{"id":74,"date":"2009-01-24T13:44:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T18:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/24\/v3whois-a-healthy-alternative-to-domaintools\/"},"modified":"2009-01-24T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T18:46:37","slug":"v3whois-a-healthy-alternative-to-domaintools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/v3whois-a-healthy-alternative-to-domaintools\/","title":{"rendered":"V3Whois – A healthy alternative to DomainTools"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’m writing this, DomainTools<\/strong><\/a> is down “for maintenance” purposes. I’m not sure for how long it’ll be but currently I’m being inconvenienced, especially since I want to use their WHOIS tool which I pay extra for. DomainTools offers a remarkable history of WHOIS data that has assisted many times with the recovery of stolen domains.<\/p>\n

But that’s another story. Right now, I want to look up some domains, damn it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter v3whois<\/strong><\/a>, a little known but very effective WHOIS tool that offers fast, straight off the cuff WHOIS data in a split second. Instead of waiting for DomainTools’ overloaded page that nowadays features banner ads, blog entries, suggested domains for sale and thumbnail archives, you get the output with a couple of AdSense ads. And that’s fine with me.<\/p>\n

The benefit of v3whois is not only its speed but also its multi-TLD lookup<\/strong>. Sporting 25 (!) TLDs in one screen,\u00a0 the multi-TLD mode is great for researching the owners of a particular keyword. At a glance, you will be able to see whether there are German, Canadian, Italian, French, Swedish etc. domains with the same main part. And that’s an indispensable feature whether you’re buying, bidding on or selling a domain. You will be able to quickly associate offers for your .com coming from other countries and thus increase your radius of negotiation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Try it: v3whois.com<\/strong><\/a> – it’s free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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