How to know a domain's history for free?

[Cubytus]

Hi there,

I just got my domain parked by some shady company I don't remember doing business with. However, my current registrar didn't send me any notice. Worse is I can't remember who was my legitimate registrar, and in case I need to change domains, that would be unwieldy since so many people and redirectors use that domain email adresses.

So, how can I check the WHOIS history of my own domain for cheap or free?

[ldcdc]

http://who.is/whois may give you a limited history (archive).

hosterstats.com can help you find a namerservers history for a given domain (not for all TLDs though).

Worse is I can't remember who was my legitimate registrar

Still, you can find out who the real, upstream, registrar is, and ask them for assistance - I'm assuming you are listed as the owner of the domain.

I just got my domain parked by some shady company I don't remember doing business with.

To be completely honest, I'm not sure what exactly happened. Did the domain registration expire recently?

[mwaraitch]

One of the best way to check domain whois information for free is visit the following website>>>
http://whois.domaintools.com/
And put your url or Ip in  the box , click on lookup you will get the all information you need for free

[Cubytus]

Update:

So, I couldn't remember the registrar. It was Internet.bs, which has been dishonest by not sending any reminder as to the domain's expiration. So, I want to switch to Papaki now. Seems there's no provision at my old registrar to manually "remove" a domain. Or maybe there is, but I would then need to wait forever for their email, and they already proven they're not serious.

So, according to .NET registry rules, I renewed the domain at my old registrar, and asked for a transfer to Papaki.

[Cubytus]

I mentioned "FOR FREE" in the topic heading. Thanks for reading.

Update: turns out Papaki is just an eNom reseller *sigh*. I'll have to move sooner than later.
Where can I find a decent registrar that's not US, not Canada, and not France-based?

[ldcdc]

The vast majority of registrars will probably be resellers of Enom, Resellerclub and Godaddy (Wildwestdomains), so, yes, you need to be careful about that.

http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/top-registrars/global/ might help you find a decent registrar located in a country that is fine for you (there is more than one page of results of registrars ordered by size there).

[Cubytus]

On the link you provide, they seem not to make any distinction between resellers and final selllers. How can they be ?

[ldcdc]

If you want to be sure, you'll have to ask the provider you're interested in, but I imagine that most companies in the top there are accredited registrars, not resellers.

[Mediumcube]

That's always better to contact the company and find out the necessary info from them.

[Hosteasier]

I don't know where to get full history for free, most websites are providing it paid

[JollyWorks]

I don't know where to get full history for free, most websites are providing it paid

Agreed, for free you can get only part of it

[mwaraitch]

you can see by http://whois.domaintools.com/ and if you need more details, then you can use archieve.org

[WebIntellects - Rob]

domaintools is not free