{
  "_meta": {
    "dataset": "pricing_snapshots",
    "purpose": "Immutable weekly snapshots of verified registrar pricing. Accumulated to build per-TLD price history: a record that cannot be back-filled, only collected. Verified rows only; sample/placeholder prices are never archived.",
    "source": "Derived from data/tld-pricing.csv at each snapshot date; every row keeps its own source_url and last_checked.",
    "maintained_by": "best-domain-registrars.com",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "first_snapshot": "2026-08-19",
    "latest_snapshot": "2026-09-16",
    "snapshot_count": 2,
    "snapshots_needed_for_history_pages": 8,
    "cadence": "weekly"
  },
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-19",
      "path": "/data/snapshots/2026-08-19.csv",
      "rows": 856
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-16",
      "path": "/data/snapshots/2026-09-16.csv",
      "rows": 1107
    }
  ]
}