DomainTools
Type: | Independently Held |
Industry: | Whois and Domain Searching |
Founded: | 2009 |
Headquarters: | 2217 5th Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 |
Country: | USA |
Employees: | 14 |
Website: | DomainTools.com |
Twitter: | @DomanTools |
Key People | |
Tim Chen, CEO Susan Prosser VP Product & Marketing |
DomainTools is a leading provider of Whois and other related lookup services.[1] Alexa ranks DomainTools' traffic as one of the top 150 sites for U.S. visitors, top 100 for Indian users, and in the top 200 sites for global internet traffic.[2]
They are regularly involved in domainer events and policy meetings, such as ICANN meetings, the Domain Roundtable, DomainFest, and others.[3][4]
Services
DomainTools offers a myriad of services related to Whois searches and DNS lookup; These include:
- Whois and Reverse Whois services
- Whois History
- Screenshot History
- Hosting History
- Name Server Reports[5]
While DomainTools does offer certain free services, they also sell two different memberships to those who need complete and unlimited access to their search engines, databases, and professional services.[6]
Growth
DomainTools was acquired by Thought Convergence in 2008,[7] and became an independently held company in 2009; they have recently increased their workforce, redesigned their website, strengthened their Alexa rating, designed and moved into a new office space, and invested heavily in new infrastructure and technical improvements.[8]