Understanding Domain Status Codes

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:49 Written by Naveed Ashraf Monday, 31 January 2011 02:18

The status of a domain name can be seen in it’s whois information. The whois information can be seen via any online whois tool like http://who.is/

This is not as complex as it sounds. Most of these domain name status codes are variations of a few basic states. Here is a complete list of domain name status codes along with an explanations of each code.

COM and NET Domain Name Status Codes

These are the 6 domain name status codes used for COM and NET domains: