New domain but 6y old?

wuptii · Feb 12, 2011

Hello.

1-2 weeks i bought a new domain from godaddy.
Today i start using the domain and i do some checks on the domain and every place i check it says my new domain is 6 years old.

Is this normal and how does it work?
I have never tryed this before.

Zak_A · Feb 12, 2011

Probably someone else registered it 6 years ago and didn't renew it. So it became available again until you buy it. As simple as that

littlewebdragon · Feb 12, 2011

And it does not have any sort of special value (it does if it still has some backlinks), but since it's dropped I think it does not count as old, aged domain...

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

wuptii · Feb 12, 2011

So basicly i should treat it as a new domain and not a 6yr old?

littlewebdragon · Feb 12, 2011

I think you should treat is as new domain name. Check this graph below for more info about "life" of domain names:

Originally from ICANN.

DamnTees · Feb 13, 2011

If the domain was dropped it will lose its first registration date and you will have to start all over again. Did you possibly buy this from a Godaddy auction? This may be the reason your domain kept its first registration date

Nosence · Feb 13, 2011

I have this on one of mine that was registered in december, and it still shows as being 7 years old and 8 months. What are you using to check domain age? I was using seoquake in firefox

Oliverk48 · Feb 13, 2011

It's just a dropped domain. You can easily check the drop in the whois information.

Use: domaintools.c0m to check the whois info.

wuptii · Feb 14, 2011

So how should i treat this domain?
Like a brand new or like a 6yr old?

New domain but 6y old?

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