BHPBILLITONINC.COM dates back to July 11, 2023; its registration is valid until July 11, 2024. That is around 3 years of continuous registration. Key-Systems GmbH (IANA ID 269) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. The registrant country on record is Australia. Its nameservers are ns3.partnerconsole.net, ns2.partnerconsole.net and ns1.partnerconsole.net. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks.
The record was updated in 40 fields between February 1, 2018 and July 12, 2023. The domain moved from PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com to Key-Systems GmbH. DNS moved from dns1.resellerclub.com and dns2.resellerclub.com to ns3.partnerconsole.net, ns2.partnerconsole.net and ns1.partnerconsole.net. It was renewed: the expiry date went from January 4, 2022 to July 11, 2024. Select any snapshot below to see the exact record that was captured on that date.
For BHPBILLITONINC.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 8 historical WHOIS snapshots. The newest snapshot was taken on July 12, 2023. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. 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. 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.
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