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If you want your customers to be able to check the availability of new domains, you will need to add the appropriate Whois servers.

The example steps below add a Whois server for .aarp.

Add Domain Availability Checks

To add a new Whois server to WHMCS:

1. Find the Whois server for the desired TLD. In most cases, you can find this in the IANA root database.

2. Run the following command on your server:

 telnet whois.nic.aarp whois
 

3. Enter any available domain using that TLD (for example, example-domain-check.aarp) The output will show the Whois server's match string (in this example, No match for):

No match for "EXAMPLE-DOMAIN-CHECK.AARP".
 

5. Create a /resources/domains/whois.json file on your server.

6. Add the TLD extension,  the Whois server address, and the match string to the file using the following format:

[
    {        "extensions": ".aarp",
             "uri": "socket://whois.nic.aarp",
             "available": "No match for"
    }
]
 

7. Save the file.

 

The End! should you have any inquiries, we encourage you to reach out to the Vercaa Support Center without hesitation.

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