.shop WHOIS Lookup
See the registrar, creation and expiry dates, nameservers, DNS records and TLS certificate of any .shop domain in one lookup.
Examples: nic.shop
.shop at a glance
- Type
- New generic TLD (ICANN 2012 round)
- Registry operator
- GMO Registry
- Who can register
- None — open to anyone.
- RDAP server
- https://rdap.gmoregistry.net/rdap/
- WHOIS server (port 43)
- whois.nic.shop
- Registry model
- Thick — contact data in the registry record
- After expiry
- Up to 45 days’ renewal grace → 30 days’ redemption → 5 days’ pending delete
About this extension
A generic extension for shopping sites, run by Japan's GMO Registry. There are no registration restrictions, and registration data comes from GMO's RDAP server.
Sample record: nic.shop
checked 19.10.2026- Registrar
- GMO Registry
- Created
- 27.02.2014
- Expires
- 27.02.2027 · in 3 months
- Status codes
- active
- Nameservers
- ns1.gmointernet.comns1.gmointernet.jp
- DNSSEC
- Unsigned
What a .shop WHOIS record shows
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 .shop; 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 .shop is added; the same data is available from the JSON API.