Weight of older domain registrations?

[pchip]

I was combing the drop lists last night and stumbled onto a domain (.net) that fits perfect into my collection. I checked the whois and the registrar was Godaddy, reg'd in 2003.

I ended up getting the name when the name dropped today but it now has a registration date of 2011 instead of 2003.

I'm kicking myself for two reasons. (1) I always comb the godaddy auctions so I could have easily snagged it there and avoided this entire thing, but it fell through the cracks. (2) I can't get over the fact now the domain has a registration date of 2011 instead of 2003.

The real questions, does an older domain registration (>1999) really matter? Do search engines use this information and are there higher dollar sales (>1000.00) to end users in the same year as the domain was registered?

This issue has plagued me for years. Thanks for any input!

 

[alien51]

I can't get over the fact now the domain has a registration date of 2011 instead of 2003.

That "resetting" of reg date happens for dropped domains. But the age of a domain is not seen on the reg date. You have to check the reg history for that.

The real questions, does an older domain registration (>1999) really matter?

Not all the time. The logic is that if the domain is old, it means it's 'valuable' enough that someone regged it as soon as the internet was born.

But personally, i've seen a lot of domains regged for 10-12 years that were simply parked, or changed hands with multiple drops in its history.

Some domains are nice, but they don't make any sense at all in terms of internet commerce or monetization. They are just cute to own.

Do search engines use this information

Based from my experience, looks irrelevant. I have a 10 yr old domain that is not ranking well. Got penalized even, due to minisite persecutions.

 

[nielsencl]

If domain registration lenght has meaning, it's ranking effect seems to be slight.

The real value of an old domain from those that think it's important and will pay more because of it.

 

[alien51]

The real value of an old domain from those that think it's important and will pay more because of it.

I was about to say that too.

It's like my mother telling me why i don't throw away my old Atari game console. It's a jurassic machine, she tells me.

But i told her, there must be someone out there willing to buy it from me for 3,000 dollars on EBay.

If there's a market for oldies, it "will" sell.

 

[SiberForum]

In my opinion weight of each certain domain name depends on the domain name itself and that does not depend on the age of it.

 

[Albert]

Yes domain history help in SEO but in range of 0.00001% to 0.0000001%. Focus on the Link Building the basic for SEO and New social media influence.

For domaining, domain history didn't help at all. Who cares? End user is buying because of your domain only.

 

[SiberForum]

I suppose content of your web site is the king for SE. So that is better to concentrate on the quality content bu9ilding instead.

 

[Coopey]

Unless you can get one of the first 100 .coms (and the free publicity when someone posts the list on here every 6-8 weeks) I wouldn't worry too much about age, especially when you're reselling the names onwards.

As someone who's more of a buyer than seller, the only history I'm interested in is whether the domain has hosted anything dodgy in the past.

 

[pchip]

That makes me feel better that age isn't much of an issue. Thanks for the input!

 

[johny27]

Its great feel to know about that age really does not have much matter woth domain

 

[GiftedDomains]

lets get real guys.

most domainers look up creation date if they want to buy domains.
and if they see a domain with creation date few days ago, many domainers think that this name must be crap. even if the name is good, they unconsciously think that! this is nonsence imo but thats how it is.

thats also the reason that people buy domains @ godaddy closeout and pay more dollars (than hand reg) just to keep the creation date !!

i even sometimes see in the "domains wanted thread", statements like "minimum 4 years old".

endusers are different.

 

[biggie]

lets get real guys.

most domainers look up creation date if they want to buy domains.
and if they see a domain with creation date few days ago, many domainers think that this name must be crap. even if the name is good, they unconsciously think that! this is nonsence imo but thats how it is.

thats also the reason that people buy domains @ godaddy closeout and pay more dollars (than hand reg) just to keep the creation date !!

i even sometimes see in the "domains wanted thread", statements like "minimum 4 years old".

endusers are different.

:talk:

in contrast:


i don't look at creation dates when i'm looking to buy


to assume a name is crap, because it was regged yesterday....is the trap that "box thinkers, think in"

i've regged many names that have either produced more revenue than 15 year old names or sold them for 15 or more years revenue.

i also don't buy @ godaddy for the reasons you mentioned, but if i bid on a name at namejet or snap, it's not to keep the creation date...it's because i like the domain, period.


age is just something extra, if it happens to have some


but that's just me

 

[DU]

Age has some affects.

A real one:
If the name has been a recent drop then good luck getting it into a Sedo auction...for example.

An image one:
It can affect how you are approached. Buyers will say "you only just bought that this year" how can it be worth.... {regardless of whether you spend $10,000 at Snapnames}

The first one you can do nothing about. The second one is just a negotiating play where the truth is ALWAYS a domain is worth somewhere between what you sell it for and what someone was willing to pay.

 

[nielsencl]

never mind.