Domain WHOIS Lookup — Registration, DNS Records & Expiry Data

What does Domain WHOIS Lookup do?

Domain WHOIS Lookup retrieves WHOIS registration data for any domain — registrar name, registration date, expiry date, nameservers, and available contact information — returned as clean structured JSON.

This Actor runs on the Apify platform. Use it for domain research, competitor analysis, due diligence, or building domain intelligence tools.

Why use Domain WHOIS Lookup?

• Complete WHOIS data — registrar, registration/expiry dates, nameservers, registrant info
• Batch domains — check hundreds of domains in one run
• Expiry monitoring — track when competitor or target domains expire
• Due diligence — verify domain age and ownership for acquisitions
• No WHOIS client setup — API access without managing WHOIS parsers

How to use Domain WHOIS Lookup

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free
2. Enter domain names in the domains input field
3. Click Start — WHOIS data appears in the Output tab
4. Download as JSON or CSV

Input

{
  "domains": [
    "google.com",
    "github.com",
    "apify.com"
  ]
}

Field	Type	Description	Default
domains	array	Domain names to look up	required

Output

Results are stored in the Apify dataset. Download in JSON, CSV, HTML, or Excel.

{
  "domain": "apify.com",
  "registrar": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
  "registrationDate": "2015-03-10",
  "expiryDate": "2026-03-10",
  "updatedDate": "2024-01-15",
  "nameservers": ["ns1.cloudflare.com", "ns2.cloudflare.com"],
  "status": ["clientTransferProhibited"],
  "registrantOrganization": "Apify Technologies s.r.o.",
  "registrantCountry": "CZ"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
domain	string	The queried domain
registrar	string	Domain registrar name
registrationDate	string	Original registration date
expiryDate	string	Domain expiry date
updatedDate	string	Last WHOIS update date
nameservers	array	Authoritative nameservers
status	array	Domain status codes
registrantOrganization	string	Registrant organization (if public)
registrantCountry	string	Registrant country (if public)

Cost

Pay-per-result pricing:

Volume	Estimated cost
100 domains	~$0.01–$0.10
1,000 domains	~$0.10–$1.00

Tips

• Use expiryDate to monitor when target domains are approaching expiry for acquisition opportunities
• Filter by registrationDate to find newly registered domains in a niche
• Combine with Website Tech Stack Detector to build a complete domain intelligence profile

FAQ

Is contact information always available? Many domains now use WHOIS privacy protection — in those cases, registrant contact details will be masked.

Does this support all domain extensions (TLDs)? The Actor supports all major TLDs (.com, .net, .org, .io, etc.) and many country-code TLDs.

Is this Actor maintained? Yes. Report bugs or feature requests in the Issues tab.

Need help or have questions? Open an issue in the Issues tab or reach out on Discord: maged03211