The 100 Oldest Currently-registered .com Domains
 

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

Thats back when basically only .gov and .edu got any use and it was almost exclusively for ftp use. Probably those .coms were registered just so the companies could interface with DoD and University resources.

oldddddd

kinda wish i woulda caught on back then. oh wellz...

I want www.x.com

i want www.www.com

I know who owns that !

great info...thanks

http://www.jottings.com/100-oldest-dot-com-domains.htm

This domain list was part of a 30-Nov-2004 blog entry
at Jottings.com entitled "My Kingdom for a Time Machine!"

No problem, the owner will accept payment thru paypal only though.
:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Anyone selling any pre-1990 domain?:)

that looks like all companies registering their own names. I would love to see a list of the first 1000 .com registered when individuals started doing it for potential income, like sex.com free.com etc...

I bet some people had some huge blunders. Didn't Lars register cyberzine.com or some shit like that back in 95 ? I am sure there were names still around back then that would be worth millions today.

Cool facts...
 

November 1983 ? The rapid growth of the internet caused massive problems in bookkeeping. To deal with this problem a group including Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris and Craig Partrige published RFC 882 which created the domain name system (DNS) to make Internet navigation easier. With DNS, users can type host names such as ?USC-ISIF? instead of ?10.2.0.52.? Every Address would have information from specific to general.

October 1984 ? RFC 920 establishes 7 generic ?top level domains? (gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org and .gov) to provide domain space for corporations, non-profits, schools, networks, US government offices and the US military.

1985 ? DARPA put pressure on Internet Users to adopt DNS addresses.


--- Quotes taken from: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/p...nshistory.html


There were earlier Domain Names, but they were for testing and were not commercial as it is today... as far as I understand they no longer exist.

Later,

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I wish I started regging domains VERY early!

I love '42= 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM'
so much potential, and yet they're buying hyphens :D :D

Does the name start with R?

Does the last name start with L?

;)

All the fun we've missed! I know!

Interesting list, MOxxx

by those days I was playing atari

yep indeed!

'85... I was a year old. Wish I had been some domain-regging prodigy!

same here lol

nice list

I was playing "Intellivison"

Interesting how Microsoft isn't on that list...

And yet the likes of Apple, Tandy, Adobe, etc are...

Ron

damn,no porn domains in those days:)

Talk about old school!

x.com, I think I used to have a bank account & debit card with them...

great list!

Anyone remember what this used to be :thumbsup

I rarely see a .com for sale that was registered in 1998 or earlier. Any that sell go for a pretty penny (so to speak), more like at least a few grand!

I regged loads of domains in 98-99 and what the fuck did I reg?? Loads of shitty 20 letter domains that werent even generic :(

When I started to realize that regging ebonyvideos.com instead of blackslutsuckysuckyvideos.com it was far too late

thats a trip.. thanks for the list

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I wish I can go back then..

wow www.com what a name!

Domains biz is fun.

Same list with PR.... and Alexa rank.. that'd be something.

time goes by...

Too bad that DNS got pushed through. I still think it would have been easier/better if everything ran off IPs.

Not really. MS never has been on the cutting edge of anything except failure. :2 cents:

Where is microsoft ?

That is a very interesting list. Thanks for sharing it.

Yeah that is very interesting.. no adult.

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

:2 cents::2 cents::2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

xerox.com good one

it's always nice to go through that list once in a while :)

LOL stargates on that list :P

damn thats some killer domains :)

Waiting for Internet Explorer to get developed ....

Yeah where msft at? hehe