xirrom Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 While trying to find a new name for a Dutch domain, all .NL names were presented as 'Allready Registered'. Even really strange names were shown as registered. But the WHOIS for .NL domains on www.sidn.nl actually said something different: the domains were available ... The WHMCS Whois logfile showed : WHOIS OutputToo many requests But on the user pages, there is no error message. Besides that, why is there a limit on lookup up .NL domainnames? And how can this be avoided? Should Whmcs not be used to find new domainnames? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othellotech Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 why is there a limit on lookup up .NL domainnames? Unless you're a direct registrar of the appropraite TLD/ccTLD there are restrictions on most of them how many whois attempts you can do in any set period, and reaching or exceededing it on a regular basis is a quick way to get your IP permamently banned. And how can this be avoided? Only do lookups on the TLD/ccTLD you are actually interested in rather than every query on every domain extension is a good start Should Whmcs not be used to find new domainnames? If you/your clients are search search search search searching from domains, then you'll be buying enough to warrant getting a direct account with that domain registrar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xirrom Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Thanks, Othellotech! Yes, I found it in their documentation: regular users can only do a maximum of 15 searches / day in the .NL Whois databases. It is stated (in Dutch* language) here. This is bad news. That means that I cannot use WHMCS to provide as a lookup tool to my potential customers. Somehow I thought that those lookups all went through the WHMCS servers and were included in the script purchase. Am I wrong? * Dutch is the national language for the Netherlands aka Holland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othellotech Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Somehow I thought that those lookups all went through the WHMCS servers and were included in the script purchase. Am I wrong? very wrong - applications will do the lookups against the registries data, so if teh regostry are limiting you to 15/day, then thats the limit you get. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchnet Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 If you are a member of SIDN you can do about 150 lookups from 1 IP address, unless you request a unlimited lookup ( You need to register an IP address with the SIDN, which only members can do ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuv Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Is there a solution to bypass this problem? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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