How it Works
The idea, in plain language
The timeline of history is made of days. Most belong to no one in particular. The Time Owner is a permanent public registry that lets a person, a family, or an organization put their name on a single calendar day and mark it as theirs.
One day, one owner
Every date from year 1 through December 31, 2099 is in the registry. Each one can be claimed by exactly one bearer. Once claimed, the day's record page shows the owner's name, their story, and an optional photograph. The record is public. It does not expire.
Why someone would do this
Most ways of marking a moment fade. Carved initials wear off. Star registries have no agreed-upon authority. A name on a durable, public ledger is something different: a small, deliberate act of permanence in a culture that mostly does the opposite.
People claim birthdays, anniversaries, the day a child was born, the day a company started, the day someone they loved was born or passed. There is no rule about which days deserve to be marked. The point is that you decided.
What ownership is, and isn't
It is a public registry entry. It is not a legal property right in the date itself. No one is prevented from celebrating July 4 because someone else owns it on the registry. What is unique is the ledger entry: only one bearer name and one record per date, in this registry, forever.
The tiers
Most days carry a flat fee. A small number are priced higher because of broader cultural significance, and a small number are blocked entirely out of historical sensitivity (mass tragedies, for example). The breakdown:
- Standard from $29 Most ordinary calendar days.
- Notable from $99 Recurring cultural marks (Pi Day, Earth Day) and one-off historic moments (the moon landing, the fall of the Berlin Wall).
- Landmark from $199 Annual anchors many people share (New Year's Day, Christmas, July 4).
- Blocked unavailable A small set of dates around historical tragedies. Not for sale, ever.
Pricing is indicative until launch. Reserved dates are honored at the price announced at launch.
Pre-launch and the invitation system
The registry is not yet open to the public. We are running a pre-launch phase to let the first wave of bearers shape what the registry looks like on opening day. There are two paths during this phase.
Specific dates are reserved by invitation. Holders of a successful reservation each receive three single-use invitation links. Anyone who reserves a specific date through such a link is marked priority for launch day, and the inviter earns a launch-day perk for each invitation that converts. We do not sell or assign invitations directly. If you received only the code as text, paste it on the redeem page and pick your date from there.
The general waitlist is open to anyone. If you do not have an invitation, joining the waitlist with your email gets you first access when public claims open. After launch, the registry is open to anyone without an invitation.
Reservations and invitations are non-binding holds. They do not guarantee a claim. We may decline a reservation if a date is reclassified, if abuse is detected, or if the registry is paused or closed. See terms for the full conditions.
What you receive when you claim
A permanent record on the registry — your name, your story, and an optional photograph, attached to your date forever. Optional add-ons at the time of claim include an archival-quality printed certificate mailed to any address, and featured placement to highlight your day in the browsing experience.
The long view
Records are stored in a durable, exportable format and we are committed to maintaining the registry indefinitely. If anything about that commitment ever changes, every record holder is notified, given at least 90 days, and given a way to take their record with them. That is the floor.