Whois / RDAP lookup: who registered this domain or IP?
Look up registrar, registration and expiry dates, status codes and nameservers for a domain, or the allocation and registry for an IP address, via RDAP, fetched directly from your browser via the public rdap.org proxy without AdminKit's servers ever seeing the query.
What the result means
Status codes starting with "client" (e.g. clientTransferProhibited) are set by the registrar at the owner's request, usually to prevent unauthorized transfers — they are a safety feature, not a problem.
Next step
Look up the domain's DNS records, or check your own IP.
How it works and limits
This tool fetches the RDAP record directly from your browser via rdap.org, a public RDAP bootstrap and proxy
service that routes the query to the correct registry for the domain’s TLD or the IP’s regional registry (ARIN,
RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC), without AdminKit’s servers seeing the query.
Reading the result
For a domain: registrar, key dates (registration, last changed, expiry) and status codes (e.g. clientTransferProhibited
is a normal anti-hijacking lock, not a problem) and the authoritative nameservers. For an IP: the allocated address
range, the organisation or registry it is assigned to, and the country of registration.
Limits
- Much registrant personal data is redacted by registrars by default under privacy rules such as GDPR; organisational data usually remains visible.
- A domain with no RDAP record may be unregistered, or its registry may not yet publish RDAP (a small and shrinking set, years after ICANN mandated the transition from Whois).
- This lookup runs entirely in your browser to the public RDAP service; it is not proxied or logged by AdminKit.
Frequently asked questions
What is RDAP and how is it different from Whois?
RDAP (RFC 7482) is the structured, machine-readable successor to the text-based Whois protocol; most registries now run both.
Why is some Whois data hidden?
Many registrars redact personal registrant data by default under privacy rules such as GDPR; organisational registrants often remain visible.