About Ajaxwhois.com

Ajaxwhois.com started in 2005 as a pet project. It was originally intended to be a proof of concept and a fun side project. However, the users' response was so overwhelming that it was turned into a full-blown website.

AW is a comprehensive and easy to use service for finding available domain names and obtaining WHOIS and other information about registered domain names and IP addresses. We strive to support every existing Top Level Domain (TLD), often referred to as domain extension. The first public version was built under the Microsoft .NET platform (C#) and was released to the public on November 17, 2005.

History

• 2026-10-20: Version 3.0 released to public. Complete rewrite. Adds IP address lookups and RDAP.
• 2008-2-25: Version 2.0 ported to Ruby/Merb. Adds support for international domains (ie: foreign characters).
• 2006-10-2: Version 2.0 released to public. Complete rewrite, now based on Python and Django.
• 2006-8-15: Site (version 2.0) ported to Python and Django. RoR version never released to public.
• 2006-3-1: R&D and development of version 2.0 started (in Ruby on Rails)
• 2005-11-21: Featured on Digg (servers got really hot!)
• 2005-11-20: TechCrunch reviews Ajaxwhois (ie: traffic went through the roof)
• 2005-11-17: First public release, based on Microsoft .NET.