# .com domain name checker

Since the mid-1980s, .com has been where people assume a business lives. It's the extension most people type without thinking. That makes it the safest choice and also the most crowded: almost every short, dictionary-word .com is registered, and many sit with investors.

Check a name: open https://availablewhois.com/?q=yourname.com (replace `yourname`).

## .com at a glance

- **Type**: Generic TLD (gTLD)
- **Best for**: Anyone, anywhere
- **How we check**: Registry RDAP. ICANN requires generic TLD registries to publish registration data, so answers come from the source.

## Worth knowing

- Run by Verisign. As a generic TLD it publishes registration data over RDAP, so AvailableWhois's answer comes from the registry itself.
- A taken .com with no website is normal. It may be parked, held by an investor, or reserved by a brand.
- If the exact name is gone, a short prefix or suffix (get-, try-, -hq, -app) is the usual workaround.

## Related TLDs

[`.net`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/net.md) · [`.co`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/co.md) · [`.io`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/io.md) · [`.ai`](https://availablewhois.com/tlds/ai.md)

Compare them all in the [TLD guide](https://availablewhois.com/tlds.md), or try a [domain hack](https://availablewhois.com/domain-hacks.md) that ends in `.com`.

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