Advanced WHOIS Instructions
To create a search query:
- Select a field from the first dropdown list
- Select the filter from the second dropdown list
- Enter a value
- To add more search conditions, click a boolean operator button. The boolean operators available are AND, OR, NOT. Note: maximum 4 search conditions can be entered.
- Click on Search to send query to whois
- Results listed below your search query
Results:
- Only the first 75 domains matching the criteria will be displayed
List of fields:
- Domain name
- Registrant Name
- Registrant Street
- Registrant City
- Registrant State
- Registrant Postcode
- Registrant Country
- Contact Name
- Contact Street
- Contact City
- Contact State
- Contact Postcode
- Contact Country
- Registrar IANA ID
- Nameserver
- Nameserver IP
* Please note that "Contact" includes the Admin, Billing and Technical contacts assigned to a domain. For
example the search for "Contact Name" begins with "John Smith" will return all domain names
which begins with "John Smith" listed as the name of their Admin, Billing or Technical contact(s)
List of filters:
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begins with: searches for the selected field which begins with the entered value. For example the search for
"Registrant Name" begins with "John" will return all domains names which begins with
"John" as their registrant, such as
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does not begin with: searches for the selected field which does not begin with the entered value.
For example the search for "Registrant Name" does not begin with "John" will
not return the domains listed in the above example
* Please note that the search values are case insensitive
List of aggregators:
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AND: allows you to add another search criterion to your search query, you can have more than two search
criterion in your search query by selecting AND after you have defined your search criterion
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Example: the search for "Registrant Name" begins with "John" AND
"Registrant Country" begins with "AU" AND
"Namesever" is "ns1.example-domain.tld" will return all domains names where the
registrant's name begins with John, the Registrant postal address's Country is AU and the domain is
delegated to a nameserver which is ns1.example-domain.tld
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OR: allows you to search for domain names which matches a group criterion combined by OR against
another group, you can have more than two groups of criterion separated by an OR
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Example: the search for:
- "Registrant Name" begins with "John" AND
"Registrant Country" begins with "AU"
- OR
- "Registrant Name" begins with "Peter" AND
"Registrant Country" begins with "US"
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The above will return domain names, the registrant's name of which begins with "John" and the
Registrant postal address's Country is "AU" or domains names where the registrant's name
begins with "Peter" and the Registrant postal address's Country is "US"
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NOT: When a search criterion is joined to another search criterion using the NOT operator the domains names that match the first criterion and do NOT match the second criterion are returned
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Example: the search for "Registrant Name" begins with "John" NOT "Registrant Country" begins with "AU" will return all domain names whose registrant's name begins with "John" and whose Registrant's postal address's country is not "AU"
Other buttons:
- Remove: Removes the search criterion
- Clear: clears the entire search query