According to its WHOIS record, ARCO-HK.COM was created on August 7, 2006 and expires on August 7, 2024. That is around 20 years of continuous registration. It is registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (IANA ID 303) and is past its expiry date. Status flags block unauthorised transfer. The registrant country on record is China. DNS is served by ns172.pointdnshere.com and ns171.pointdnshere.com. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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.
In the period from September 28, 2017 to February 16, 2023, 43 fields of the record were modified. The domain moved from eNom Inc. to PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. DNS moved from dns1.anywhere, dns1.anywhere.com.hk, dns2.anywhere and dns2.anywhere.com.hk to ns172.pointdnshere.com and ns171.pointdnshere.com. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited was added and OK was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from August 7, 2018 to August 7, 2024. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
For ARCO-HK.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 4 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from February 16, 2023. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.
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