Already long ago domains act as the main means of addressing on the Internet. The domain is ""face"" and capital asset of each website. The number of the domains registered at the moment is calculated by hundreds of millions. Because of it to pick up the short and memorable name it is very problematic. However about thirty percent of domain names are not used. And often for web masters it is more preferable to redeem already registered name. But the first question which arises in a similar case is in how to recognize the owner of the domain.
It is required to you
- Modern browser. Internet access.
Instruction
1. Use information from databases of whois for establishment of the owner of the domain. Make requests to databases of whois, using online services of the official organizations, such as ICANN, RIPN or services of loggers of domains. Use the request form located at the address http://www.internic.net/whois.html for information search about domains in the majority of the zones gTLD or the form located at the address http://www.ripn.net/nic/whois/index.html for viewing information on domains in a zone. RU. If it is regularly necessary to request information from whois on a significant amount of domains, load and install the free Domain Name Analyzer program available for the address http://www.domainpunch.com/products/dna/. It can also be useful to receiving information of databases of whois for which the web interface is not provided. Making requests to whois, be ready that for many domains information on the owner will be hidden by means of the option privacy protection. In this case try to install the owner by means of performing the actions described in the following steps.
2. Use information of whoistory.com service for receiving the e-mail address of the domain administrator in a zone. RU. The whoistory.com service stores data only on again registered domains and only on domains in a zone. RU. But it can be very useful if the current information in the whois database is hidden.
3. Use information from the website to which points the domain. The domain, information on which needs to be obtained, can be delegated. Perhaps, he addresses the operating website. Investigate the website addressed by the domain for receiving any contacts which will allow to contact the owner of the domain.
4. Use the saved copies of pages of the websites ever addressed by the domain for receiving contacts of its possible owner. Use the search form of web.archive.org service located at the address http://classic-web.archive.org/collections/web.html for obtaining the list of the saved pages grouped in dates. Investigate contents of pages for receiving contacts of the owner of the domain.
5. Make attempt to contact the owner of the domain by e-mail. Send letters to the most widespread email addresses used for administrative contacts. It can be the addresses webmaster@imya_domena, admin@imya_domena, postmaster@imya_domena. Perhaps, any of them are really used.
6. Use search engines for finding of mentions of the domain and its owner and search of the email addresses of the domain. You make requests of a type of ""imya_domen"" and "" @imya_domen"" to search engines. Quotes in request define a fragment which should be provided by exact occurrence in delivery. If the email addresses located in the domain were found write on them letters with a request to provide information on the owner of the domain.