auctionfreeads.net

According to its WHOIS record, AUCTIONFREEADS.NET was created on December 8, 2011 and expires on December 8, 2016. That is around 14 years of continuous registration. It is registered through GoDaddy.com LLC (IANA ID 146) and is past its expiry date. Status flags block unauthorised transfer, deletion and updates. The registrant country on record is United Kingdom. DNS is served by ns73.domaincontrol.com and ns74.domaincontrol.com, which means its DNS is run by GoDaddy. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. 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.

In the period from April 22, 2014 to October 13, 2016, 12 fields of the record were modified. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("GODADDY.COM; LLC" to "GoDaddy.com LLC"); it is the same registrar. It was renewed: the expiry date went from December 7, 2014 to December 8, 2016. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.

For AUCTIONFREEADS.NET, Whois Data Center keeps 5 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from October 13, 2016. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars.