emerald.directory

Registered on August 13, 2025, EMERALD.DIRECTORY is paid up until August 13, 2026. Its age is about 1 years. Mesh Digital Limited (IANA ID 1390) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently past its expiry date. Its nameservers are ns75.domaincontrol.com and ns76.domaincontrol.com, which means its DNS is run by GoDaddy. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

We have collected 7 historical WHOIS snapshots for EMERALD.DIRECTORY. The newest snapshot was taken on August 24, 2025. 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. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. 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. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time.

Comparing January 27, 2019 with August 24, 2025 shows 22 fields changed. The registrar changed from Tucows Domains Inc. to Mesh Digital Limited. Status flags were updated: client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited and client update prohibited were added and autoRenewPeriod was removed. The expiry date moved from January 22, 2020 to August 13, 2026, which shows the domain was renewed. Use the history below to compare any two snapshots or download the complete record.