It started pretty back…even before 1990. The oldest .COM domain name is SYMBOLICS.COM which was registered on 15-Mar-1985…man I was of just about 2 years at that time 8O.
Here are the 15 oldest .COM domain names –
| Rank | Create date | Domain name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15-Mar-1985 | SYMBOLICS.COM |
| 2. | 24-Apr-1985 | BBN.COM |
| 3. | 24-May-1985 | (dead link – http://www.think.com/) THINK.COM |
| 4. | 11-Jul-1985 | MCC.COM |
| 5. | 30-Sep-1985 | DEC.COM |
| 6. | 07-Nov-1985 | (dead link – http://www.northrop.com/) NORTHROP.COM |
| 7. | 09-Jan-1986 | XEROX.COM |
| 8. | 17-Jan-1986 | SRI.COM |
| 9. | 03-Mar-1986 | HP.COM |
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10. |
05-Mar-1986 | (dead link – http://www.bellcore.com/) BELLCORE.COM |
| 11. | 19-Mar-1986 | IBM.COM |
| 12. | 19-Mar-1986 | SUN.COM |
| 13. | 25-Mar-1986 | INTEL.COM |
| 14. | 25-Mar-1986 | TI.COM |
| 15. | 25-Apr-1986 | ATT.COM |
Felt good to see names like Intel, HP, IBM and TI in the list.
For rest of the list, you can visit – THE 100 OLDEST CURRENTLY-REGISTERED .COM DOMAINS.