When was etsy.com built?
Analyzed 30 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
July 2005
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that etsy.com launched in July 2005 (64% confidence), with domain registration recorded in February 2004.
- Earlier archived copies show an unrelated website on this domain, probably from a previous owner, so the estimate starts after it.
- Website age
- ~21.5 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- February 2004
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- July 2005
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between August and September 2019
- 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
Between May 2001 and July 2005
Different website replaced
Before this, the domain showed an unrelated website (“" + mfr + " " + sysname + " " + ip + "”) that shares no content with today's site — most likely a previous owner. Its history isn't counted as this website's.
Medium confidencePrevious websiteCurrent website
February 2004
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
January–July 2005
Between April 2009 and August 2013
Between August 2013 and January 2018
Between August and September 2019
Built with today
The website blocked our request (common with bot protection).
Why we think it launched in 20055 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the current website: July 2005.
- Domain registered: February 2004 (17 months earlier).
May 2001
Last archived copy of a different website
Until here the domain showed an unrelated website (“" + mfr + " " + sysname + " " + ip + "”), with no shared content with the current one — probably a previous owner.
Sets the earliest possible dateInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
February 2004
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
July 2005
First archived copy of the current website
The earliest snapshot in the Internet Archive showing this website, after an unrelated website used the domain.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
April 2009
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
January 2018
Google Tag Manager first seen
Google Tag Manager appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteUnavailable
- Archived page comparisonChecked
264 months of archived homepage copies; 20 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered February 2004 · MarkMonitor Inc.
- Registered
- 5 February 2004
- Registration expires
- 5 February 2027
- Registry record updated
- 4 January 2025
- Registrar
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Nameservers
- dns1.p03.nsone.net, dns3.p03.nsone.net, ns-1264.awsdns-30.org, ns-162.awsdns-20.com
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.