According to its WHOIS record, ADVANCED-ENGRAVING.COM was created on October 26, 2012 and expires on October 26, 2027. That is around 14 years of continuous registration. It is registered through Wild West Domains, LLC (IANA ID 440) and is active. The registrant country on record is United States. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations.
In the period from December 11, 2022 to October 30, 2026, 15 fields of the record were modified. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("Wild West Domains LLC" to "Wild West Domains, LLC"); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientRenewProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from October 26, 2023 to October 26, 2027. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
For ADVANCED-ENGRAVING.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 9 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from October 30, 2026. 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. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars.
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