Aged domains - question

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Hi all,

I am interested to buy a aged domain. When I read few posts here, my understanding is, you have to buy and register a domain before it is dropped a.k.a. expired.
If a domain is expired, and if I buy though the old domain was created several years ago, since I registered it today, the age resets to today.

I have a question on this. eg. Welcome to ASHOPPINGMALL.COM
When I checked via Domain tools, it shows:
- 3 registrars and 1 drop
- Created: 2005-09-25
Expires:
2014-09-25

Updated:
2014-01-11

My question is: if I buy this domain and register, as it shows 1 drop, does the created date stay at 2005 or resets to 2014-01-11 or 2014-01-18?

Thanks.
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  • When I bought an 11 year old domain it showed the date I had registered it, but it is easy for people to do research on the wayback machine and see that it is an old domain.
  • When I checked this site Welcome to ASHOPPINGMALL.COM in waybackmachine, it shows an indexed page in 1997 June 28th. https://web.archive.org/web/20070201...oppingmall.com

    1) If this site is created in 2005, how come it is showing a page in 1997?
    2) If I want to buy an aged domain and want to keep the age, I am confused as I asked the question in the first post.
    Wayback machine can show archived/indexed page but the domain might have expired and then bought and registered by somebody else at which point it loses its age and shows the current date of registration. Am I misunderstanding this?

    Thank you.
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    • You can not register a domain name that was previously registered by another person and retain the original age of the domain name.
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  • Yes, by default the expired domain is dropped from the registrar's database and will reflect the status dropped. However, in the event you are the original person that registered the domain and let it expire within the grace period to renew the domain then you have to email support and inform them to change the registrar record. I have to do it from time time to time.
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  • You buy them to retain the backlinks and PR, not the age.

    Z
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    • No, because all backlinks and PR of an expired domain are de-indexed.
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  • Thank you all for the responses.

    Aged domains: we buy to keep backlinks and PR but not age
    Expired domains: no backlinks or pr juice as they are de-indexed.

    Steve, I am not buying this domain. It is Welcome to ASHOPPINGMALL.COM
    I am using it as an example to understand.

    But I haven't seen the answer to my question yet.

    When I checked via Domain tools for this domain, it shows:
    - 3 registrars and 1 drop
    - Created: 2005-09-25
    Expires:
    2014-09-25

    Updated:
    2014-01-11

    My question is: if I buy this domain and register today, as it shows 1 drop, does the created date stay at 2005 or resets to 2014-01-11 or 2014-01-18?

    Thank you.
  • The create date would stay at 2005 if you bought it. Since you can find archives back to 1997 and the domain shows 1 drop, that drop happened sometime between 1997 and 2005.

    A domain will retain its age throughout the expiry process. If it is not renewed or purchased at auction then it falls back into the domain pool. The 'dropped' domain is now available to anyone at any registrar.

    If someone finds it available and buys it after this point it is a 'new' domain with a new age showing another drop. This would be a 'new' domain with a new 'creation date'.

    A 'drop' is the period between ownership when the domain is in the public pool.

    If a domain has drops, the 'creation date' is the date of registration after the last drop. And the age would be calculated from there.

    You don't want aged domains with too many drops in their history.

    Having said that, Google may age domains their own way and not rely on ICANN. After all, they have records of the domain in their own archives independent of ICANN records.

    Mahlon
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    • Thank you Onsubie and Fastreplies.

      As you can see in this thread, there is so much confusion on this.

      You answered my question, that the creation is 2005 after one drop.

      Just to make sure I got this right,
      - Say I find a domain available in Godaddy auctions, and Domaintools show that its creation date is 2005, I keep that age when I buy via auction even though I buy and register in 2014. Right?
      - Someone mentioned, even though the creation date is 2005, after I register it goes to current date....how to find that this won't happen with a particular domain I am interested in?

      Some explanation will definitely help a lot of people who read this thread.

      Also if I am buying aged domains at Godaddy, what is the process like step by step to do this.

      Thank you.
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  • I have bought domains from Godaddy auctions that have never dropped their original date. I think the registrar still owns the domain during the grace period, and if the owner does not renew, you have an option to purchase before it goes for deletion.

    I have 15 year old domains that have me as the owner, and have the original creation date.
  • The saying is that Bing.com loves aged domains.
    Having said that, sometimes whey you buy, the age reverts to the date of purchase.
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    Aged domains - question

    Hi all, I am interested to buy a aged domain. When I read few posts here, my understanding is, you have to buy and register a domain before it is dropped a.k.a. expired.