What the domain checker shows
Enter a domain, or paste any URL from the site, and we fetch its public registration record. You'll see the registration date and the domain's age in years and months, the expiry date and the number of days left, the date the record last changed and the registrar. Where the registry publishes them, you also get the domain's status codes, such as clientTransferProhibited, and its nameservers.
Why it matters
For your own site, an expired domain is one of the most damaging and avoidable outages there is. The site goes down, email bounces, and if it lapses fully, someone else can register the name along with the backlinks you spent years earning. A quick check shows whether renewal is close and which registrar to log in to.
For other sites, age and expiry help you judge who you're dealing with. A "well-established" vendor on a domain registered last month deserves a closer look. When you evaluate a site for a guest post or link, a long history is a good sign. A domain that recently changed hands is a reason to check what it was used for before.
The data comes straight from the registry over RDAP, the official successor to WHOIS, so it isn't estimated or scraped from a third-party database.
How to act on the results
- Under 60 days left: renew now, turn on auto-renew and check the card on file at your registrar hasn't expired.
- Short renewal terms: consider renewing for several years on domains your business depends on.
- Registrar you don't recognise: find out who set the domain up and make sure the account is in your company's name with current contact details.
- Transfer lock missing: ask your registrar to enable it to protect against unauthorised transfers.
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