Ideally, you should have past experience in developing application with WHOIS databases.
Develop a site with it’s own WHOIS db, whereby users can do two things:
1) input a US domain name: .com .net .org .biz .info .us, or a registrant name, an address, or an email address. Provide both unlabeled key word fields for these types of queries, as well as specific fields to search, and an option to search Any and All terms.
2) Input an IP address, and display all the domain names known by that IP. (optional–please state in your bid if this is included).
The results will display how many sites match the query, presumably by the same owner. Provide standardized pricing information both for various quantities of domains to be revealed, and monthly membership information option pricing, in this result page. If a member is a member, do not display pricing information.
After user payment, display the matching records.
Additional features:
1)Add filters and a warning when common values match, such as emails or registrant names like domainsbyproxy, etc.
Project requires an import of all registered domains from which to query. You will need to find a reliable list from which to regularly and automatically query.
Quote A) if Whois with contact info is not license-able for download, requiring function to regularly query all the required US domain Whois databases to be at least 90% complete for all .com .net .org .biz .info .us domains. If Whois services limit access to their servers, develop strategies including proxies means to acquire data. Need to reliably acquire records 250,000 domains per day, 365 days a year.
Quote B) if Whois data with contact info is license-able from various registrars for download. Provide an admin method for importing a feed. Optionally provide info for acquiring data.
Quote C) If use both methods above.
Please bid option A in your official bid and mail me your bid on option B and C.
Since the size of the db will be quite large, only store required data; Registrant, Admin name, address, email, creation date, but provide a link for additional Whois data in each report.
License and include a well respected payment and membership module, complete with CC processing. (I’m not willing to pay for something developed from scratch here on this part of the site, but of course it needs to be integrated.)
Any db will do but should accommodate and perform well with such a large database. Although we are on a budget, please advise in your quote any performance issues. LAMP stack preferred if will perform well.