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Domain Age Checker

Find out how old a domain is from its registration record (RDAP), with the registration date, expiry date and registrar.

Domain Age CheckerGratisTechnical SEOChecks a live URL

Enter a public URL. We fetch the live page and analyse what search engines and AI crawlers see.

Key features of the domain age checker

  • Domain age in years and months
  • Registration date, expiry date and registrar
  • Accepts a bare domain or any URL from the site
  • Uses the official RDAP registration data
  • Short note on whether the domain is new, young or established

How to use the domain age checker

  1. Enter the domain

    Type example.com or paste any URL; the tool extracts the domain name.

  2. Click Check Age

    The tool requests the domain's RDAP record.

  3. Read the age

    See the age in years and months, plus the registration and expiry dates.

  4. Check the registrar and expiry

    Note who the registrar is and whether the domain expires soon, which matters if you plan to buy it or rely on it.

  5. Compare domains

    Run the check for each site you are comparing, such as competitors or link prospects.

What is a domain age checker?

A domain age checker tells you how long ago a domain name was first registered. Type a domain, or paste any URL from the site, and this tool looks up the domain's public registration record through RDAP, the successor to WHOIS. It shows the age in years and months, the registration date, the expiry date and the registrar.

Domain age is counted from the registration date held by the registry. If a domain expired and someone registered it again, the registry usually shows the new date, so the age starts over. The registrar is the company the domain is registered through; it is not necessarily the company that hosts the site or the owner. The tool adds a short note: under one year is a new domain, one to three years is young, three or more is established.

Limits: the lookup runs from your browser through the rdap.org service. Most generic domains such as .com, .net and .org return data, but some country-code registries do not publish RDAP records or hide the dates. Domain age is not website age: a domain can sit parked for years before a site launches.

Why use a domain age checker?

Domain age is useful context when you vet a site: a link prospect, a supplier, a competitor or a domain you want to buy. A brand-new domain claiming years of history is a warning sign, and a well-known site with a recent registration date may have changed hands. Google has said domain age itself is not a ranking factor, so use it for research rather than as an SEO score.

Domain age checker: frequently asked questions

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How do I check how old a domain is?

Enter the domain in the checker and click Check Age. It reads the registration date from the domain's RDAP record and calculates the age. A WHOIS lookup shows the same date in its Creation Date field.

Is domain age the same as website age?

No. Domain age starts when the name was registered. A website may launch years later, or one domain may host several different sites over time. To estimate a website's age, look at its earliest snapshot in the Wayback Machine at web.archive.org.

Does domain age affect SEO?

Not directly. Google has said domain age is not a ranking factor. Older domains often rank well because they have had time to earn links and build content, not because of the date itself.

What happens to domain age when a domain expires?

If the owner renews in time, nothing changes. If the domain drops and someone else registers it, the registry normally records a new registration date, so this tool shows the new age. Some expired-domain tools quote the first date seen in web archives instead, which is why numbers can differ.

What is RDAP?

RDAP (Registration Data Access Protocol) is the standard that replaced WHOIS for domain registration data. It returns the same facts, such as dates, registrar and status, in a structured format, and ICANN requires registries and registrars of generic top-level domains to support it.

Why can't the tool find my domain?

Some country-code registries don't offer RDAP or withhold the dates. Check the spelling, remove www or any subdomain, or look the domain up on the registry's own WHOIS page.

Can I check when a specific page or link was published?

No. The tool checks the domain, not individual pages. For a page's date, look for a published date on the page, its lastmod value in the sitemap, or the first Wayback Machine snapshot of that URL.

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