The domain DIGITIZE.GROUP was first registered on May 14, 2024 and its current term runs until May 14, 2025. Its age is about 2 years. Its sponsoring registrar is Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) (IANA ID 1599), and the domain is past its expiry date. The registrant is listed in China. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. 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. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services.
We have collected 11 historical WHOIS snapshots for DIGITIZE.GROUP. The most recent capture is from May 15, 2024. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. 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. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.
From August 24, 2022 to May 15, 2024, 36 fields were updated. The registrar changed from GoDaddy.com LLC to Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn). Status flags were updated: clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientRenewProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. The expiry date moved from February 19, 2023 to May 14, 2025, which shows the domain was renewed. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.
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