sourcingsimulator.com

According to its WHOIS record, SOURCINGSIMULATOR.COM was created on March 30, 2018 and expires on March 30, 2019. That makes the domain about 8 years old. It is registered through HiChina Zhicheng Technology Limited (IANA ID 420) and is past its expiry date. The registrant is listed in China. DNS is served by v1.dnsdun.com and v1.dnsdun.net. 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. 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. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. 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. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. 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 9 historical WHOIS snapshots for SOURCINGSIMULATOR.COM. The most recent capture is from March 31, 2018. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. 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. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars.

In the period from November 13, 2017 to March 31, 2018, 40 fields of the record were modified. The registrar changed from 1&1 Internet AG to HiChina Zhicheng Technology Limited. The nameservers moved from ns29.1and1.com and ns30.1and1.com to v1.dnsdun.com and v1.dnsdun.net. The expiry date moved from January 7, 2018 to March 30, 2019, which shows the domain was renewed. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.