Domain Name Owner
You can use the internet to determine who actually owns a domain name. A domain name is "owned" by or licensed to the person or entity shown as the "registrant" on the "whois" database of the registrar. The registrar is the name given to an entity that is authorized by ICANN to issue domain names to the public. Network Solutions, Inc.was the first and is the most well known registrar A "whois" database is a database maintained by all registrars that lists relevant information about all domain names issued by the registrar. Each registrar's Whois database can be searched online.
Simply go to the Whois database of either Network Solutions or Better-Whois.com. Simply type in the name of the domain name and the TLD .com, .net, .etc and click the search button. If the domain name is in the Whois database, the search results will display the following information about the domain name:
- Registrant: This is the "owner" of the domain name.
- Administrative Contact: The contact to receive communications from the registrar related to administration of the domain name.
- Billing Contact: who receives communications from the registrar concerning renewing the domain name by paying the registration fee.
- Technical Contact: who receive communications related to technical matters associated with the domain name.
- Record Expiration Date: The date the domain name will terminate and be revoked unless the renewal fee has been paid
- Record Creation Date: The date the domain name was first issued
The person named as a contact on the Whois database has the power to screw with the domain name. You should make sure the people who are named as contacts is correct. Here is a list of all accredited registrars
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