# Macaroon Network, pay as you go: Domain WHOIS API

> Confirm whether a domain is registered and, if so, its registrar and registration/expiration dates, via a live RDAP lookup.

Macaroon Network'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. Macaroon Network's docs list 5: Registrar, Created on, Expires on, Name servers, Statuses.
We haven't run Macaroon Network 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/macaroon-network/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://macaroonnetwork.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.macaroonnetwork.com/execute/domain-whois-lookup-v1`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.macaroonnetwork.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing#/paths/~1execute~1domain-whois-lookup-v1
- Sold by: Macaroon Network (https://macaroonnetwork.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 56%
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Confirm whether a domain is registered and, if so, its registrar and registration/expiration dates, via a live RDAP lookup.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Subject to payment and these terms, you may use the specific output you purchased for your own purposes. Prohibited uses: Using the service for anything unlawful. [...] Presenting AI-generated or other automated output as human-verified or professionally certified work product without disclosing its origin. [...] Attempting to bypass, spoof, or falsify an acceptance predicate, payment signature, or settlement mechanism. [...] Scraping, probing, or reverse-engineering the service beyond the documented public endpoints. [...] Infringing a third party's rights or violating their privacy.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: input.domain, predicate
- Method: POST
- Path: /execute/domain-whois-lookup-v1

## About the plan

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

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, registered, status, registrar, nameservers, expiration date, registration date

## Macaroon Network's plans (1)

- [Macaroon Network, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, live

## Macaroon Network's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /execute/domain-whois-lookup-v1`: [Macaroon Network, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## Macaroon Network's APIs (3)

- [Macaroon Network: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Macaroon Network: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Macaroon Network: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /execute/vat-validate-v1](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-execute-vat-validate-v1/llms.txt)
- [Macaroon Network: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /execute/lei-lookup-v1](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-execute-lei-lookup-v1/llms.txt)
- [Macaroon Network: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, POST /execute/companies-house-live-profile-v1](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/macaroon-network/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-execute-companies-house-live-profile-v1/llms.txt)

## Macaroon Network: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [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
- [AveDaris, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/avedaris/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, live
- [OnchainCheck, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/onchaincheck/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [NoJunk, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/nojunk/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live

## 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.macaroonnetwork.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.macaroonnetwork.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.macaroonnetwork.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://macaroonnetwork.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://macaroonnetwork.com/listings/domain-whois-lookup-v1?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://macaroonnetwork.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing