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How do I use the GoDaddy WHOIS Lookup tool?
- Who the domain is currently registered to
- When the domain was registered
- Contact information about the domain
- When the domain is scheduled to expire
What is the WHOIS database?
The WHOIS domain database is an online directory of all registered domain names. The directory includes information about each individual domain name that is registered and is sometimes used for legal reasons. Common uses of the WHOIS database are to check the availability of domain names, view registrant information, and in some cases, identify trademark infringement.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees the WHOIS database. ICANN helps protect domain registrants by prohibiting the use of WHOIS listings for marketing and spam-related purposes.
For more information on the details that are publicly viewable for each domain on the WHOIS database, view: What shows in the WHOIS directory?
What if the domain I want has already been registered?
Because I really don't want to. Personal vendetta against GoDaddy. Could I somehow use another broker service?
But I've tried every method I can think of to get into contact with this possible owner.
I used the wayback machine, it was being used in the early 2010s, but they let it expire. Then it was bought by a reseller, I got into contact with him, but that poor fella also let it expire in 2017. In 2018 it got registered on GoDaddy and there's been nothing on it since, according to the wayback machine.
Can't find it on any premium domain marketplace. Estibot says 1500$, which honestly I'd probably pay.
What should I do?