When was alterspace.com built?
Analyzed 31 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
March 2004
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that alterspace.com launched in March 2004 (65% confidence), despite the domain being registered in February 1998, resolving a 6-year domain parking gap where the domain was held before web content was deployed.
- Earlier archived copies show a placeholder or parking page, which narrows the launch window.
- Website age
- ~22.5 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- February 1998
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- March 2004
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between December 2014 and November 2024
- Possible major redesign
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
February 1998
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
September 2003 – March 2004
Between December 2014 and November 2024
October 2026
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Squarespace. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Website builder
Squarespacesince 2024, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads assets from Squarespace's CDN
- Squarespace context object in page
- 100% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20045 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: March 2004.
- Last archived placeholder page: August 2001 (31 months earlier).
February 1998
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source
August 2001
Last archived placeholder page
The archive still showed a placeholder here (Coming soon page), so the real website launched after this.
Sets the earliest possible dateInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
March 2004
First archived copy of the website
The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
November 2024
Squarespace first seen
Squarespace appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
October 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 9 sitemap entries.
Too recent to date the launchXML sitemapView source
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
28 months of archived homepage copies; 11 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered February 1998 · NameCheap, Inc.
- Registered
- 18 February 1998
- Registration expires
- 17 February 2027
- Registry record updated
- 18 January 2026
- Registrar
- NameCheap, Inc.
- Nameservers
- connect1.squarespacedns.com, connect2.squarespacedns.com
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.