Domain Age?

[Domain Fish]

Hi,

New to this, even though I own a few domains. Why do people list the age of the domain? (e.g. 12 Years Old)

Is that from the last time anything was developed on it?

 

[Gube]

Hello (and welcome on NP),

Most of the time, it's the age of the domain (year it was last registered, with no drop)
Once a domain drops (pending delete, then deletion), if you register the domain again, his age is lost.
It simply corresponds to the registration year displayed in RDAP/whois

Hope it helps,
Gube

 

[Domain Fish]

Thanks Gube for taking the time to reply, I was just wondering why that's relevant to the buyer? I might be missing something here?

 

[Gube]

It was already discussed on the forum;
But here are the main points to remember :
An aged domain that never dropped doesn't have more value than a new one
Except if :
- The domain in question has backlinks, domain authority
- Chances of the domain being better than a new reg (due to the domain market, there was more "high quality" domains available back then, and so these might be better than the average hand reg nowadays)

Gube

 

[Domain Fish]

Thanks Gube.