istockphotk.com

ISTOCKPHOTK.COM was registered on December 1, 2011, and is set to expire on December 1, 2027. This gives it about 14 years of history. The domain is managed by CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. (IANA ID 299) and is active. The owner organisation on record is Getty Images (US), Inc from United States. 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. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS 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. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again.

Between December 2, 2025 and October 31, 2026, 4 fields of the record changed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from December 1, 2026 to December 1, 2027. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.

The Whois Data Center archive contains 12 historical WHOIS snapshots for ISTOCKPHOTK.COM. The latest available snapshot is dated October 31, 2026. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. 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. 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. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.