You can always pick up the phone and call your domain name registrar to obtain details on your account. You may be required to supply some identifying info for security purposes. Alternatively, you can log on to a service such as who.is. Using who.is simply type in the name of your domain – e.g. mydomain.com – and click on the Who is search button. You’ll be presented with the details of your domain such as where your domain name was registered, when it expires and the name servers. You may or may not see details on the registrant depending on whether they have a public or private registration. Private registrations are an option when registering a domain name and as such will keep the domain name owners name and particulars hidden from public view.
In my next post we’ll discuss a little dirty secret of the domain name industry.
