Hi
virtually all hosting sites have that ittle box where you can check if the domain name that you want is available or not.

Do you have to be a registrar to use that checking facility or is it a simple php script ?

I would like to put it on my site !

Thanks for any advice.

Don't need to be a registrar :)

http://whois.samscripts.com/

Thanks - looks great !

Yes - it works well !

Just one thing - this script does one tld at a time.
On many sites they now have tick boxes and do multi-tld checkon the same domain name. Any ideas where I might find that script ?

Also look at http://www.mrscripts.co.uk

Are you hoping to sell domains then or are you jut wanting to offer your clients/visitors the ability to check availability?

You could look into getting a billing script. Most of them have the feature built in. ClientExec does, for example.

That's true and so does ModernBill but for free hotscripts etc is the way to go

I second http://www.mrscripts.co.uk (http://www.mrscripts.co.uk/) . We use it on our site (http://my-e-space.com/domains.php).

Yes - I would like to sell domains
that is the reason for the question.

I think I would need a billing software as well !