PayPal.com is the best known online payment service provider.
PayPal enables individuals and businesses to send and receive payments online using email addresses, bank accounts, and credit cards. The service operates globally across 290 countries and regions, serving buyers and sellers on eBay, online retailers, and traditional businesses. Founded in 1988 and acquired by eBay in 2005, PayPal operates from San Jose, California and serves 700 million account members worldwide.
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Authority
100/100
Safety
90/100
Registered
Jul 15, 1999
27 years old · MarkMonitor Inc.
On record
since 2007
All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 7, 2026).
Current facts
What AboutUs observed on the live site and in WHOIS/DNS today. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
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Domain registered Jul 15, 1999 — 27 years old.
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Registrar today: MarkMonitor Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 22, 2026).
Authority 100/100— in the top 1% of scored sitesClear
Why this authority score
Prominence (Tranco rank #165; Open PageRank 5.3/10)+19
Verified continuity: 27.1 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+28
Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 63/99, which is what places this site at 100/100 against every other scored site.
Safety evidence
All checked sources came back clean
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2023 record.
1999
Domain registered (Jul 15, 1999).
2007
First tracked by AboutUs (Feb 6, 2007); profile edited 90 times through 2023.
2023
Self-description at the time:
“PayPal.com is the best known online payment service provider.”