NICE-SHIRT.NET dates back to May 25, 2010; its registration is valid until May 25, 2017. This gives it about 16 years of history. OnlineNIC Inc. (IANA ID 82) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. Unauthorised transfer are prevented by its status flags. The registrant country on record is Hong Kong. Its nameservers are wns1.layer1hk.com and wns2.layer1hk.com. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. 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. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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 19 fields between April 29, 2014 and October 17, 2016. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("ONLINENIC; INC." to "OnlineNIC Inc."); it is the same registrar. It was renewed: the expiry date went from May 25, 2015 to May 25, 2017. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 4 historical WHOIS snapshots for NICE-SHIRT.NET. The newest snapshot was taken on October 17, 2016. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. 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. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.
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