When was vercel.com built?
Analyzed 30 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
January 2026
Based on limited evidence, so treat the date as approximate.
BuiltWhen verified that vercel.com launched in January 2026 (10% confidence), despite the domain being registered in October 1999, resolving a 27-year domain parking gap where the domain was held before web content was deployed.
- No archived copy of the website was found, so the estimate relies on weaker signals.
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- Website age
- ~9 months
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- October 1999
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- January 2026
- XML sitemap
- Current version
- Unknown
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
October 1999
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
July 2025 – January 2026
October 2026
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Next.js. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Hosting / CDN
Vercel, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is Vercel
- x-vercel-id response header
- 100% detection confidence
- Framework
Next.js, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads bundles from /_next/static/
- X-Powered-By header names Next.js
- 100% detection confidence
- JavaScript library
React, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Implied by Next.js
- 90% detection confidence
- CSS framework
Tailwind CSS, 65% confidence. Show evidence.
- Many responsive utility classes (e.g. md:flex, lg:px-8)
- 65% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20262 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- Oldest page date in the sitemap: January 2026.
- Domain registered: October 1999 (315 months earlier).
October 1999
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
January 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 7067 sitemap entries.
The estimate is based on thisXML sitemapView source
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexUnavailable
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonNot applicable
BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered October 1999 · Amazon Registrar, Inc.
- Registered
- 4 October 1999
- Registration expires
- 4 October 2029
- Registry record updated
- 16 May 2026
- Registrar
- Amazon Registrar, Inc.
- Nameservers
- a.zeit-world.co.uk, b.zeit-world.org, e.zeit-world.com, f.zeit-world.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.