X-RAY // REP // RDAP

DOMAIN REGISTRATION
CHECK.

See the registrar, creation and expiry dates, status (transfer prohibited, hold) and name servers of a domain through RDAP, the successor of WHOIS.

Runs only this check. For all 33 checks at once, use the full Domain X-Ray. Public lookups only; nothing is stored on the server.

RDAP

Domain registration

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Enter a domain above to run this check.

01 // WHAT THE CHECK VERIFIES

Queries RDAP, the successor of WHOIS: registrar, creation, update and expiry dates, status and name servers at the registry.

02 // WHY IT MATTERS

An expired domain takes site and email down at once. Statuses such as clientTransferProhibited protect against an unwanted transfer.

03 // HOW TO READ THE RESULT

OK: Active registration, expiring in more than 30 days.
WARNING: The domain expires in 30 days or less.
FAIL: The domain has expired or is suspended (hold), pending deletion or in the redemption period.
NOT TESTED: The registry of this domain offers no public RDAP.

ERROR and TIMEOUT mean the query did not finish (the source was down or slow), not a problem with the domain: run the check again.

04 // HOW TO FIX

Turn on automatic renewal at the registrar and keep the contact email up to date: that is where the expiry notices go. To look it up in the terminal:

curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/example.com | jq '.events'

Would rather have someone else do it? Bit Happens can fix this →

05 // CONTINUE