# Lessons Learned From The Internet’s First Domain Names

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Author: Jeffrey Gabriel
Published: 2020-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-07-31T01:43:17.511Z
Topic: Industry News & Trends

Co-Founder of Saw.com, Jeffrey Gabriel, is featured on Forbes, and this time, he goes over the first ten domains ever registered and what we can learn from them. Jeffrey discusses their values and covers what makes them valuable. It is easy to look back as hindsight is 20/20, but it is interesting to see what names were registered first.

A special thanks to [DomainIQ.com](http://www.domainiq.com/) and [Estibot](http://www.estibot.com/) for supplying the data for this article.

Here it is:

[First Ten Domains Ever Registered:](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2020/10/02/lessons-learned-from-the-internets-first-domain-names/)

March 15, 1985: Symbolics.com

April 14, 1985: BBN.com

May 24, 1985: Think.com

July 11, 1985: MCC.com

September 30, 1985: DEC.com

November 7, 1985: Northrop.com

January 9, 1986: Xerox.com

January 17, 1986: SRI.com

March 3, 1986: HP.com

March 5, 1986: BellCore.com

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## About the author

Founder & CEO of Saw.com, is a renowned domain broker with over $500M in sales, including record-breaking deals like Sex.com and Ai.com. In 2019, he left his dream job to start his own company, sharing insights and inspiring others to push their limits through candid conversations with industry leaders.