Whois Source With A PLUS
 by Ian Cook

Whois Source With a PLUS
...domain status data, reverse IP lookup, statistical & competitor research AND lowest registration price all wrapped up into one great (free) resource! – by Ian Cook

Have you ever felt, while looking up domain name availability, like you're playing the card game Fish?

First try, widgets.com – taken: go fish!

Second try, greatwidgets.com – taken: go fish (again)
etc.!

And, even though some whois services offer suggestions to ease the pain we've only recently found one that offered information on the status of related domains names such as:

  • Registered and Active Website
  • Registered and Parked or Redirected
  • Registered and No website
  • On-Hold (Generic)
  • On-Hold (Redemption Period)
  • On-Hold (Pending Delete)
  • Deleted and Available again
  • Never registered before

...and all at a single glance! Combine that with the lowest registration price we know of and you've got a Whois Source worthy of a closer look.

One Search And You'll Be Hooked!

See for yourself – here's the results for the domain name query bill gates...

Whois Source Domain Suggestion

Most interesting is the areas of the chart color-coded in grey. These indicate the domains that were once taken but have been deleted and are available again. In many cases, these seem like the best choices.

All one must do is enter a few terms and then view a list of domain name suggestions based on those terms. The system makes it extremely easy to research new potentially keyword rich domains as well as survey some of the existing competition.

Research Your Competition With Domain Explorer

The Domain Explorer allows you to set a number of options to filter your results.

For instance, if you...

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