How to check if a domain is free (and more)

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These days, many of the good domains are already taken, especially if we're talking about exact match domains . That's why if you're going to create a new website, the first thing you have to think about is what name to give it, and check if the domain is free.

How to check a domain to see if it is free
Any domain registration company will tell you if the domain you want is available or not. I usually check it at Don Dominio , because it has the largest variety of domain extensions.

The query is extremely simple, you just have to enter the domain in the search engine on the main page. DonDominio will tell you which extensions it is available in and which are not. This is very interesting, because if the .com is not available, perhaps the .net (also with global reach) is.

Additionally, DonDominio offers a search option. Depending on the domain you want, it will show you nearby variations that are available.

Come on, I don't register a new domain without first band database through DonDominio (and I don't get any commission for saying this, hehe).

Other interesting data about a domain
Check domain whois
Imagine that the domain you like is already taken, but you can't imagine your project without it and you want to get it at all costs. Then you can try to contact the domain owner to see if he wants to sell it to you.

The owner's contact information is available in a file called WHOIS with the owner's information. This is a file that all websites have and whose information is accessible to everyone (unless the owner decides to make the contact information private).

Checking the Whois of a domain is also something you can do from DonDominio. As you will see, in the results table that appears when you do a search, you will see in each row a link to the Whois of the corresponding domain:

check whois

Check DNS domain
Another interesting piece of information about any domain is its DNS, a decentralized hierarchical naming system for devices connected to IP networks such as the Internet or a private network.