TAISHAO.NET dates back to January 6, 2019; its registration is valid until January 6, 2020. That makes the domain about 7 years old. Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co. Ltd. (IANA ID 1556) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. The registrant is listed in China. Its nameservers are ns5.myhostadmin.net and ns6.myhostadmin.net. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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.
Whois Data Center has 6 historical WHOIS snapshots for TAISHAO.NET. The newest snapshot was taken on January 7, 2019. 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. 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.
The record was updated in 41 fields between January 16, 2016 and January 7, 2019. The registrar changed from eName Technology Co. Ltd. to Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co. Ltd.. The nameservers moved from dns1.iidns.com, dns2.iidns.com, dns3.iidns.com and dns4.iidns.com to ns5.myhostadmin.net and ns6.myhostadmin.net. Status flags were updated: OK was added and clientDeleteProhibited and clientTransferProhibited were removed. The expiry date moved from January 15, 2017 to January 6, 2020, which shows the domain was renewed. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.
WHOIS Record