botf.net

BOTF.NET dates back to December 3, 1999; its registration is valid until December 3, 2027. That is around 26 years of continuous registration. Markmonitor Inc. (IANA ID 292) manages the name, which is active at the moment. AbbVie Inc, located in United States, appears as the registrant organisation. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. 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. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. 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. 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. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself.

The record was updated in 36 fields between January 18, 2023 and November 2, 2026. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("MarkMonitor Inc." to "Markmonitor Inc."); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited, clientDeleteProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. The registrant organisation became visible in the public record. It was renewed: the expiry date went from December 3, 2023 to December 3, 2027. Select any snapshot below to see the exact record that was captured on that date.

For BOTF.NET, Whois Data Center keeps 14 historical WHOIS snapshots. The newest snapshot was taken on November 2, 2026. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. 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. 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. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first.