TOWDOWNLOAD.COM dates back to July 22, 2019; its registration is valid until July 22, 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 ns1.myhostadmin.net and ns2.myhostadmin.net. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks.
Whois Data Center has 14 historical WHOIS snapshots for TOWDOWNLOAD.COM. The newest snapshot was taken on July 24, 2019. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. 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. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.
The record was updated in 20 fields between May 10, 2019 and July 24, 2019. The registrar changed from Tucows Domains Inc. to Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co. Ltd.. The nameservers moved from ns1.renewyourname.net and ns2.renewyourname.net to ns1.myhostadmin.net and ns2.myhostadmin.net. Status flags were updated: OK was added and clientTransferProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. The expiry date moved from May 5, 2019 to July 22, 2020, which shows the domain was renewed. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.
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