In some cases it is necessary for you to find out who owns a particular website address, particularly when you are about to do online business with them. It is a safety precaution due to the proliferation of Internet scammers preying on those who are not very familiar with online transactions. This is also necessary if you want to purchase a particular website and would like to know the owners and how to get in touch with them directly. It is also a convenient way to check if the website name ownership is about to expire. You can also do a search for a website owner URL if you have forgotten which registrar you purchased the domain, and check the information that you have provided, just in case you have transferred and have changed contact information. This will keep your information updated and the domain registrar can get in touch with you when the domain registration is about to expire.
The tips below will help you do the search in finding the owner of a website URL.
1. Choose whether you want to do the search on your own to find out the owner of a website URL. There are also service providers who can look up the information for you, particularly for those with multiple domain names, for a fee.
2. You can do a WhoIs query from any of the domain registrar websites to confirm the rightful owner of the website URL. WhoIs is the general term being used to indicate searching for a website URL owner.
3. You can use the WhoIs query function from some of the top domain registrar such as Tucows, Register.com, Melbourne IT or Network Solutions. Authorities sometimes use the whois query functions in any of the domain registrar website when they investigate criminal activities such as scamming and Internet fraud. Domain registrars also use the whois query to determine the owners of a website for transferring ownership. You just go to any of the domain registrars' websites and use their query box to type in the website name you want to check and click the find button to begin your search. You will then be able to view the results page where the website owner, the technical and administrative contacts are listed, as well as when the website was created and when the domain use will expire.
4. Check the website ownership by going directly to the website itself. You can take a look a the Contact Us page which typically provide the business name, address and contact numbers for the customer service or administrator of the website. Some websites include an email form so that a person can readily send an inquiry to the website owner or administrator. You can also view the name of the website owner by reading their Terms of Use policy. This is like a contract between the website owner and the website users and therefore the name of the owner is provided.
Due to the number of spammers who are engaged in doing searches to find the website owners and harvest email addresses, many owners are now opting to subscribe to a whois guard service which protects their names and other relevant information.
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