Domain Age Checker

We query the appropriate WHOIS server (and follow registrar referrals) to fetch the original creation date, expiry, registrar, name servers and statuses for any domain.

Why Domain Age Matters

Domain age isn’t directly a ranking factor — Google has said so explicitly — but it correlates with trust signals that are ranking factors. An older domain has had more time to acquire backlinks, build a stable Whois history, and avoid being flagged as a spam vector. For competitive analysis, knowing whether a competitor’s domain is six months old or twelve years old changes how you read their authority.

What WHOIS still tells you (and what it hides)

Since GDPR took effect, much of the personal data in WHOIS is redacted by default. You’ll usually still see the registrar, creation date, expiry, name servers, and domain statuses. Personal contact info is now typically replaced with privacy-proxy emails or omitted entirely.

Domain status codes worth knowing

  • clientTransferProhibited — registrar lock; transfer requires unlocking. Recommended for production domains.
  • clientHold / serverHold — domain doesn’t resolve. Usually pending payment or a dispute.
  • redemptionPeriod — domain expired and is in the 30-day grace period before deletion.
  • pendingDelete — domain will be released back to the public registry within five days.