--- title: The first .COM EVER? | daily.dev description: On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics became the first company to register a .com domain in internet history, making symbolics.com the very first .com domain ever... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The first .COM EVER? | daily.dev og:description: On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics became the first company to register a .com domain in internet history, making symbolics.com the very first .com domain ever... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U9QNssCey.png og:image:alt: The first .COM EVER? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The first .COM EVER? **[LaurieWired](https://daily.dev/sources/lauriewired)** · 1 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics became the first company to register a .com domain in internet history, making symbolics.com the very first .com domain ever registered. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What was the first .com domain ever registered? Symbolics.com was the first .com domain ever registered, on March 15, 1985. It belonged to Symbolics, a computer manufacturer known for Lisp machines, predating registrations by companies like Apple, IBM, and Microsoft. _Trivia buffs and developers tracing internet history swap facts like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [7 reasons to register a .info domain name](https://daily.dev/posts/7-reasons-to-register-a-info-domain-name-ivy4pscqr) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [YC startups are abandoning .com](https://daily.dev/posts/yc-startups-are-abandoning-com-rzpqmvgrn) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The first .COM EVER?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T21:20:24.220Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:05:04.196Z","description":"On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics became the first company to register a .com domain in internet history, making symbolics.com the very first .com domain ever...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h2fWjZIUCK8/hqdefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h2fWjZIUCK8/hqdefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"LaurieWired","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"LaurieWired","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--PWgKO8OW--/f_auto/v1713076011/logos/lauriewired","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lauriewired"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"The first .COM EVER?","description":"On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics became the first company to register a .com domain in internet history, making symbolics.com the very first .com domain ever...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h2fWjZIUCK8/hqdefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-03T21:20:24.220Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/U9QNssCey","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/h2fWjZIUCK8"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LaurieWired","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lauriewired"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The first .COM EVER?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-first-com-ever--u9qnsscey#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What was the first .com domain ever registered?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Symbolics.com was the first .com domain ever registered, on March 15, 1985. 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