There is no information in the "Whois", what's wrong?

[kikkumal]

I was trying to lookup the whois information for a domain. There is no information about the registrant (not even anonymous). Just the name of the registrar and the dates. I have tried many whois services including that of the registrar and it's the same. Whois at ICANN returns "Sorry, but the Registry or Registrar WHOIS Server responded with a rate limit message due to high query volumes or has closed the connection without a response. Please try your request again later."

Following is the copy pasted whois info, I have replanced the domain name and registrar with asterisks (*):

swhoisd 3.0.5
Searching for *******.com.
No records matching ********.com found.

Registrar: ******** LIMITED
Whois Server: whois.********8.com
Creation Date: 25-MAY-2010
Updated Date: 19-JUL-2010
Expiration Date: 25-MAY-2019

Nameserver: NS547.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Nameserver: NS548.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM

Registry Status: ok

>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:57:19 GMT <<<

I have seen such thing for the first time. Does anyone know what's the reason for this?

Thanks!

 

[forge]

No records found... that's a strange result for an active domain.

Have you tried the whois at internic.net ?

I get the "high query volumes" message on occasion but otherwise can't offer an explanation.

 

[gblasting]

I sold a domain in September and the Whois has been blank since the transfer. No information, nothing.

 

[Mr.Natwarlal]

Mysterious..

 

[Kate]

The best would be to check the whois on the website of the registrar concerned.
Then you should not be subject to the rate limit issues (there may be a captcha though).