dothistory.net

The domain DOTHISTORY.NET was first registered on January 12, 2022 and its current term runs until January 12, 2024. Its age is about 4 years. Its sponsoring registrar is Porkbun LLC (IANA ID 1861), and the domain is past its expiry date. It carries protection against transfer and deletion. The registrant is listed in United States. DNS is served by fortaleza.ns.porkbun.com, maceio.ns.porkbun.com, curitiba.ns.porkbun.com and salvador.ns.porkbun.com. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. 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. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry.

We have collected 12 historical WHOIS snapshots for DOTHISTORY.NET. The most recent capture is from February 27, 2023. 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. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. 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. 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 November 28, 2022 to February 27, 2023, 4 fields were updated. The expiry date moved from January 12, 2023 to January 12, 2024, which shows the domain was renewed. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.