---
title: Domain expiry monitors
description: Never lose a domain to a missed renewal again.
category: monitors
updated: 2026-10-12
tags: [domain, expiry, registration, whois, rdap]
---

A domain expiry monitor watches your domain's **registration** date — not its DNS or
its website — and warns you before it lapses. A forgotten renewal can take down
everything at once, so this is one of the highest-value monitors you can add.

![A domain expiry monitor's detail panel showing 129 days remaining before the domain registration lapses](/img/docs/app-monitor-domain.png)
*The days-remaining count is shown on the monitor, and the alert arrives long
before it reaches zero.*

Domain monitors are available on **Pro, Business and MSP**.

## Setting it up

- **Target** — the domain, e.g. `example.com`.

## What it tracks

- **Days until the registration expires.**
- The **registrar** on record.

We look this up from the authoritative registry for each domain, so the number is
accurate and current.

## Expiry alerts

Like SSL monitors, you get a **warning** reminder (default 14 days out) and a
**critical** reminder (default 7 days out) so a renewal never sneaks up on you.

## Good to know

- A handful of top-level domains don't publish machine-readable expiry data. If yours
  is one of them, the monitor may not be able to report a date — everything else
  still works.
- This is separate from your [SSL monitor](/docs/monitors/ssl): domains and
  certificates expire on their own schedules, so watch both.

## Get started

- [Create a domain monitor](/docs/getting-started/quickstart)
- [Set notification channels](/docs/alerts/notification-channels)

## Related

- [SSL certificate monitors](/docs/monitors/ssl)
- [Plans & limits](/docs/account/plans-and-limits)