Registered on April 12, 1999, KARHU.COM is paid up until April 12, 2031. This gives it about 27 years of history. GoDaddy.com, LLC (IANA ID 146) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently active. No renewal is needed before 2031. The owner organisation on record is Domains By Proxy, LLC from United States. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. 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. 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.
Comparing December 1, 2022 with April 13, 2026 shows 20 fields changed. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("GoDaddy.com LLC" to "GoDaddy.com, LLC"); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientRenewProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. The registrant organisation became visible in the public record. It was renewed: the expiry date went from April 12, 2026 to April 12, 2031. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 18 historical WHOIS snapshots for KARHU.COM. The newest snapshot was taken on April 13, 2026. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. 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. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. 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. 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.
WHOIS Record