Free
Final price — Hostna is a small business under § 19 (1) UStG, so no VAT is added.
The lookup runs on the domains screen of the desktop, next to the availability search. No account and no sign-in.
- Registry handle and registrar
- Registration, update and expiry dates
- Status codes and nameservers
- Free, with no sign-in
The registrant's name and address, usually
Since the GDPR came into force, registries and registrars redact personal contact data from public records by default. A lookup on a domain held by an individual will show the registrar, the dates and the nameservers, and then a redaction notice where the name used to be. That is the registry's decision, not a failure of the tool.
- Personal contact data is redacted at the registry
- Organisation-held domains often still show a name
- Abuse contacts remain published
A WHOIS record answers who is registered, not who is responsible: registrations can be out of date, held through a privacy service, or in the name of an agency rather than the business. To report something illegal or abusive, use /report-abuse/ rather than the contact in a WHOIS record.