Finding Original Date of Domain Registration

[domaintrades]

I know this is a debatable topic, as some think it is totally irrelevant whether a domain has been around for a while, or is pretty new.

There are other threads here discussing the pros and cons of domain age importance.

I tend to think being able to show a name that has some age to it has some advantages when it comes to sell. So , what I'm after, is a link to any free sites where I can type in a domain and find out when it was originally registered.

Obviously WHOIS is limited in this respect so no point in using them for this particular quest.

 

[Branko Jovanovic]

My guess is that info has only the registry and the original 1st registrar, not sure.
Archive.org may have crawled the website (if there was ever a website built on that domain).

 

[wakguano]

how about this -> http://whoisrequest.com/history/

 

[Hypersot]

how about this -> http://whoisrequest.com/history/

how accurate it is?

If it is accurate then it probably is the best tool someone suggested for this year... thank you!

 

[usernamex]

Goes back to 2000

http://www.hosterstats.com/historicaldns.php?domain=namepros.com

@jmcc

 

[wakguano]

how accurate it is?

If it is accurate then it probably is the best tool someone suggested for this year... thank you!

not sure ... i found it yesterday

 

[Hypersot]

Goes back to 2000

http://www.hosterstats.com/historicaldns.php?domain=namepros.com

@jmcc

That's actually the one I'm currently using. It's just the one wakguano suggested has a very clear interface which helps a lot when checking many domains over long hours.

 

[domaintrades]

how about this -> http://whoisrequest.com/history/

Not sure how accurate this is.

I checked on a couple of domains that elsewhere give a start date of 7 years ago, and 10 years ago respectively.

This site shows both starting in 2005, so that would make both sites 12 years old.

 

[wakguano]

for me , its usable

*i just like the colors

 

[urlurl]

first reg date is irrelevant in my mind, once a name has been dropped the clock starts all over again when it registered again.

 

[alcy]

Not sure how accurate this is.

I checked on a couple of domains that elsewhere give a start date of 7 years ago, and 10 years ago respectively.

This site shows both starting in 2005, so that would make both sites 12 years old.

you don't need anything fancy to chek domain age. all you need is one of many whois check sites. and then look at registration date. that's your age of domain. like so:

https://www.whois.com/whois/bababa.com

so domain age is since 2002. 15 years old.

everything else is just archive history and first registration dates..which imo are not really relevant to anythning.

age of domain is relevant for many people. its no guarantee of quality domain in all cases, but at same time there is no such thing as guaranteed quality domain which is not going to be aged.. or be only couple years old.. I am of course not counting some weird 1 in million happenings when someone forgets to renew, dies, or other weird rare stuff.

 

[alcy]

or if someone too lazy to do the whois math themselves.. u can use the link you gave above... click the whois tab.. and it'll do the math for you hehehhe:

http://whoisrequest.com/domain/bababa.com

 

[Hypersot]

first reg date is irrelevant in my mind, once a name has been dropped the clock starts all over again when it registered again.

Although I'm in the same opinion as you, ie. I also believe age does not matter at all, we shouldn't ignore the fact that there is a possibility that one is able to boost the negotiation with anything they got, age included.

If age helps the OP in the bargain game then all we can do is provide them with the tools to do so

 

[alcy]

Although I'm in the same opinion as you, ie. I also believe age does not matter at all, we shouldn't ignore the fact that there is a possibility that one is able to boost the negotiation with anything they got, age included.

If age helps the OP in the bargain game then all we can do is provide them with the tools to do so

he wasn't talking about age at all.. but first reg date and rereg dates

I am pretty sure @urlurl does find significance to actual doamin age

cheers.

 

[Hypersot]

he wasn't talking about age at all.. but first reg date and rereg dates

I am pretty sure @urlurl does find some value to actual doamin age

cheers.

I'm most probably missing something here but, original date minus current date is called 'age' by some people.
What urlurl remind us of is that, this is not true since the clock gets reset when domain drops and gets regged again, ie. original date doesn't count in that case.

What I said is, despite the above being true or not, some people might be able to use the first reg date in their negotiation game.

Anyway, I certainly don't want to confuse things ...Thanks for trying to clarify.

 

[alcy]

I'm most probably missing something here but, original date minus current date is called 'age' by some people.
What urlurl remind us of is that, this is not true since the clock gets reset when domain drops and gets regged again, ie. original date doesn't count in that case.

What I said is, despite the above being true or not, some people might be able to use the first reg date in their negotiation game.

Anyway, I certainly don't want to confuse things ...Thanks for trying to clarify.

its not about what some people may call age.. it's about the definition of age... and there is only one

which is, number of years its been renewed continually since last reg.... when you rereg it, clock resets.

urlurl was talking about first archive reg date.. and then subsequent reregs... which reset age clock each time... as was I talking about those earlier.. and both me and him were saying that to us, they are not particularly relevant

so there is only one defintion of domain age. the rest is rereg dates.

so when you said you are of same opinion as urlurl that age does not matter, well, I just wanted to unconfuse things for all, and mention that urlurl never said age does not matter, therefore you cannot be of same opinion as him about that

cheers