Hi friends !

Do you know if there is any way to follow the history (who has been the owner) of a domain from its beginning (its set-up) ?

I need this to help a friend that had a domain and suddenly he found it was owned by another person. He paid in time but to a reseller. We need the history in order to check if the reseller was paying the registrar in time.

I have been trying to find a site in Internet that is keeping track of domain owners... but haven't been successful.

I will appreciate a lot any help.

All the best,
Pere

this does not contain definite proof, and some of the records are incomplete, but you may want to take a look at alexa.com (http://www.alexa.com/)

www.archive.org
(pretty sure it's the .org ext. )

.. it is

Thomson and Thomson maintain an historical archive of domain ownership for trademark purposes. I've not made an inquiry to them yet, but I suspect I will.

They buy all the bulk whois databases from each registrar and compile these on a weekly basis from what I understand.

-t