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Who runs that website?

Hi

Just a little tip if you ever need to find out who is behind a website, lets say if there is no contact details on the website. Use the whois record to view the registrants contact information, this usually includes a name, email address, their postal address and telephone/fax number.

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

at the above URL enter the website name as website.com - no need for www. or any trailing slashes

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  • Rex_Mundi
    Rex_Mundi Posts: 6,311 Forumite
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    I always use this one http://www.betterwhois.com/

    I've found that they can come up with the info when other whois sites have come up blank.
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  • jasonrat
    jasonrat Posts: 482 Forumite
    well i got a domain and i can't find my details on there because i opted out to display my name address etc
  • Rex_Mundi
    Rex_Mundi Posts: 6,311 Forumite
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    It's always possible to use a proxy service to register a domain. This can hide the registrants details, but if it is a business website, this doesn't look good. I wouldn't deal with a business website that hid or didn't give full contact details.

    My registration details show my name, and nothing else. I opted out from having my address shown. This is perfectly reasonable seeing as how I'm not selling anything.
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