.org WHOIS Lookup

Type

Generic TLD (gTLD)

Registry operator

Public Interest Registry

Who can register

None — you do not have to be a non-profit.

In use since

1985

RDAP server

https://rdap.publicinterestregistry.org/rdap/

WHOIS server (port 43)

whois.publicinterestregistry.org

Registry model

Thick — contact data in the registry record

After expiry

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

Associated with non-profits but open to anyone without restriction. Since 2003 it has been run by Public Interest Registry (PIR), a non-profit founded by the Internet Society. Unlike .com it is a thick registry: registrant fields are part of the registry record itself, though for individuals they are redacted under privacy rules.

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Created

13.01.2001

Expires

13.01.2027 · in 2 months

Status codes

client delete prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibited

Nameservers

ns0.wikimedia.orgns1.wikimedia.orgns2.wikimedia.org

DNSSEC

Unsigned

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The result page shows the registry's RDAP record: 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 .org; 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 .org is added; the same data is available from the JSON API.

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