.am WHOIS Lookup
.am is the country-code extension of Armenia. Look up a .am address and see which details its record carries.
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.am WHOIS Lookup: Armenian Domain Name Records
.am is the country-code extension of Armenia, delegated into the root zone on 26 August 1994 and operated by a non-governmental organisation based there. Queries are answered by whois.amnic.net on port 43, and in our measurement on 12 August 2026 the reply carried ten field labels. The extension has no registered RDAP endpoint, which makes port 43 the only channel for registration data. The zone carries a DS record in the root.
The status information here does not come from ICANN's EPP vocabulary. In the record we measured, the line held two phrases separated by a comma: active, registrar locked. The first says the name is in service, the second that the registrar has locked it. Generic extensions convey the same thing through codes written as single words. The meaning is close but the vocabulary differs, and a parser looking for codes will not recognise the line, leaving the status field empty.
The identity side is open. The registrant arrives with a name and a postal address, while administrative and technical contacts add email and phone lines; the blocks are set apart by indentation, not label prefixes. Three dates stand on their own lines: registration, last modified and expiry. Our result screen fills seven fields — the domain name, the three dates, the registrar, the name servers and the status. Run an .am lookup and read the status line in its own words. For another regional extension that keeps its own format, see .kz WHOIS lookup; for a different record layout in the same region, .ru WHOIS lookup.
About the .am extension
- Extension
- .am
- WHOIS server
- whois.amnic.net
- RDAP endpoint
- This extension has no RDAP endpoint in the IANA bootstrap registry.
- Registry
- A non-governmental organisation based in Armenia, per the IANA record
- Delegated
- 26 August 1994
- Status line
- Plain text rather than EPP codes: active, registrar locked (12 August 2026)
- RDAP
- No registered endpoint; registration data arrives on port 43 only
WHOIS FAQ
What does registrar locked mean in an .am record?
It shows that the registrar holding the record has locked the name. A lock is applied to prevent an unauthorised transfer or change, and the authority to remove it rests with the same company. In the record we measured, the full line read active, registrar locked, so the name was both in service and locked. If a transfer or change request of yours is stuck, this line is the first place to look.
Why does the .am status line not look like an EPP code?
Because this registry uses its own vocabulary. ICANN's EPP codes are a shared standard across generic extensions and are not binding on country extensions. The Armenian registry continues to write the status as readable phrases separated by a comma. The consequence is practical: a tool expecting a list of codes does not recognise the line, which is why some lookup services show an empty status field for .am records.
Does an .am WHOIS lookup show the registrant?
It does. In the 12 August 2026 measurement the reply gave the registrant's name and postal address openly, and added email and phone lines for the administrative and technical contacts. The blocks are separated by indentation instead of label prefixes, which makes them easy for a person to read and awkward for a parser. Identity data sits at registry level for this extension, so there is no need to go on to the registrar.
Can an RDAP query be made in the .am extension?
It cannot. In our measurement on 12 August 2026 no registered RDAP endpoint existed for .am; IANA's bootstrap list carries no address for this extension. Port 43 is the single channel for registration data. RDAP becoming the authoritative source for generic extensions does not extend to country extensions, so this is not a shortcoming but the result of a separate area of governance.
What do the three dates in an .am record show?
The registration date shows when the name was first taken, the last modified date when the record was most recently edited, and the expiry date when the paid term runs out. All three were populated in the record we measured and are carried through to the result screen. A recent modified date does not mean the name changed hands: a name server edit or an added lock moves that date forward too.
How does an available .am name look in a lookup?
As a reply with no record block. In our measurement a name that was not registered drew no identity or date lines from the server, and the result screen marked it as available. Availability works correctly for this extension. Results that look available are cached for five minutes and registered ones for six hours, so a name taken moments ago does not keep appearing free for long.