acdcafrica.com

According to its WHOIS record, ACDCAFRICA.COM was created on August 8, 2021 and expires on August 8, 2023. That is around 5 years of continuous registration. It is registered through NameCheap Inc. (IANA ID 1068) and is past its expiry date. Status flags block unauthorised transfer. DNS is served by ns2.boxsecured.com and ns1.boxsecured.com. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services.

In the period from August 26, 2022 to February 16, 2023, 32 fields of the record were modified. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("NAMECHEAP INC" to "NameCheap Inc."); it is the same registrar. DNS moved from dns102.registrar-servers.com and dns101.registrar-servers.com to ns2.boxsecured.com and ns1.boxsecured.com. It was renewed: the expiry date went from August 8, 2022 to August 8, 2023. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.

For ACDCAFRICA.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 8 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from February 16, 2023. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.