.com WHOIS Lookup

Type

Generic TLD (gTLD)

Registry operator

Verisign

Who can register

None — open to anyone.

In use since

1985

RDAP server

https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/

WHOIS server (port 43)

whois.verisign-grs.com

Registry model

Thin — contact data held by the registrar

After expiry

Up to 45 days’ renewal grace → 30 days’ redemption → 5 days’ pending delete

One of the original generic extensions, opened in 1985, and today the largest namespace on the internet. Verisign runs the registry. .com is a thin registry: Verisign's record carries only the registrar, dates, status codes and nameservers, while registrant data sits on the registrar's own RDAP server. This service queries both and merges them into one record.

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Created

09.10.2007

Expires

09.10.2028 · in 23 months

Status codes

client delete prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibited

Nameservers

dns1.p08.nsone.netdns2.p08.nsone.netdns3.p08.nsone.netdns4.p08.nsone.netns-1283.awsdns-32.orgns-1707.awsdns-21.co.ukns-421.awsdns-52.comns-520.awsdns-01.net

DNSSEC

Unsigned

Look it up live: github.com

The result page shows the registry's RDAP record, merged with the registrar's own RDAP answer: registrar and IANA id, abuse contact, dates, explained EPP status codes, nameservers and DNSSEC. Since ICANN retired the classic WHOIS requirement at the start of 2025, RDAP is the authoritative source for .com; an individual registrant's personal details are usually redacted.

Next to the registration data you get live DNS, SPF/DMARC, the TLS certificate, the HTTPS response and the abuse history of the hosting addresses on ip-db.com. Type just a name (e.g. example) and .com is added; the same data is available from the JSON API.

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