When was stripe.com built?
Analyzed 8 November 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
December 1996
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that stripe.com launched in December 1996 (71% confidence), with domain registration recorded in September 1995.
- Website age
- ~30 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- September 1995
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- December 1996
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between February and March 2023
- 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
September 1995
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
June–December 1996
Between May 1997 and December 1998
Between September 2008 and October 2011
Between September and October 2016
Between May and June 2020
Between February and March 2023
November 2026
Current website
“Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue”, built with Next.js
ConfirmedVisit
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Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Next.js. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Framework
Next.jssince 2026, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- __NEXT_DATA__ script present
- Loads bundles from /_next/static/
- 100% detection confidence
- Web server
Nginx, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is nginx
- 90% detection confidence
- JavaScript library
Reactsince 2026, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Implied by Next.js
- 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 19967 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: December 1996.
- Domain registered: September 1995 (15 months earlier).
September 1995
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 1996
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
September 2008
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
October 2011
jQuery first seen
jQuery appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
September 2015
Stripe first seen
Stripe appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
June 2018
Google Tag Manager first seen
Google Tag Manager appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
November 2026
Next.js first seen
Next.js 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
225 months of archived homepage copies; 45 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered September 1995 · SafeNames Ltd.
- Registered
- 12 September 1995
- Registration expires
- 11 September 2027
- Registry record updated
- 1 October 2025
- Registrar
- SafeNames Ltd.
- Nameservers
- ns-1087.awsdns-07.org, ns-1882.awsdns-43.co.uk, ns-423.awsdns-52.com, ns-705.awsdns-24.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.