See how old any domain is.
Enter a domain to see when it was registered, when it expires and who it is registered through, straight from the registry, with the Wayback Machine as a second opinion. No account needed.
- Registration date from the registry
- Age in years and months
- Expiry date and registrar
- First Wayback Machine capture
- Status and nameservers
What you get
One check. The record and the history.
The checker reads the domain's official record from its registry, then asks the Wayback Machine when it first saved the site, so you see both when the name was registered and how long a site has lived there.
domain age · example.com
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- domain age12 years 4 months
- registered onJun 3, 2014
- expires onJun 3, 2027
- registrarExample Registrar, Inc.
- first seen in waybackSep 21, 2014
- rdap sourcerdap.verisign.com
Why it matters
A domain's past shapes what it is worth.
Age on its own does not rank a site. What a domain has been used for, and whether it is about to lapse, matters a great deal when you buy one, vet one or own one.
Buying
Know what you are buying
An expired domain can carry an old site's links, or its spam. A registration date newer than its archive history tells you the name had an earlier life worth looking into.
Renewal
Never let a domain lapse
The expiry date shows how long a registration has left. A lapsed domain takes the site and email down with it, and someone else can register it.
Trust
Vet a site before you trust it
A shop or a sender on a domain registered last week deserves a closer look. The registration date is a quick, factual first check.
Who it's for
Built for anyone sizing up a domain.
01
SEO specialists
Check a competitor's or a link source's history, and spot domains that were dropped and registered again.
02
Domain buyers
Confirm the registration date and archive history before you pay for an aged or expired domain.
03
Site owners
See when your own domains expire, which registrar holds them and which nameservers they point to.
04
Careful shoppers and partners
Check how long a store, a supplier or a sender has been around before you hand over money or data.
How it works
From domain to registration date in seconds.
01
Enter a domain
Paste a domain or any URL. A subdomain such as blog.example.co.uk is checked as the registered domain, example.co.uk.
02
Ask the registry
The checker finds the domain's registry in IANA's list and reads its RDAP record: registration, expiry, last change, registrar, status and nameservers.
03
Cross-check the archive
It also asks the Wayback Machine for its first capture of the site, which fills in the age when a registry publishes no RDAP record.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Domain age is the time since a domain was registered, counted from the creation date in the registry's record. It measures the current registration, so a domain that expired and was registered again starts counting from the new date.
Enter the domain above. The checker reads its registration date from the registry's RDAP record and shows the age in years and months, along with the expiry date, the registrar and the first time the Wayback Machine saved the site.
RDAP, the Registration Data Access Protocol, is the registries' official successor to WHOIS. It returns the same registration data in a structured, standard format over https. Since January 2025, ICANN no longer requires generic TLD registries and registrars to run WHOIS, so RDAP is the authoritative source for them.
Not directly. Google has said domain age on its own is not a ranking factor. An older site often ranks well because it has had years to earn links and build content, and that history is what counts, not the date on the registration.
Usually because the domain lapsed and someone registered it again, which gives it a new creation date. Moving a domain to another registrar does not reset the date. When the Wayback Machine saved the site before the current registration date, the checker points it out.
Many country code registries do not offer RDAP yet, and some do not publish dates at all. For those, the checker shows the Wayback Machine's first capture instead and says where the age comes from.
It is the first time the Internet Archive saved the domain's homepage. It shows when a site was first seen, not when the domain was registered, so it is usually a little later than the registration date.
They are standard codes the registrar or registry sets. Client transfer prohibited is a lock against unwanted transfers, and the server versions are set by the registry. A status such as pending delete or redemption period means the domain has expired and may soon be released.
Usually not. Most registries hide the owner's personal details for privacy, so the checker shows the registrar the domain is registered through rather than the person or company that owns it.
Yes. You can run 10 checks a day without an account. The data comes from public registry records and the Internet Archive.
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