if the internet archive doesnt show historic results for a domain name whats the best way of finding out how long your domains have been registered for (prior to you owning them)
tks in advance
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I take it you mean you bought the name in a drop and the date now shows as new ?
If you check you domain using www.whois.sc then "sometimes" it will still show the original date of reg in the bottom right hand section of the page titled:
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Other than the other ways you mentioned then I don't know of another way.
Domaintools will record only if someone is requesting whois info for a particular domain, but if no one requested whois for the name in past then they dont have any record too imo