Registrar, creation and expiry dates, name servers, status locks and the full raw record — queried live over the WHOIS protocol.
Live WHOIS over TCP port 43. Nothing is stored. Some TLDs don't offer public WHOIS.
Directly from the WHOIS protocol (TCP port 43). The lookup first asks IANA for the TLD's official WHOIS server, queries it for the domain, and for thin registries like .com and .net follows the referral to the registrar's WHOIS server for the full record. No third-party databases or caches.
Since GDPR, most registries and registrars redact personal contact data ("Redacted for Privacy"). What's left public is the registrar, dates, name servers, status codes and DNSSEC state — everything this tool shows.
They're EPP status locks. clientTransferProhibited means the registrar blocks transfers without owner approval; serverHold means the registry suspended the domain; redemptionPeriod means it was deleted but is still recoverable. Each code on the results page is explained in plain language.
No. "No WHOIS record found" means the registry has no record, which usually means it's unregistered, but some registries answer oddly and premium/reserved names may still be unavailable. Always confirm with a registrar before acting on it.
A few TLDs don't run a public WHOIS server at all, and some rate-limit or block automated queries. When that happens the tool says so plainly instead of showing stale data.