Where the data comes from
We query rdap.org, which forwards the request to the registry responsible for the domain’s ending, such as Verisign for .com or Nominet for .uk. RDAP is the standardised, machine-readable successor to WHOIS, so the dates come straight from the registry’s record, not from a third-party database.
For each domain we show:
- Registration date and age. When the current registration began.
- Expiry date. Flagged if it’s within 60 days. A lapsed domain can be registered by someone else.
- Registrar and nameservers. Who the domain is registered through and which DNS provider serves it.
- Status codes and DNSSEC. Transfer and update locks, and whether the zone is signed.
Domain age and SEO
A lot of SEO advice still treats an old domain as an asset in itself. Google has said otherwise. John Mueller’s 2019 answer, “No, domain age helps nothing,” is still the clearest statement, and he repeated the point in 2023. What an older site usually has is years of links, content and brand searches. Those are what rank.
That makes this tool useful for other reasons:
- Buying a domain. A recent registration date on a domain sold as “aged” tells you it changed hands or lapsed. Check what it used to host before you build on it.
- Renewals. Confirm your own expiry date and that auto-renew is set with your registrar.
- Due diligence. A shop or partner whose domain is a few weeks old deserves a closer look.
What moved our own product, Versely, from about 2 clicks a day to around 40 in Search Console was a playbook of technical fixes, programmatic pages and rewrites of titles already ranking. Its domain was registered in October 2025 (run it through this tool), less than a year before that climb. To give a new product its first indexed page and a followed link, you can launch it free.
Limits
Some country-code registries don’t offer public RDAP. Records of expired and re-registered domains show only the latest registration.