carsearch.org

CARSEARCH.ORG was registered on December 2, 1998, and is set to expire on December 2, 2026. Its age is about 27 years. The domain is managed by ENOM, INC. (IANA ID 48) and is active. Only 17 days remain until it expires, so it needs to be renewed soon to stay with its current owner. The registrant is listed in United States. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. 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. 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. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. 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.

We have collected 13 historical WHOIS snapshots for CARSEARCH.ORG. The latest available snapshot is dated October 31, 2026. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. 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.

Between January 17, 2023 and October 31, 2026, 33 fields of the record changed. The registrar name was reformatted from "eNom Inc." to "ENOM, INC.", which is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited was removed. The expiry date moved from December 2, 2023 to December 2, 2026, which shows the domain was renewed. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.