Domain Expiry Monitoring You Can Set and Forget
Track every domain registration with RDAP, the modern successor to WHOIS, and know exactly how many days remain until each one expires. We alert you well in advance — typically 30, 14, and 7 days out — so renewing is always a calm decision, never a midnight emergency.
Comprehensive Domain Expiry Monitoring Features
Everything you need to keep your domains registered and online
RDAP-Based Lookups
We query registries over RDAP, the modern, structured replacement for WHOIS, for accurate and reliable expiry data without the parsing guesswork of legacy WHOIS text.
Days Until Expiry
Every check reports the exact number of days remaining until your domain expires, so you always know where each registration stands at a glance.
Tiered Advance Alerts
Get warned well ahead of the deadline with multiple reminders — typically 30, 14, and 7 days out — giving you ample time to renew before anything goes offline.
Registrar Details
See which registrar manages each domain, so when a renewal is due you know exactly where to log in and who to contact.
Domain Status Codes
We surface EPP status codes like clientHold, pendingDelete, and clientTransferProhibited, so you catch holds, transfers, and deletions before they cause an outage.
Registration Dates
Track creation, last-updated, and expiry dates for every domain to keep a clear, auditable record of each registration's full lifecycle.
Smart Notifications
Receive instant alerts on every expiry milestone and status change via email, Slack, Discord, and webhooks, so the right people always know in time.
Automatic Re-Checks
Once you renew, the next check picks up the new expiry date automatically and resets the countdown, so your dashboard always reflects reality without manual updates.
Why Choose Our Domain Expiry Monitoring?
An expired domain is one of the most avoidable outages there is — yet it takes your website and email offline the instant it lapses, and a dropped domain can be snapped up by squatters within hours. Our monitoring turns that catastrophic, fully self-inflicted risk into a non-event by watching every registration with RDAP and warning you weeks before the deadline. You get the registrar, the status codes, and a clear countdown for each domain, plus alerts on the channels your team already uses. It is cheap insurance against an outage that no engineer ever wants to explain.
Accurate RDAP-based expiry data, not brittle WHOIS parsing
Tiered reminders typically at 30, 14, and 7 days out
Registrar identified for every domain you track
Domain status codes like clientHold and pendingDelete surfaced
Creation, updated, and expiry dates recorded
Automatic re-checks pick up renewals with no manual steps
Monitor all of your domains from one dashboard
Instant notifications via email, Slack, Discord, and more
How Domain Expiry Monitoring Works
Add a domain once and stop worrying about renewals
Add Your Domain
Enter the domain name you want to watch. There is nothing to install and no DNS changes to make — we look it up directly.
Set Your Reminders
Choose how far in advance you want to be warned. The defaults cover the common 30, 14, and 7-day milestones, and you can tune them to fit your renewal process.
Monitor Continuously
We query the domain over RDAP on a schedule, tracking the days until expiry, the registrar, and any change in domain status codes.
Get Alerted in Time
As each milestone approaches — or if a worrying status like clientHold or pendingDelete appears — you receive an immediate notification with all the details you need to act.
Domain Expiry Monitoring Use Cases
Essential for anyone responsible for a domain name
Business-Critical Domains
Your primary domain carries your website, your email, and your brand. Monitoring its expiry ensures a lapsed auto-renewal or expired card never takes your entire business offline overnight.
Large Domain Portfolios
Agencies, brands, and IT teams often manage dozens or hundreds of domains across several registrars. Centralized expiry monitoring gives you one place to see what is due and what needs attention.
Client & Customer Domains
Hosting providers and agencies are often blamed when a client's domain lapses, even if it was the client's to renew. Monitoring lets you warn customers proactively and protect your reputation.
Brand & Defensive Domains
Typo and defensive registrations are easy to forget until they drop and a squatter grabs them. Expiry alerts keep your protective domains in your hands instead of someone else's.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about domain expiry monitoring
From our blog
Guides, deep-dives, and best practices from the WatchFor team
Ready to Stop Worrying About Domain Renewals?
Add your domains in minutes and let us watch the calendar for you. Domain expiry monitoring is included from the Starter plan (€7/mo) — never lose a domain to a missed renewal again.