Domain Age Checker

How old is a domain? The registry's registration date, the first snapshot in the Wayback Machine and the backlinks, in one lookup.

Two dates, often different

2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Registry registered 2008: the domain age most tools report Archive first archived 2009: the website's age gap: dropped, parked or empty new site 2024
The registry says 16 years. The archive says the current site is from 2024.

The registration date is when the registry created the name. Most tools call this the domain age.

The first archived date is when the Wayback Machine first saved a page there. That is the age of the website.

A name registered in 2008 with a first snapshot in 2024 was dropped and re-registered. Search engines treat it as a new site.

How to read the result

Age is not authority

A fourteen-year-old domain with no links is worth less than a four-year-old one with links from real sites in your niche.

DomCop lists every expiring and expired domain with its age next to Moz, Majestic and Ahrefs metrics. Start with the high Domain Authority or high Trust Flow lists, or read how to find and buy aged domains.

Domain age checker FAQ

Does domain age affect SEO?

On its own, very little. An old domain is useful for its link profile and its archive of content, and those are what search engines reward.

Why does the registration date differ from the WHOIS date I saw elsewhere?

Many checkers show a cached WHOIS copy that can be months old, or the date of the last transfer. This page reads the registry's own RDAP record when you ask and caches it for a day.

How many lookups can I run?

Visitors get 25 lookups a day per connection. DomCop members get 200, and every domain page in the app shows the age, the Wayback history and the backlinks together.

Which extensions work?

Every extension whose registry publishes RDAP: all generic extensions and most country codes. For a country code without RDAP the registration date shows as unknown and the Wayback history still works.

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