Domain Age Checker

What a domain's age tells you

Age is a gentle signal of trust. People sizing up an online business notice it, and so do search engines when they rank sites. A domain that has been looked after steadily for ten years is far harder to fake than one registered last month and suddenly pushed with heavy marketing.

Ways people use it

• Researching SEO competitors. If a rival outranks you, its age may show it has simply had many more years to be indexed and to collect backlinks.
• Checking trust. About to pay an online shop you have never used? See whether its domain is only days old. A business that claims to be well established but runs on a brand-new domain is a warning sign.
• Buying and selling domains. Names with a long, solid history fetch higher prices, so knowing the exact age helps you negotiate.
• Planning renewals. The expiry date shows which domains are close to lapsing, whether you hope to buy one or need to renew your own.

Every date shown comes from public WHOIS records. Where a privacy service hides them, we cannot get around it. For .co.ke names, KENIC usually shows the registration date openly.