Company Domains
Stripe.com Was Registered in 1995. Stripe Didn't Exist Until 2010.
stripe.com is 15 years older than the company that uses it, and the Internet Archive has the site on record from 1996.
Key takeaways
- stripe.com was first registered on 12 September 1995 and its registration runs until 11 September 2027.
- Stripe was founded in 2010, 15 years after the domain was registered.
- The Internet Archive’s earliest saved copy of the site is from 18 December 1996.
- Crunchbase lists about $9B of total equity funding, which is money raised, not valuation.
stripe.com was first registered on 12 September 1995. Stripe did not exist until 2010. Its founders are John Collison and Patrick Collison. The domain is 15 years older than the company that now uses it.
Crunchbase lists Stripe’s total equity funding at about $9B. That is money raised, not valuation, and the figure is rounded. That puts Stripe at number 10 of the 1,856 companies in the list used for this series. The valuation is a different measure: $159B, as of February 2026 (employee tender offer).
The company at a glance
| Founded | 2010 (Wikipedia’s infobox says 2009, its text says 2010) |
| Founders | John Collison, Patrick Collison |
| Headquarters | South San Francisco, California, and Dublin, Ireland |
| Employees | about 8,500 (2025) |
| Revenue | about $5.1B (2024) |
| Payment volume | $1.9 trillion, up 34% (2025) |
| Valuation | $159B, February 2026 (employee tender offer) |
| Total equity funding | $9B raised, not valuation (Crunchbase, rounded) |
| Stock ticker | None. Privately held. |
The domain at a glance
| Extension | .com |
| Name length | six letters |
| First registered | 12 September 1995 |
| Age | 31 years |
| Registered until | 11 September 2027 |
| First archived | 18 December 1996 (Internet Archive) |
| Registrar | SafeNames Ltd. |
| Locked | Yes, against transfer |
| DNS | Amazon Route 53 |
| Google Workspace | |
| Other extensions | stripe.co.uk redirects to stripe.com; stripe.io redirects to stripe.com; stripe.ai does not respond; stripe.net redirects to stripe.com; stripe.org loads its own site |
What the registry records
The registry gives stripe.com a creation date of 12 September 1995 and a registration that runs until 11 September 2027. The registrar is SafeNames Ltd, and the domain carries registry locks against transfer.
The current registration of stripe.com is 31 years old. 1,362 of the 1,912 companies in the Crunchbase list use a .com address.
A registry creation date is the start of the current registration, not a sale date, and the record does not name earlier holders.
The archive before the company
The Internet Archive’s earliest saved copy of stripe.com is from 18 December 1996. It holds copies from 47 separate months before Stripe was founded. It has no copy for 2009 or 2010. In total it holds copies from 225 separate months.
How the name is used now
stripe.co.uk, stripe.io and stripe.net all redirect to stripe.com. stripe.org loads its own site, and who runs it has not been checked. stripe.ai resolves but returned no page. The DNS is hosted on Amazon Route 53 and email runs on Google Workspace.
About the company
Stripe is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, and Dublin, Ireland. It had about 8,500 employees in 2025, reported revenue of about $5.1B in 2024, and processed $1.9 trillion, up 34% in payments in 2025. It is privately held, so it has no ticker.
What was paid
No verified public record was found of what Stripe paid for stripe.com, so no price is given.
Recent news
- 6 October 2026: FedEx Dataworks and Stripe to join forces to reduce friction in global commerce for SMBs (Stripe newsroom)
- 30 September 2026: Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow (Stripe newsroom)
- 15 July 2026: Stripe, Advent make $53 billion takeover offer for PayPal (CNBC)
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Sources
- .com registry record (RDAP)
- Wikidata
- Crunchbase Unicorn Board
- Published report
- Internet Archive
- Published report
- Published report
Registry data checked 14 October 2026. Funding is from the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, which rounds its figures.
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Frequently asked questions
When was stripe.com registered?
stripe.com was first registered on 12 September 1995, according to the .com registry record. The registration runs until 11 September 2027.
How much did Stripe pay for stripe.com?
No verified public record was found of what Stripe paid for stripe.com, so no price is given.
Who founded Stripe?
Stripe was founded in 2010 by John Collison and Patrick Collison.
