.xyz Domain Age Checker

.xyz is one of the more heavily promoted "new gTLDs" from the 2014 expansion, chosen for its low price and openness — anyone can register a .xyz domain with essentially no restrictions. That combination of low cost and easy registration has also made it disproportionately popular for short-lived spam, throwaway, and disposable marketing sites, alongside plenty of legitimate use.

RDAP support for .xyz is generally available. Because the barrier to registering (and abandoning) a .xyz domain is so low, age here is a more useful signal than on most TLDs: a .xyz domain with several years of consistent history and Wayback captures has cleared a bar that a large share of .xyz registrations never reach.

If you're doing a backlink or SEO audit and a .xyz domain shows up in a link profile, checking its actual age and history is worth the extra step before treating it as either a red flag or a legitimate source — the TLD alone doesn't tell you which.

Related reading: Does Domain Age Affect SEO Rankings?