Domain Expiration Monitoring for Every Renewal Date You Own
Domain expiry monitoring reads each renewal date from the registry and reminds you 90, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before it lapses.
- Domain and SSL expiry in one inbox
- Reminders escalate as the date closes in
- Every registrar you use, no logins needed
The True Cost of a Missed Expiration
It happens to careful teams. A card on file expires, a registrar email lands in spam, the person who set up auto-renew leaves, and a domain the business depends on quietly lapses.
Lost Search Traffic
Once a lapsed domain is pointed at a parking page, the site it served disappears for visitors and search engines alike, and rankings built over years start to slip.
Browser Security Warnings
An expired SSL certificate puts a "Your connection is not private" warning in front of every visitor until it is replaced.
Losing the Name Itself
If the domain passes through redemption and is deleted, anyone can register it, and buying it back can cost far more than the renewal ever did.
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from your-main-app.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards).
Every Renewal Date in One Place
Stop logging into five registrars to check dates. Add each domain once and its renewal date is read from the registry that holds it, wherever it is registered.
- Sort the whole portfolio by expiry date, across every registrar.
- Group domains by client or project and filter by status.
- Independent of your registrar: the date comes from the registry record, the source your registrar also answers to.
Proactive Defense for Your Assets
Reminders are only as good as the date behind them, so the date is re-read on a schedule rather than taken once and trusted.
Registry Checks on a Schedule
Each domain is re-read from the registry over RDAP, with WHOIS as the fallback, at least once a day. A renewal your registrar processed moves the date forward, and the reminder ladder resets with it.
A Reminder Ladder
Renewal reminders at 90, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before expiry, delivered as one daily digest. Remove the rungs you do not want in settings, and send them to email, Slack, Discord or a webhook.
Certificate Checks
With SSL monitoring on, each certificate is checked once a day for its validity dates and whether it covers the hostname, with reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days. See SSL monitoring.
Who Needs Proactive Monitoring?
Anyone whose business would notice a domain going dark. Each of these links to the page for that kind of owner.
Domain Investors
A portfolio of hundreds of names renews on hundreds of dates. Keep every one in view so a name you meant to keep is never lost to a missed renewal.
Domain monitoring for investors Use CaseDigital Agencies
When client domains sit in client accounts, a missed renewal invoice takes their site down and lands on you. Track them all without needing their logins.
Domain monitoring for agencies Use CaseBusinesses & Brands
Defensive registrations and campaign microsites pile up across registrars. Keep them on one list so the ones you still need are renewed on time.
Domain monitoring for brand protectionDomainyze vs. the alternatives
How registry-read expiry monitoring compares to a spreadsheet and to an uptime monitor.
| Capability | Domainyze Domainyze | Manual checks | Generic uptime monitors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the date comes from | The registry, re-read on a schedule | Typed in once, then goes stale | Often not tracked at all |
| Multiple registrars | One list, every registrar | One login per registrar | n/a |
| Reminders | 90, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day, as one daily digest | Calendar entries you set yourself | Usually one warning |
| SSL certificates | Validity and hostname, reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days | A separate spreadsheet | Expiry date only |
| Delivery | Email, Slack, Discord or webhook | Whoever owns the calendar | Many channels |
| Registrar access needed | None | Every account | None |
Renewal reminders and certificate checks cover the domains in your portfolio, which is on Pro and Business. To check a single expiry date for free, use the domain expiry checker.
This is one capability of Domain monitoring, the lane it runs in. That page covers everything else the lane watches and what each plan includes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How reminders are timed, where the date comes from, and what happens after expiry.
What is domain expiry monitoring?
Domain expiry monitoring tracks the date each of your domains is due for renewal and warns you before it lapses. Domainyze reads that date from the registry itself, the authority every registrar answers to, and re-reads it on a schedule, so a renewal that went through clears the warning and one that silently failed does not.
When will I get a renewal reminder?
At 90, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before a domain expires. Reminders due on the same day arrive as one daily digest with a line per domain. You can remove rungs you do not need in settings, but not add ones wider than 90 days. Renewal reminders are part of the portfolio, on Pro and Business.
Why not just rely on my registrar’s auto-renew?
Auto-renew fails for ordinary reasons: an expired card, a billing dispute, an account the renewal notices no longer reach. Because Domainyze reads the expiry date from the registry rather than trusting the registrar’s settings, a domain that did not actually renew keeps its reminders coming while there is still time to act.
What happens when a domain expires?
Most extensions give a grace period, the auto-renew period, when the owner can still renew at the normal price, though many registrars park the domain and its site and email can stop working. After that comes the redemption period, with a recovery fee, then pending delete and release. Durations vary by extension; see the TLD pages.
Do I need to give Domainyze my registrar login or API key?
No. Expiry dates come from public registration data over RDAP and WHOIS, so nothing needs access to your registrar account. That also means domains held in client accounts or at registrars you rarely log into can be monitored alongside your own.
How often is the expiry date checked?
Every domain in your portfolio is re-read from the registry at least once a day, whether or not it is close to expiry. When a renewal goes through, the new date is picked up on the next check and the reminder ladder starts again from the new date.
Does it monitor SSL certificate expiry too?
Yes. Turn on SSL monitoring for a domain and its certificate is checked once a day for its validity dates and whether it covers the hostname. Reminders go out at 60, 30 and 7 days before it expires, and an invalid certificate raises its own alert. Details are on the SSL monitoring page.
Can I track the expiry date of a domain I do not own?
Yes. Add it to your watchlist instead of your portfolio. A watchlist is built for names you want rather than names you hold, and follows the domain through expiry to release. See domain watchlists.
Can expiry alerts go to my team instead of just me?
Yes, on Pro and Business. Add a Slack or Discord channel or a webhook as a destination and choose which alerts it receives, so renewal reminders can go to a shared finance channel while other alerts go elsewhere. See alert routing.