# BESS x402, pay as you go: Domain WHOIS API

> Registration data of a domain from RDAP, the official WHOIS successor: registrar, creation, update and expiry dates, status codes, nameservers, DNSSEC and registrant organisation/country where public. Says whether an unregistered name looks available. Use for domain research, due diligence or phishing checks.

BESS x402's x402 pay per call plan for the domain WHOIS API costs $3.00 per 1,000 domains. We check each provider's docs for 9 fields. BESS x402's docs list 5: Registrant, Registrar, Name servers, Statuses, DNSSEC.
We haven't run BESS x402 through [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt) yet.
We rank 495 plans for domain WHOIS APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.575 or less per 1,000 domains. This plan costs less per 1,000 domains than 28% of the 495 plans.
[Searchwire's $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/searchwire/10-pack/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 domains. Searchwire's domain WHOIS API costs nothing beyond the plan price. [C99.nl's $25 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/c99-nl/25-yearly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 domains a month: $2.08.
[WhoisJSON](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisjson/120-monthly/llms.txt), [Enterno](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/enterno/free-open-api/llms.txt) and [IPAddress.to](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ipaddress-to/free/llms.txt) are the best domain WHOIS API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go
- [Domain WHOIS API in 2026: the best of 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://bess-x402.onrender.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://bess-x402.onrender.com/v1/web/whois`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://bess-x402.onrender.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing#/paths/~1v1~1web~1whois
- Sold by: BESS x402 (https://bess-x402.onrender.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 56%
- Registrant: ✓
- Registrar: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓
- DNSSEC: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $3.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Registration data of a domain from RDAP, the official WHOIS successor: registrar, creation, update and expiry dates, status codes, nameservers, DNSSEC and registrant organisation/country where public. Says whether an unregistered name looks available. Use for domain research, due diligence or phishing checks.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/web/whois

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet paying USDC on Base, Polygon or Arbitrum (x402), no account or API key

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, registered, registrar, registered at, updated at, expires at, statuses, nameservers, DNSSEC signed, registrant organization, registrant country, looks available

## BESS x402's plans (1)

- [BESS x402, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 56% complete

## BESS x402's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/web/whois`: [BESS x402, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## BESS x402's APIs (13)

- [BESS x402: App Store API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: App Store review API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-review-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: App Store search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/app-store-search-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: company open jobs API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: tech stack API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: email verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: image search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/image-search-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: IP company lookup API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-company-lookup-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: web scraping API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [BESS x402: Hacker News search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/hacker-news-search-apis/bess-x402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## BESS x402: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [DomScan, $10 pack, 10,000 credits, POST /v1/whois/bulk](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domscan/10-pack-10000-credits-post-v1-whois-bulk/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [WhoisFreaks, $150 pack, 50,000 API Credits, POST /v2.0/bulkwhois/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisfreaks/150-pack-50000-api-credits-post-v2-0-bulkwhois-live/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ipv4.fr, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ipv4-fr/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 44% complete
- [CrowdSpark, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/domain/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/crowdspark/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-domain-lookup/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 33% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://bess-x402.onrender.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://bess-x402.onrender.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://bess-x402.onrender.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://bess-x402.onrender.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing