sunsetmusicawards.org

According to its WHOIS record, SUNSETMUSICAWARDS.ORG was created on April 15, 2013 and expires on April 15, 2015. That makes the domain about 13 years old. It is registered through GoDaddy.com; LLC (R91-LROR) (IANA ID 146) and is past its expiry date. Its record is locked against unauthorised transfer, deletion and updates. The registrant is listed in UNITED STATES. DNS is served by ns45.domaincontrol.com and ns46.domaincontrol.com, which means its DNS is run by GoDaddy. 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. 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.

Whois Data Center has 3 historical WHOIS snapshots for SUNSETMUSICAWARDS.ORG. The most recent capture is from April 22, 2014. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. 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.

31 fields changed between the two most recent snapshots. The registrar name was reformatted from "GoDaddy.com LLC (R91-LROR)" to "GoDaddy.com; LLC (R91-LROR)", which is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were added. The registrant organisation is no longer shown in the public record. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.