Do you want to buy your own web domain for personal or business? Then you need to check the domain name availability to get the desired name for your website. Although you can use the domain name registry search tool, there are other ways to check domain name availability. Find out more in this article.
The most popular way of doing domain name check is through the registrar search tool in the hosting company or any other company providing the domains. Regardless of your computer system, you can also use ajaxwhois 2.0 to find the available domains online. Just go to www.ajaxwhois.com to find the available .com and .net domains. The problem with using ajaxwhois is that it is only limited to 2 types of extensions.
To check domain availability without necessarily using the search tool of the registrar, there are still two ways to do this. If you are using Apple or Linux computers, simply use the whois command within the command line of your desktop. This will provide you with all the relevant information. Just like the ajaxwhois, the disadvantage with this method is that it is quite limited to only a few extensions such as .com, .net, .org, and .edu.
This first method might be a problem when you are looking for other specific domain extensions such as .biz or .us. This is where the second method comes into play.
The second method works fine in any type of computer system. This might be a bit tedious but this will provide you with a lot of information regarding the name you desire for your virtual space.
In any browser, just type the name you want in the address bar. You need to type with the “www” and without. The result will provide you with three possible conclusions. If it returns a result saying there is network error and that the requested host could not be resolved by DNS, then this means that it is not still registered. If it returns a result that it cannot find the server, the conclusion is that it is already registered but not hosted. You can try finding more information about the owner with the help of a whois search. Inquire whether the owner wants to sell it. If the result is a generic placeholder with ads or the information of the internet service provider, then you might have encountered a domain registered by speculators. Contact the speculator if he is willing to sell it or you can wait for 5 days for the speculator to give it up for the money back guarantee.
