TOPSHIT.NET dates back to November 2, 2014; its registration is valid until November 2, 2015. That makes the domain about 12 years old. Domain.com LLC (IANA ID 886) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. Its record is locked against unauthorised transfer and updates. The registrant is listed in Vietnam. Its nameservers are ns1.fatcow.com and ns2.fatcow.com. 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. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. 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. 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. 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.
Whois Data Center has 3 historical WHOIS snapshots for TOPSHIT.NET. The newest snapshot was taken on November 3, 2014. 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. 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. 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.
34 fields changed between the two most recent snapshots. The registrar name was reformatted from "DOMAIN.COM LLC" to "Domain.com LLC", which is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were added. The registrant organisation is no longer shown in the public record. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.
WHOIS Record