automotives.net

According to its WHOIS record, AUTOMOTIVES.NET was created on November 13, 2001 and expires on November 13, 2027. That is around 25 years of continuous registration. It is registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (IANA ID 303) and is active. The registrant country on record is Costa Rica. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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. 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. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry.

In the period from December 29, 2022 to November 3, 2026, 27 fields of the record were modified. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from November 13, 2023 to November 13, 2027. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.

For AUTOMOTIVES.NET, Whois Data Center keeps 13 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from November 3, 2026. 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. 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. 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. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.