I’ve been using DomainTools – the paid version – since mid-2006.
During those past five years, I discovered my “addiction” to this indispensable WHOIS tool and here are a few reasons why:
- It’s fast. Even if other WHOIS services claim to be faster, DomainTools delivers more information on that single page.
- It’s accurate. Even the most obscure domain names seem to be scanned for changes, daily.
- Historical WHOIS allows me to do in-depth ownership checks before registering, buying or bidding on domains. It has also given me the ability to locate the owners of stolen domains and to assist with their return.
DomainTools is by far the #1 query tool for domainers – Silver memberships cost only $15 /month. Well worth it!
It’s ironic that you just posted this entry. I actually signed up for DomainTools last night. I went ahead and got the professional plan since I’m probably going to use that whois history feature a great deal.
Completely agreed – well worth it and I honestly couldn’t imagine life without it!
Great tool! Anyway the Silver plan (which is now called ‘Standard’) is not $15/month but $30/m if you pay monthly and $25/m if you pay yearly.
I love DomainTools! But recently the WHOIS data doesn’t show up for a number of GoDaddy domain names. I also use this new tool called SiteTrail for social media and other types of data.