domain histories?

[Barbied]

Hello all... I wanted to know if there is a way to find out a domain names history like when it expired and came back on the market and if there is any existing traffic to it? Can anyone direct me to the place? Thanks!

[webfreak]

Whois History

http://www.domaintools.com

You're gonna need to sign up for a free membership in order to use domain name whois history.

Only real way to tell if a domain name has had traffic is to contact the owner directly. URLTrends can be useful to find links in the various search engines, PR, and Alexa rank.

http://www.urltrends.com/

[Barbied]

Thank you for the info. I will check into it. ")

[lgolding]

archive.org

hit their wayback machine; shows the website homepage history, cached.

[localpub]

Originally Posted by webfreak

Whois History

http://www.domaintools.com

Hm... I always thought that domaintools (ex-whois.sc) archives the whois history only for domains that someone has searched. No searches - no history.

Please correct me if I'm wrong here.

[Brujah]

You are correct. No previous searches, no history.

[sawan_n]

I think that domaintools and whois.sc needs one to be a paid member to access the domain ownership history...

What if the domain name didnt have a website? in that case i think archive.org wont be much useful too....

Any other place where we can look up domain ownership history for free?