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So, have you ever wondered who registered their domain first? Take a look at this table listing the 100 oldest dot-com registrations that are still active today! See any names you would have registered? This information looks at the dot-com domains only courtesy of Whois.net.

Rank

Create date

Domain name

1.

15-Mar-1985

SYMBOLICS.COM

2.

24-Apr-1985

BBN.COM

3.

24-May-1985

THINK.COM

4.

11-Jul-1985

MCC.COM

5.

30-Sep-1985

DEC.COM

6.

07-Nov-1985

NORTHROP.COM

7.

09-Jan-1986

XEROX.COM

8.

17-Jan-1986

SRI.COM

9.

03-Mar-1986

HP.COM

10.

05-Mar-1986

BELLCORE.COM

11.

19-Mar-1986

IBM.COM

11.

19-Mar-1986

SUN.COM

13.

25-Mar-1986

INTEL.COM

13.

25-Mar-1986

TI.COM

15.

25-Apr-1986

ATT.COM

16.

08-May-1986

GMR.COM

16.

08-May-1986

TEK.COM

18.

10-Jul-1986

FMC.COM

18.

10-Jul-1986

UB.COM

20.

05-Aug-1986

BELL-ATL.COM

20.

05-Aug-1986

GE.COM

20.

05-Aug-1986

GREBYN.COM

20.

05-Aug-1986

ISC.COM

20.

05-Aug-1986

NSC.COM

20.

05-Aug-1986

STARGATE.COM

26.

02-Sep-1986

BOEING.COM

27.

18-Sep-1986

ITCORP.COM

28.

29-Sep-1986

SIEMENS.COM

29.

18-Oct-1986

PYRAMID.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

ALPHACDC.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

BDM.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

FLUKE.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

INMET.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

KESMAI.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

MENTOR.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

NEC.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

RAY.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

ROSEMOUNT.COM

30.

27-Oct-1986

VORTEX.COM

40.

05-Nov-1986

ALCOA.COM

40.

05-Nov-1986

GTE.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

ADOBE.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

AMD.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

DAS.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

DATA-IO.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

OCTOPUS.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

PORTAL.COM

42.

17-Nov-1986

TELTONE.COM

42.

11-Dec-1986

3COM.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

AMDAHL.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

CCUR.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

CI.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

CONVERGENT.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

DG.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

PEREGRINE.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

QUAD.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

SQ.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

TANDY.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

TTI.COM

50.

11-Dec-1986

UNISYS.COM

61.

19-Jan-1987

CGI.COM

61.

19-Jan-1987

CTS.COM

61.

19-Jan-1987

SPDCC.COM

64.

19-Feb-1987

APPLE.COM

65.

04-Mar-1987

NMA.COM

65.

04-Mar-1987

PRIME.COM

67.

04-Apr-1987

PHILIPS.COM

68.

23-Apr-1987

DATACUBE.COM

68.

23-Apr-1987

KAI.COM

68.

23-Apr-1987

TIC.COM

68.

23-Apr-1987

VINE.COM

72.

30-Apr-1987

NCR.COM

73.

14-May-1987

CISCO.COM

73.

14-May-1987

RDL.COM

75.

20-May-1987

SLB.COM

76.

27-May-1987

PARCPLACE.COM

76.

27-May-1987

UTC.COM

78.

26-Jun-1987

IDE.COM

79.

09-Jul-1987

TRW.COM

80.

13-Jul-1987

UNIPRESS.COM

81.

27-Jul-1987

DUPONT.COM

81.

27-Jul-1987

LOCKHEED.COM

83.

28-Jul-1987

ROSETTA.COM

84.

18-Aug-1987

TOAD.COM

85.

31-Aug-1987

QUICK.COM

86.

03-Sep-1987

ALLIED.COM

86.

03-Sep-1987

DSC.COM

86.

03-Sep-1987

SCO.COM

89.

22-Sep-1987

GENE.COM

89.

22-Sep-1987

KCCS.COM

89.

22-Sep-1987

SPECTRA.COM

89.

22-Sep-1987

WLK.COM

93.

30-Sep-1987

MENTAT.COM

94.

14-Oct-1987

WYSE.COM

95.

02-Nov-1987

CFG.COM

96.

09-Nov-1987

MARBLE.COM

97.

16-Nov-1987

CAYMAN.COM

97.

16-Nov-1987

ENTITY.COM

99.

24-Nov-1987

KSR.COM

100.

30-Nov-1987

NYNEXST.COM

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  • 3 Responses to “The 100 Oldest Currently Registered Dot-Com Domains”

    1. on 03 Dec 2006 at 5:30 pm Krystal

      Jeff! What is the RSS feed thing…that you use?

    2. on 07 Dec 2006 at 1:48 pm Jeff Sickles

      It depends - are you discussing creating an RSS feed or viewing an RSS feed? I typically recommend people to use FeedReader for viewing RSS feeds and FeedBurner to create them. Hope this helps!

    3. on 13 Dec 2006 at 2:05 pm Heather H

      i didn’t know the Internet existed in the ’80s.

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