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WHOIS · DNS · IP · GST

Free WHOIS, DNS and GST tools for site owners.

Check who holds a domain and when it expires, compare DNS answers from two public resolvers, find your public IP and work out GST for an invoice. No sign-up, and every lookup runs from your own browser.

No sign-up Straight to registries and resolvers No lookup history kept

WHOIS & RDAP lookup

Registration data straight from the registry that runs the extension: registrar, key dates in IST, status locks, nameservers and DNSSEC.

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Results appear hereRegistry RDAP · HTTPS
Registrar
Registered
Expires
Status
Nameservers
DNSSEC

Works for .com, .in, .co.in, .net, .org and most other extensions. A few registries (.io, .co, .me) don't publish RDAP, so we link you to theirs instead.

How the tools work

Where your lookups go.

Nothing here is routed through a tracking proxy. Each tool talks to the authoritative source directly from your browser, over HTTPS, without cookies or a referrer.

  1. WHOIS / RDAP
    Your browser Registry RDAP serverrdap.verisign.com, rdap.nixiregistry.in …
    Reaches usNothing
  2. DNS lookup
    Your browser Cloudflare and Google DNScloudflare-dns.com, dns.google
    Reaches usNothing
  3. What's my IP
    Your browser VirtualCloud ip.phpechoes your address back
    Reaches usYour IP, not stored
  4. GST calculator
    Your browser This page onlyno network request at all
    Reaches usNothing

DNS lookup errors decoded: NXDOMAIN, SERVFAIL and four more.

Six results that often look alarming in a lookup, what each one means, and what to do next.

NXDOMAINDNS

Your own domain "doesn't exist"

The resolvers can't find the name at all. Usually the domain has no nameservers set, is on hold, or has expired. Check its status before touching any records.

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SERVFAILDNS

Lookups fail with SERVFAIL

Most often a DNSSEC mismatch: the registry still holds a DS record from your old DNS host, and validating resolvers reject the new, unsigned zone. Remove the stale DS record at your registrar.

DNS records explained
1.1.1.1 ≠ 8.8.8.8DNS

The two resolvers disagree

One of them still has the old answer cached and will drop it when that record's TTL runs out. Large sites and CDNs also hand out different addresses by location, which is normal.

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clientHoldWHOIS

The site and email vanished overnight

The registrar suspended the domain. The usual causes are an unpaid renewal or an owner email that was never verified; ICANN rules give 15 days to confirm it. Your registrar can lift the hold.

Ask our team
redemptionPeriodWHOIS

Expired, but not gone yet

The domain was deleted after expiry and can still be restored by its last owner for about 30 days. At VirtualCloud the restore fee is ₹6,999 for gTLDs and ₹4,999 for the .in family, plus the renewal.

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clientTransferProhibitedWHOIS

A transfer is refused straight away

The transfer lock is still on at the current registrar. Unlock the domain, ask for the EPP or auth code, then start the transfer. Registrations and transfers under 60 days old can't move yet.

Transfer a domain

WHOIS and DNS lookup FAQs: RDAP, propagation and what we keep.

Something else? Our support desk answers tickets around the clock at support@virtualcloud.in.

RDAP is the replacement for the old WHOIS protocol. It returns structured data over HTTPS with standard field names, and since 28 January 2025 ICANN no longer requires generic-TLD registries and registrars to run port-43 WHOIS. People still say "WHOIS", so the tool uses both names.

Personal details are redacted under privacy law and registry policy, so most results show only the registrar, dates, status and nameservers. Some registries still publish an organisation name and country for company-held domains. To contact an owner, use the registrar's contact form or the abuse address in the result.

Nothing actually propagates: resolvers keep cached answers until their TTL runs out. A record with a 300-second TTL updates within about five minutes. Nameserver changes take longer, often up to 24–48 hours, because the registry's own NS records carry TTLs of a day or two.

No. WHOIS and DNS queries go from your browser straight to the registry and to Cloudflare and Google, so they never reach our servers. The GST calculator makes no network request at all. Only "What's my IP" calls our server, and that script doesn't save the address.

Your router shows a private address such as 192.168.x.x; the internet sees the public one. Many mobile and broadband networks share one public IPv4 address between customers (CGNAT), a VPN shows its exit address, and browsers prefer IPv6 when your network has it.

The arithmetic is exact to the paisa, and the amount in words follows the usual Indian invoice format. Whether you charge CGST + SGST or IGST depends on the place of supply, and some items carry other rates, so check with your accountant before filing.

Those registries don't list an RDAP service in IANA's public directory, so a browser can't query them directly. The tool links you to the registry's own page instead. You can still search and register these extensions on our domain search.

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