Hello,

Rather than using whois queries to check the domain name avaailability, how do i incorporate "Real Time availability Checks" into the script for my registration service....

B'cos whois queries can be outdated by as much as 12 or more hours to update !

And yes, I do have eNom reseller account for myself.

Please help me with as much info this as possible.

Thank you for your time !!

whois.enom.com is real time?

if your talking about the discrepancies accross the registrars whois then there is no way to compensate

Via the API use the "CHECK" command. This checks availability at the registry level and is real time.

Simon.

Originally posted by AQHost
Via the API use the "CHECK" command. This checks availability at the registry level and is real time.

Simon.

i think what he's talking about is that if you were to register a domain at one registrar, and where to check another. one whois would show one thing and another something different, that is until the whois updates. thus causing the lag he refers to.

though i could be reading this wrong :D

Ah. I got the impression from posts here and elsewhere that he was looking to start up a registration site and needed to check the availability of names for customers.

Though I could be wrong too - my wife will back me up on that :D

Best wishes,
Simon.

Simon,

You are right...and thanks for your feedback and your valuable time.
I think register.com does some true real time availability checks...and likewise with namealerts.com, since AQhost has custom coded script for the eNom.

Actually at register.com....even if i register a domain elsewhere say at dotregistrar...it immediately shows its taken....and thats what i meant by Real time availability check, if my first post was confusing.

So, by using the Check command, can i achieve the above mentioned result ?? or is there something else to it also ??

Thanks again.

Using the API Check domain command does not mean the domain will be available when you are ready to use the Add domain command.

I'd like to know, if anyone has some feedback on this which i bumped into just now :

http://www.whois.sc/info/xml-partners/

Thank you again

Originally posted by braincells
I'd like to know, if anyone has some feedback on this which i bumped into just now :

http://www.whois.sc/info/xml-partners/

Thank you again

I would appreciate too, if somebody has extra details about this site and about what advantages we can get from it or their product and how. I've read the site but if someone can explain in simple words...Thanks.

There is no advantage unless you are using the whois service for commercial purpose.

aw shucks, i was wrong.

Originally posted by dnspeak
Using the API Check domain command does not mean the domain will be available when you are ready to use the Add domain command.

True, but then nothing else can guarantee that either. When you use the CHECK command though it does give you the true availability of the domain at the moment you sent the inquiry.

Originally posted by braincells
So, by using the Check command, can i achieve the above mentioned result ??

Yes. The CHECK command is what NameAlerts.com uses via the eNom API. I know because I wrote it :D Just like the register.com check that you also mentioned, it will show domains as taken the moment that they are registered.

Usage (on the test server) is like this:

https://resellertest.enom.com/interface.asp?COMMAND=CHECK&UID=yourresellerlogin&PW=yourpassword&SLD=domaintocheck&TLD=extensiontocheck&ENDUSERIPADDRESS=usersipaddress

The ENDUSERIPADDRESS parameter is not yet required but soon will be, so best to build it in now. Also if you want to check several domains in one transaction you can use DOMAINLIST= instead of SLD & TLD like so:

DOMAINLIST=domain.com,domain2.com,domain3.net

When you're ready to go live you'd simply change resellertest.enom.com to reseller.enom.com

Best wishes,
Simon.