naturalstepusa.org

NATURALSTEPUSA.ORG dates back to April 29, 2009; its registration is valid until April 29, 2018. This gives it about 17 years of history. GoDaddy.com LLC (IANA ID 146) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. Unauthorised transfer, deletion and updates are prevented by its status flags. The registrant country on record is United States. Its nameservers are ns11.domaincontrol.com and ns12.domaincontrol.com, hosted with GoDaddy. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name.

The record was updated in 2 fields between November 22, 2016 and December 20, 2017. It was renewed: the expiry date went from April 29, 2017 to April 29, 2018. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.

The Whois Data Center archive contains 7 historical WHOIS snapshots for NATURALSTEPUSA.ORG. The newest snapshot was taken on December 20, 2017. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. 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. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.