NIC.LOTTE dates back to February 27, 2014; its registration is valid until February 27, 2027. This gives it about 12 years of history. Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. (IANA ID 9999) manages the name, which is active at the moment. The registrant country on record is Japan. 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. 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.
The record was updated in 9 fields between July 8, 2022 and March 1, 2026. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("Lotte Holdings Co. Ltd." to "Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd."); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: ok was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from February 27, 2023 to February 27, 2027. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 10 historical WHOIS snapshots for NIC.LOTTE. The newest snapshot was taken on March 1, 2026. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. 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. 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.
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