100 Oldest Domains

Having been in the domain industry for such a long time, I have had the opportunity to work with many of the world’s best domain portfolio holders. Sometimes I think about how great it would be to have a time machine and go back and register some of the best domain names. Let’s turn back the clock and look at the first 100 domains that were ever registered. There are some great ones on the list that make total sense. It is also exciting to see the early adopters who registered their brands.

There are also a few others on there that left me scratching my head, thinking:
With all of those other domains available, this was the best for your organization at the time??

If you look at BELL-ATL.COM, ATL was an acronym for Atlantic. Why not register Atlantic, Bell, or BellAtlantic all at the same time? TOAD.COM was registered, but not Frog or Prince?

It is easy to be the Monday morning quarterback – it was certainly a different time 30+ years ago! They had no idea how valuable domains would become in the age of the Internet.

 1.  SYMBOLICS.COM      26.  BOEING.COM          51.  CCUR.COM           76.  PARCPLACE.COM
 2.  BBN.COM            27.  ITCORP.COM          52.  CI.COM             77.  UTC.COM
 3.  THINK.COM          28.  SIEMENS.COM         53.  CONVERGENT.COM     78.  IDE.COM
 4.  MCC.COM            29.  PYRAMID.COM         54.  DG.COM             79.  TRW.COM
 5.  DEC.COM            30.  ALPHACDC.COM        55.  PEREGRINE.COM      80.  UNIPRESS.COM
 6.  NORTHROP.COM       31.  BDM.COM             56.  QUAD.COM           81.  DUPONT.COM
 7.  XEROX.COM          32.  FLUKE.COM           57.  SQ.COM             82.  LOCKHEED.COM
 8.  SRI.COM            33.  INMET.COM           58.  TANDY.COM          83.  ROSETTA.COM
 9.  HP.COM             34.  KESMAI.COM          59.  TTI.COM            84.  TOAD.COM
10.  BELLCORE.COM       35.  MENTOR.COM          60.  UNISYS.COM         85.  QUICK.COM
11.  IBM.COM            36.  NEC.COM             61.  CGI.COM            86.  ALLIED.COM
12.  SUN.COM            37.  RAY.COM             62.  CTS.COM            87.  DSC.COM
13.  INTEL.COM          38.  ROSEMOUNT.COM       63.  SPDCC.COM          88.  SCO.COM
14.  TI.COM             39.  VORTEX.COM          64.  APPLE.COM          89.  GENE.COM
15.  ATT.COM            40.  ALCOA.COM           65.  NMA.COM            90.  KCCS.COM
16.  GMR.COM            41.  GTE.COM             66.  PRIME.COM          91.  SPECTRA.COM
17.  TEK.COM            42.  ADOBE.COM           67.  PHILIPS.COM        92.  WLK.COM
18.  FMC.COM            43.  AMD.COM             68.  DATACUBE.COM       93.  MENTAT.COM
19.  UB.COM             44.  DAS.COM             69.  KAI.COM            94.  WYSE.COM
20.  BELL-ATL.COM       45.  DATA-IO.COM         70.  TIC.COM            95.  CFG.COM
21.  GE.COM             46.  OCTOPUS.COM         71.  VINE.COM           96.  MARBLE.COM
22.  GREBYN.COM         47.  PORTAL.COM          72.  NCR.COM            97.  CAYMAN.COM
23.  ISC.COM            48.  TELTONE.COM         73.  CISCO.COM          98.  ENTITY.COM
24.  NSC.COM            49.  3COM.COM            74.  RDL.COM            99.  KSR.COM
25.  STARGATE.COM       50.  AMDAHL.COM          75.  SLB.COM           100.  NYNEXST.COM