According to its WHOIS record, APJPAINTING.COM was created on January 10, 2024 and expires on January 10, 2025. That is around 2 years of continuous registration. It is registered through NAMECHEAP INC (IANA ID 1068) and is past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is Iceland. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. 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. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Nameservers decide where a domain's DNS is hosted, so a change of nameservers usually means the website or email moved to a new provider. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Renewals are usually made for one to ten years at a time, so an expiry date far in the future shows a long-term commitment to the name.
In the period from September 20, 2022 to January 11, 2024, 17 fields of the record were modified. The domain moved from GoDaddy.com LLC to NAMECHEAP INC. Status flags were updated: pendingDelete was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from July 8, 2022 to January 10, 2025. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
For APJPAINTING.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 11 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from January 11, 2024. 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. 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.
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