Registered on October 26, 2001, KK-NET.COM is paid up until October 26, 2018. This gives it about 25 years of history. Network Solutions LLC (IANA ID 2) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is Japan. Its nameservers are ns.kk and ns2.kk. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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.
Comparing September 8, 2016 with October 27, 2017 shows 9 fields changed. DNS moved from ns.kk-ca.net and ns2.kk-ca.net to ns.kk and ns2.kk. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from October 26, 2016 to October 26, 2018. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 4 historical WHOIS snapshots for KK-NET.COM. The newest snapshot was taken on October 27, 2017. 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. 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. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website.
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