RDAP
Registration
Registrar, lifecycle events, public statuses, nameservers, and DNSSEC delegation indicators. Registration contacts are commonly redacted; DomainSense does not reconstruct private identity.
Open methods · version 1.1
Show the source.
Name the limit.
Domain intelligence is useful only when readers can see how it was produced, what it means, and where it stops.
Public DNS
Resolution
A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and CAA answers are requested through standards-based DNS-over-HTTPS. Records can vary by location and change after collection.
HTTPS probe
Endpoint
A bounded public HEAD request checks whether an HTTPS endpoint responds. This is not a content audit, uptime guarantee, or security scan.
IANA + DNIB
Root & market
Delegated TLDs and RDAP routing come from IANA. Quarterly totals come from linked industry reports. Counts describe labels and registrations—not people, active sites, eligibility, or economic value.
THE SIGNAL SCORE
A completeness measure, not an appraisal.
The 0–100 signal score summarizes observable configuration: registration visibility, nameserver delegation, address records, HTTPS response, DNSSEC, mail routing, and CAA policy.
It does not estimate sale price, traffic, reputation, legitimacy, brand quality, legal rights, or owner intent. Missing data reduces the score; it is never silently filled with a guess.
CORRECTIONS & REFRESH
Public systems change.
Domain reports are cached for up to 24 hours; the TLD Atlas refreshes from IANA on a six-hour cycle. Every report shows its refresh context and links to primary records. If a normalized result conflicts with its source, the source is authoritative.