[RDS-WHOIS2-RT] Fwd: [New post] How to import your Whois data into Watch My Domains

[Carlton Samuels]

From: Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018, 5:22 am
Subject: Re: [New post] How to import your Whois data into Watch My Domains
To: Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff <
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Hmmmm.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2018, 12:55 pm Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website
Stuff, <donotreply at wordpress.com> wrote:

> Andrew Allemann posted: "Even with Port 43 limits and GDPR, you can still
> download your Whois info from select registrars. A lot of domain name
> investors use Watch My Domains Pro to manage their domain name portfolio.
> But as domain name registrars limit access to Whois in the "
>
> New post on *Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff*
> <https://domainnamewire.com/?author=706> How to import your Whois data
> into Watch My Domains
> <https://domainnamewire.com/2018/08/23/how-to-import-your-whois-data-into-watch-my-domains/> by
> Andrew Allemann <https://domainnamewire.com/?author=706>
>
> *Even with Port 43 limits and GDPR, you can still download your Whois info
> from select registrars.*
>
> A lot of domain name investors use Watch My Domains Pro
> <https://domainpunch.com/wmdpro/> to manage their domain name portfolio.
> But as domain name registrars limit access to Whois in the GDPR era, it has
> become difficult for domain owners to download their own Whois data into
> the program.
>
> There's now a way to download all of your Whois data into the program
> without running into rate limits and other issues. It's accomplished using
> registrar APIs. And before you dismiss this because you aren't technical, I
> was able to set this up in 5 minutes with no technical skills.
>
> Here's the process:
>
> 1. Get your API key and secret from your registrar.
>
> Watch My Domains currently supports ResellerClub, GoDaddy, Namecheap,
> Internet.bs and Dynadot. I got my GoDaddy API information by logging in and
> going to developer.godaddy.com/keys.
>
> 2. Input your API info in Watch My Domains.
>
> Click on the API configuration icon and enter your info in the box that
> pops up.
>
> 3. Import your data.
>
> The first step is to import your domains by clicking the Import button in
> Watch My Domains.
>
> After downloading all of your domains you'll be able to do Whois lookups
> on them that pull data through GoDaddy's API rather than Port 43 (which
> doesn't return valuable information).
>
> Presto.
> *Andrew Allemann <https://domainnamewire.com/?author=706>* | August 23,
> 2018 at 12:55 pm | Tags: api
> <https://domainnamewire.com/?taxonomy=post_tag&term=api>, gdpr
> <https://domainnamewire.com/?taxonomy=post_tag&term=gdpr> | URL:
> https://domainnamewire.com/?p=57257
>
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