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The domain PRODUCTHUNT.COM was first registered on March 4, 2003 and its current term runs until March 4, 2031. That makes the domain about 23 years old. Its sponsoring registrar is GoDaddy.com; LLC (IANA ID 146), and the domain is active. The owner has renewed it well ahead, up to 2031. DNS is served by alexis.ns.cloudflare.com and tia.ns.cloudflare.com, hosted with Cloudflare. 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. 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. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. 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.

Whois Data Center has 29 historical WHOIS snapshots for PRODUCTHUNT.COM. The most recent capture is from August 6, 2026. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. 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. 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. 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. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed.

From December 26, 2022 to August 6, 2026, 35 fields were updated. The registrar name was reformatted from "GoDaddy.com LLC" to "GoDaddy.com; LLC", which is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited and client update prohibited were added and clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientRenewProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.