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what registrar is this domain with?.
Enter any domain and see which registrar sponsors it on the registry record — plus its expiry date and nameservers. Useful for your own domains, and for working out who is really behind somebody else’s.
why the answer sometimes surprises people
A large share of domains are sold through resellers. When you buy a domain from a website builder, a host or a cloud platform, that company is usually not an accredited registrar — it sits on top of a wholesale one. The registry therefore records the wholesaler, and people looking themselves up find a company they have never heard of.
Nothing is wrong when that happens, but it matters for two practical things: the price comparison you should be doing is against what your biller charges, and a renewal scam letter is much easier to spot once you know exactly who should be invoicing you.
then check what they charge
Knowing the registrar is step one. Step two is finding out whether it is charging you over the odds — every registrar we track is ranked by how far its renewal prices sit above the cheapest option for the same domain, and each has a page showing the gap TLD by TLD.
If you want the same lookup for several domains at once, use the bulk WHOIS tool. If what you really want is the expiry date, the expiry checker adds days remaining and DNSSEC status.
questions people actually ask.
How do I find out what registrar a domain is registered with?
Enter the domain above. We read the sponsoring registrar directly from the TLD's authoritative registry, which is the same record registrars themselves rely on. It works for any domain, including ones you do not own.
I don't recognise the registrar shown. What does that mean?
You almost certainly bought the domain through a reseller. Hosts, site builders and cloud providers frequently sell domains on top of a wholesale registrar's infrastructure, so the registry names the backend company while you are billed by the brand you signed up with. Both are real; you renew with whoever bills you.
How do I find out who owns a domain?
Usually you cannot, at least not by name. Since GDPR, registrant contact details are redacted from public registration records by default. What stays public is the registrar, the registration and expiry dates, nameservers and status codes. To reach an owner, look for a contact form on the site or use the registrar's own contact-forwarding.
Why do I need to know my own registrar?
Two reasons that both cost money. You cannot compare renewal prices without knowing what you currently pay and to whom. And renewal scam letters work precisely because people are unsure who their real registrar is — knowing makes a fake invoice obvious immediately.
Does the registrar change when I transfer a domain?
Yes — a transfer changes the sponsoring registrar on the registry record, which is exactly what this lookup reads. Expect the record to update within a day or so of the transfer completing.
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do you know where all of yours are?.
Most people with more than a handful of domains cannot name every registrar holding one. Owndle works it out for your whole portfolio, shows what each registrar charges to renew, and flags the ones where something cheaper exists. Free for ten domains.
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All five tools are free and need no account. They run on the same data as the product: registry records over RDAP and our cross-registrar price catalog. How we source it is written up in the methodology.