According to its WHOIS record, SMARTOPTICS.US was created on April 27, 2026 and expires on April 27, 2027. It is registered through Dominet (HK) Limited (IANA ID 3775) and is active. The public WHOIS shows the registrant organisation as Ryan Carter, based in United States. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details.
Whois Data Center has 4 historical WHOIS snapshots for SMARTOPTICS.US. They run from May 6, 2022 to September 25, 2026. Together they cover about 4 years of registration history. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. 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. 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.
In the period from May 6, 2026 to September 25, 2026, 4 fields of the record were modified. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.
WHOIS Record