Domain age checker
See how old a domain really is. We compare its WHOIS creation date with ten years of daily zone files, so a name that dropped and was registered again keeps its full history.
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Why most domain age checkers get it wrong
They read the WHOIS creation date, and that date starts over whenever a domain drops and someone registers it again.
Take noshgarden.com. In October 2026 its WHOIS record said it was created on Aug 15, 2025, which made it look a year old. The zone files show it registered from Jan 13, 2017 until it expired on Feb 24, 2020. It then sat unregistered for more than five years before its current owner picked it up. The name is older than WHOIS says, and it has a gap that WHOIS does not show.
How the domain age checker works
The WHOIS creation date
We read the domain’s RDAP or WHOIS record for the day its current registration began. That is the date every other age checker shows.
Ten years of zone files
We check the domain against a daily copy of the zone files since May 2016: the day it first appeared, each day it left, and the months it was listed for sale.
The two side by side
When the zone files show the name registered long before its WHOIS date, the timeline shows the drop that reset the clock.
Domain age checker FAQ
Type the domain into the box above and press Enter. You get two ages: the creation date from its WHOIS record, and the day the zone files first show it registered. When the two disagree, the timeline shows why.
When a domain expires and is deleted, the registry forgets it. Whoever registers it next gets a new creation date, so WHOIS shows only the current registration. The zone files keep the earlier registrations, so the checker can show the name’s full age and the day it expired.
Our zone-file history starts on May 31, 2016. A domain that was already registered that day could be much older, so the checker shows the age as a minimum. For those names the WHOIS creation date is usually the better guide.
A zone file is the list of every domain in an extension that has name servers, which the registry publishes every day. Registries for .com, .net, .org, and most newer extensions share theirs. Most country extensions, such as .ai, .io, and .de, do not, so the checker shows only the WHOIS age for them.
No. A registrar or registry hold also takes a name out of the zone files without deleting it. The checker compares each gap with the WHOIS creation date. A gap after it was a hold, since a drop would have reset the date. The last gap before it ended in a drop, since the name was registered again.
Google has said that age on its own is not a ranking factor. What an older domain can bring is its history: links, mentions, and type-in visitors it gathered while it was in use. A name that dropped may have lost some of that, so check its history before you buy one, and browse expired domains for names that just became available.
No. It marks the months the domain was listed on a marketplace. A listing tells you the owner was open to selling, not that a sale happened. The listing history is recent, so an older listing can be missing.
Yes. The WHOIS lookup shows the registrar, expiration date, name servers, and any owner details the registry publishes. To judge a name before you buy it, the domain checker adds its value, brandability, and availability across 800+ extensions.
Yes. It is free to use, with no account and no email.