colinstephenson.com

COLINSTEPHENSON.COM was registered on April 10, 2007, and is set to expire on April 10, 2023. Its age is about 19 years. The domain is managed by DIAMATRIX C.C. (IANA ID 1645) and is past its expiry date. It carries protection against transfer. It uses the nameservers ns4.handmade.co.za and ns3.handmade.co.za. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. 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.

We have collected 6 historical WHOIS snapshots for COLINSTEPHENSON.COM. The latest available snapshot is dated February 16, 2023. 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. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. 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. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website.

Between December 18, 2017 and February 16, 2023, 35 fields of the record changed. The registrar name was reformatted from "DiaMatrix C.C." to "DIAMATRIX C.C.", which is the same registrar. The nameservers were reordered, but the same servers remain in use. Status flags were updated: ok was removed. The expiry date moved from April 10, 2018 to April 10, 2023, which shows the domain was renewed. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.