CLAY.INK was registered on December 30, 2025, and is set to expire on December 30, 2026. The domain is managed by GoDaddy.com, LLC (IANA ID 146) and is active. Only 46 days remain until it expires, so it needs to be renewed soon to stay with its current owner. Public WHOIS names Domains By Proxy, LLC as the registrant organisation, with United States as the country. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details.
We have collected 14 historical WHOIS snapshots for CLAY.INK. The latest available snapshot is dated December 31, 2025. 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. 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. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.
Between July 12, 2024 and December 31, 2025, 14 fields of the record changed. The registrar changed from NameCheap, Inc. to GoDaddy.com, LLC. The registrant organisation became visible in the public record. The expiry date moved from July 11, 2025 to December 30, 2026, which shows the domain was renewed. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.
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