Registered on June 16, 2014, WELLCOMEGUANGZHOU.COM is paid up until June 16, 2017. It is roughly 12 years old today. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Limited (IANA ID 420) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is China. Its nameservers are dns13.hichina.com and dns14.hichina.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. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details.
Comparing February 25, 2014 with October 8, 2016 shows 31 fields changed. The domain moved from XIN NET TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION to HiChina Zhicheng Technology Limited. DNS moved from ns11.xincache.com and ns12.xincache.com to dns13.hichina.com and dns14.hichina.com. It was renewed: the expiry date went from March 15, 2014 to June 16, 2017.
Our archive holds 4 historical WHOIS snapshots of WELLCOMEGUANGZHOU.COM. The newest snapshot was taken on October 8, 2016. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. 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. 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. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time.
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