Registered on February 2, 2024, KOTRA-EVENT.NET is paid up until February 2, 2025. This gives it about 2 years of history. GMO INTERNET, INC. (IANA ID 49) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is Japan. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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.
Comparing December 27, 2022 with February 4, 2024 shows 26 fields changed. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("GMO INTERNET INC." to "GMO INTERNET, INC."); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: ok was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from September 14, 2023 to February 2, 2025. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 9 historical WHOIS snapshots for KOTRA-EVENT.NET. The newest snapshot was taken on February 4, 2024. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. 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. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.
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