Registered on January 10, 2026, KH490.TOP is paid up until January 10, 2027. NameSilo, LLC (IANA ID 1479) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently active. Just 56 days are left before expiry, so renewal is due shortly. The registrant country on record is China. 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. 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. 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. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name.
Comparing April 7, 2026 with November 1, 2026 shows 28 fields changed. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("NameSilo; LLC" to "NameSilo, LLC"); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: client transfer prohibited transfer prohibited was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from January 9, 2027 to January 10, 2027. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 2 historical WHOIS snapshots for KH490.TOP. The earliest capture is from April 7, 2026 and the most recent from November 1, 2026. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. 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. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale.
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