When was idaromatics.co.uk built?
Analyzed 28 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 idaromatics.co.uk launched in March 2004 (59% confidence), despite the domain being registered in August 1998, resolving a 6-year domain parking gap where the domain was held before web content was deployed.
- Earlier archived copies show an unrelated website on this domain, probably from a previous owner, so the estimate starts after it.
- Website age
- ~22.5 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- August 1998
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- March 2004
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between August 2006 and December 2008
- 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
August 1998
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
December 2003 – March 2004
Between December 2003 and March 2004
Different website replaced
Before this, the domain showed an unrelated website (“www.idaromatics.co.uk - Easyspace Holding Page”) 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
Between August 2006 and December 2008
October 2026
Current website
“Essential Oils - ID Aromatics UK, Essential oil wholesalers and aromatherapy suppliers”
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- Analytics
Google Analyticssince 2016, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads analytics.js / ga.js
- 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20044 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the current website: March 2004.
- Last archived copy of a different website: December 2003 (3 months earlier).
August 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
December 2003
Last archived copy of a different website
Until here the domain showed an unrelated website (“www.idaromatics.co.uk - Easyspace Holding Page”), with no shared content with the current one — probably a previous owner.
Sets the earliest possible dateInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
March 2004
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
August 2016
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics 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 websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
185 months of archived homepage copies; 14 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered August 1998 · Freethought Internet Limited
- Registered
- 19 August 1998
- Registration expires
- 19 August 2027
- Registry record updated
- 3 August 2026
- Registrar
- Freethought Internet Limited
- Nameservers
- one.freethought-dns.uk., three.freethought-dns.net., two.freethought-dns.com.
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.