6 uses RDAP, the modern structured version of WHOIS.

Yes, completely free and unlimited — no signup required.

Most domains now use WHOIS privacy, which replaces the registrant’s personal details with a privacy service to prevent spam and protect identity. ns6 includes this free on every eligible domain.

The expiry date is shown in the lookup result. If a name you want is expiring soon it may become available to register later, so search for it to track availability.

Status codes like clientTransferProhibited or clientHold describe locks and states set by the registrar. A transfer-prohibited lock, for example, protects the domain from unauthorized transfers.

Yes. Register or transfer the domain to ns6 and free WHOIS privacy keeps your name, email and address off the public record for life.

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