📅 Domain Age Checker

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  • • Enter just the domain name without protocol (e.g.,"example.com" not"https://example.com")
  • • Subdomains will be automatically stripped to check the main domain
  • • Some domains may have protected WHOIS information due to privacy services
  • • Results may vary depending on the domain's TLD and registrar policies
  • • Very new domains may not show all information immediately
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Querying WHOIS databases for domain information...

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Domain:
{{ results.domain }}
Age:
{{ results.age_formatted }}
Registered:
{{ formatDate(results.registration_date) }}
Expires:
{{ formatDate(results.expiration_date) }}
Registrar:
{{ results.registrar }}
Name Servers:
{{ ns }} +{{ results.name_servers.length - 4 }} more
Privacy: {{ results.privacy_protected ?'🔒 Protected' :'🔓 Public' }}
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{{ analysis.type ==='success' ?'✅' : analysis.type ==='warning' ?'⚠️' : analysis.type ==='error' ?'❌' :'ℹ️' }}
{{ analysis.category }}
{{ analysis.message }}
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{{ results.raw_whois }}
⚠️ {{ error }}

ℹ️ About Domain Age Checker

Domain Age Checker estimates how long a domain name has existed by reading registration data returned by WHOIS and RDAP services. Domain age is normally calculated from the earliest available creation or registration event, then shown alongside registrar, expiration, name server, status, and privacy signals that help explain the current registration.

Use it when you need to:

  • Check whether a shopping, login, or support site is newly registered before trusting it.
  • Review a domain during OSINT, phishing triage, brand monitoring, or vendor due diligence.
  • Compare creation, updated, and expiration dates before buying or transferring a domain.
  • Find registrar and name server clues for DNS troubleshooting or ownership follow-up.

What to look for in the results:

  • Registration date: the creation or registered-on date used for the age calculation.
  • Expiration date: the date the current registration term is expected to end if it is not renewed.
  • Updated date: a recent registrar, registry, DNS, or contact-data change; it is not the same as first registration.
  • Registrar and name servers: useful for ownership checks, DNS operations, and infrastructure correlation.
  • Status codes: values such as ok, clientTransferProhibited, or pendingDelete describe registry and registrar state.

Example: if a domain was registered on 2024-04-12 and expires on 2026-04-12, the age tells you how long the name has been in the registry, while the expiration date tells you when the current paid term ends. A domain registered in the last few days can be a useful risk signal for fraud review, but age alone is not proof of safety: old domains can be sold, dropped, or repurposed, and legitimate new projects often use new names.

WHOIS is specified in RFC 3912, while modern registration data commonly uses RDAP query and response formats from RFC 9082 and RFC 9083. RDAP service discovery is published through the IANA RDAP bootstrap registry, and ICANN maintains public guidance for RDAP users plus an EPP status code reference.

Results can vary by top-level domain, registrar, and registry policy. Some records are redacted for privacy, some ccTLDs publish limited fields, and legacy WHOIS text is not always consistent. Treat unavailable or partial data as an investigation clue rather than a final answer, especially when making security, legal, or purchasing decisions.

API Usage Example:

POST /api/tools/osint/domain-age
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "domain": "example.com"
}
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