When was shopify.com built?
Analyzed 30 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
November 2005
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that shopify.com launched in November 2005 (71% confidence), with domain registration recorded in March 2005.
- Website age
- ~21 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- March 2005
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- November 2005
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between July 2025 and October 2026
- 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
March 2005
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
May–November 2005
Between November 2005 and April 2006
Between May 2007 and August 2008
Between August 2008 and November 2009
Between November 2009 and July 2025
Between July 2025 and October 2026
October 2026
Current website
“Shopify: The All-in-One Commerce Platform for Businesses - Shopify”, built with Shopify
ConfirmedVisit
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Shopify. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Hosting / CDN
Cloudflare, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is cloudflare
- cf-ray response header
- 100% detection confidence
- CSS framework
Tailwind CSSsince 2026, 98% confidence. Show evidence.
- Tailwind CSS build banner
- Many responsive utility classes (e.g. md:flex, lg:px-8)
- 98% detection confidence
- Ecommerce
Shopifysince 2025, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads assets from cdn.shopify.com
- 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20058 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: November 2005.
- Domain registered: March 2005 (8 months earlier).
March 2005
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
November 2005
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
August 2008
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
November 2009
jQuery first seen
jQuery appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
July 2025
Shopify first seen
Shopify appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
October 2026
Tailwind CSS first seen
Tailwind CSS 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 555 sitemap entries.
Too recent to date the launchXML sitemapView source
October 2026
Homepage Last-Modified header
When the server says the current homepage file last changed.
Background onlyHTTP headersView source
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
75 months of archived homepage copies; 11 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered March 2005 · MarkMonitor Inc.
- Registered
- 11 March 2005
- Registration expires
- 11 March 2027
- Registry record updated
- 2 September 2025
- Registrar
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Nameservers
- gold.foundationdns.com, gold.foundationdns.net, gold.foundationdns.org
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.