metaphormal.com

According to its WHOIS record, METAPHORMAL.COM was created on March 21, 2007 and expires on March 21, 2027. This gives it about 19 years of history. It is registered through GoDaddy.com, LLC (IANA ID 146) and is active. The owner organisation on record is Domains By Proxy, LLC from United States. 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. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. 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. 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.

In the period from August 11, 2025 to March 23, 2026, 20 fields of the record were modified. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("GoDaddy.com; LLC" to "GoDaddy.com, LLC"); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited and client update prohibited were removed. The registrant organisation became visible in the public record. It was renewed: the expiry date went from March 21, 2026 to March 21, 2027. Scroll down to see the full current record and the complete list of historical snapshots.

The Whois Data Center archive contains 4 historical WHOIS snapshots for METAPHORMAL.COM. They run from February 27, 2014 to March 23, 2026. That is about 12 years of recorded history. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. 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. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. 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. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time.