BALLFOUNTAINS.COM dates back to January 23, 2024; its registration is valid until January 23, 2025. That is around 2 years of continuous registration. GMO INTERNET, INC. (IANA ID 49) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. The registrant country on record is India. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. 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. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. 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.
The record was updated in 33 fields between October 27, 2020 and January 24, 2024. The domain moved from DYNADOT5 LLC to GMO INTERNET, INC.. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from October 24, 2021 to January 23, 2025. Select any snapshot below to see the exact record that was captured on that date.
For BALLFOUNTAINS.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 13 historical WHOIS snapshots. The newest snapshot was taken on January 24, 2024. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time.
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