New Becomes Old

About a year ago I looked up the first domain we ever sold. Strangely enough there were ads on the site … who would have thunk …. 

What I found interesting was this name (which was hand registered by me in 1998 and sold in 2000) had a WHOIS record showing the domain was created in 2002.

Funny, I sold this name a couple years before it was officially created. 

Using the domain history tool at DomainTools it was easy to find the creation date of 1998 but this is our business so we know how to find information. End users and buyers sometimes take the WHOIS information for face value and try to negotiate for a better price since the name is not that old. A good domain can be a day old or 10 years old - it really doesn’t matter. If mortgage.com was registered yesterday we (and most of you) would still pay a suitcase full of cash for that name today.

If you have development plans then its wiser to spend time researching how a domain fits in your overall business plan than focus on minor details such as age.

A good domain is a good domain.

What is new becomes old.

It’s as simple as that.