knowing whether an available domain has ever been registered

atoklas · 20-10-2006, 09:38:05 AM

Hi,

Does anyone know how to find out whether an available name has been registered at all at some point in the past? (Even if only for a few days.) And, if so, is it possible to find out how long it was registered for?

Thanks,
Andy

lesurf · 20-10-2006, 10:19:15 AM

you could go to archive.org and type the domain name in. that would at least show you if there was ever a site hosted at the domain. Not 100% though as some sites never got crawled by archive.org

den · 20-10-2006, 01:02:17 PM

Domain Tools: Whois Lookup and Domain Suggestions (formally whois.sc) have this feature if its a .com/.org/.net

I have seen a few domains I've done a whois on there and found to be available that it has been registered in the past and they have cached whois information going back years.

www.whois.sc/yourdomain.com

wwwdomain.name · 20-10-2006, 01:53:48 PM

Yep - second Den on domaintools...

One of the best resources online...

atoklas · 20-10-2006, 02:15:13 PM

Great. Thanks for that. I tried domaintools and it does what I needed it to.

stender · 23-10-2006, 11:58:02 AM

If someone has a .com and .co.uk and the .co.uk forwards to the .com does the .co.uk appear on wayback or just the .com????

20-10-2006, 09:38:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
atoklas Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 23 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	knowing whether an available domain has ever been registered Hi, Does anyone know how to find out whether an available name has been registered at all at some point in the past? (Even if only for a few days.) And, if so, is it possible to find out how long it was registered for? Thanks, Andy

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stender Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,309 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (96% / 26)	If someone has a .com and .co.uk and the .co.uk forwards to the .com does the .co.uk appear on wayback or just the .com???? __________________ Superbabies Rashvests

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20-10-2006, 10:19:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
lesurf Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London Posts: 255 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	you could go to archive.org and type the domain name in. that would at least show you if there was ever a site hosted at the domain. Not 100% though as some sites never got crawled by archive.org

20-10-2006, 01:02:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
den Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 11 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Domain Tools: Whois Lookup and Domain Suggestions (formally whois.sc) have this feature if its a .com/.org/.net I have seen a few domains I've done a whois on there and found to be available that it has been registered in the past and they have cached whois information going back years. www.whois.sc/yourdomain.com

20-10-2006, 01:53:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
wwwdomain.name Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,695 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	Yep - second Den on domaintools... One of the best resources online...

20-10-2006, 02:15:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
atoklas Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 23 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Great. Thanks for that. I tried domaintools and it does what I needed it to.