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Thin WHOIS

A WHOIS system that provides only basic registrar information, requiring additional queries to the registrar for full contact details. Many registries now use thin WHOIS for privacy.

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Info

.info is one of the many top-level domains (TLDs) available for registration. It was one of the first TLDs introduced to alleviate the demand for .com domains and it's intended for informational we...

Lead Generation

Using domain names to capture potential customer information through parked pages with contact forms or advertising.

Wayback Machine

The Internet Archive's snapshot library at archive.org, used to see what used to live on a domain before you buy it.

Registry Lock

A paid, registry-level lock that blocks transfers, deletions and updates until a manual, out-of-band verification is completed.

RDAP

The Registration Data Access Protocol, the structured replacement for WHOIS that returns registration data as JSON.

Reverse Hijacking

Reverse Hijacking (also known as reverse domain name hijacking or RDNH) refers to an unethical and unjust action where a trademark owner attempts to secure a domain name by making false cybersquatt...