DomainTools
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| Type: | Independently Held |
| Industry: | Whois and Domain Searching |
| Founded: | 2002 |
| Headquarters: | 2211 5th Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 |
| Country: | USA |
| Employees: | 20 |
| Website: | DomainTools.com |
| Twitter: |  @DomanTools
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| 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
- Reverse IP (patented)
- 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]