When does my domain expire?
Check when a domain expires and how many days are left, from the registry's own records rather than a registrar's reminder email. Enter a domain such as example.com.
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Common domain expiry problems
Auto-renew failed
Auto-renew was on, but the card on file expired or the payment was declined, and the warning emails went to an inbox nobody reads. Log in to your registrar, update the payment method and renew manually. Then check here that the new expiry date is live.
The registrar account belongs to someone who left
The domain was registered by a former employee, a freelancer or an old agency, so the renewal emails go to them. Find the registrar here, then use the registrar's account recovery or transfer process while the domain is still active.
Site and email stopped working after expiry
When a registration expires, the registrar usually points the domain to a parking page or stops it resolving, so the website and every address on it stop working. Renewing restores it, but cached DNS answers can take a few hours to clear.
Domain is in redemption
After expiry, most generic domains get a grace period during which a normal renewal works. After that comes a redemption period, often 30 days, where restoring costs much more. A redemptionPeriod status means you are in that window: act now.
Registrar shows a different date
Some registrars renew at the registry shortly before expiry, so the registry date can lag behind the one in your registrar's dashboard. The registry date is the one that counts if the renewal does not go through.
How to check when a domain expires
- Enter the domain, for example example.com.
- Click Check expiry.
- Read the expiry date and days left.
- If fewer than 30 days remain, confirm auto-renew and the payment method at your registrar today.
What happens when a domain expires?
A domain is registered for a fixed period, from one to ten years, and the registry records the date it ends. That expiry date is what this checker reads, from the registry's RDAP service or, where there is none, from WHOIS.
When the date passes without a renewal, the website and email on the domain usually stop working within a day or two, because the registrar points the domain away from your servers. For most generic domains such as .com, there is then a grace period, often 30 to 45 days, where you can renew at the normal price.
After the grace period comes the redemption period, often 30 days, where the domain can still be restored but at a much higher fee. Then it moves to pendingDelete for a few days and is released, and anyone can register it. Country domains follow their own rules, and some release domains much faster.
Auto-renew prevents most of this, but it fails quietly: an expired card, a billing email nobody reads, or a registrar account that belonged to a former employee.
Expires: 2027-03-12 Days left: 157 Status: clientTransferProhibited, clientDeleteProhibited Registrar: Example Registrar, Inc.
When to use a domain expiry checker
Before the renewal email gets lost
Check your own domains once a quarter, especially the ones used only for email or redirects, which nobody notices until they stop working.
Agencies managing client domains
Clients often register domains themselves at GoDaddy, Namecheap or a local registrar and forget them. Check the dates before a launch or a renewal conversation.
Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 on the domain
If the domain expires, every mailbox on it stops receiving mail. Check that the domain your company email depends on is not close to expiry.
Watching a domain you want
See when a registered domain expires and whether its status shows it is heading for release.
Check something else
- WHOIS LookupLook up a domain's registrar, registration and expiry dates, status flags, nameservers and DNSSEC.
- SSL CheckerCheck a site's SSL certificate, expiry date and whether the intermediate certificate is installed.
- Bulk SSL CheckerCheck SSL certificates for up to 50 hostnames at once: expiry, days left, chain and issuer, with CSV export.
- DNS LookupLook up A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, CAA and SOA records for any domain, with TTLs, from public resolvers.
Frequently asked questions
Does the expiry date include the grace period?
No. It is the date the current registration ends. Grace and redemption periods come after it and vary by extension and registrar.
My registrar shows a different date.
Registrars sometimes renew at the registry shortly before expiry, so the registry date can lag. The registry's date is what counts if renewal fails.
Can I renew a domain after it expires?
Usually, during the grace period, at the normal price. During redemption it can still be restored for a higher fee. Once it is released, anyone can register it, including you, if no one is faster.
How far ahead can I renew?
For most generic domains you can renew at any time, and the total registration can run up to ten years ahead. Renewing early adds the time to the current expiry date, so you lose nothing.
Does TinyPing send domain expiry reminders?
Yes. Every HTTP monitor reads the domain's expiry date from the registry once a day and reminds you 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before it lapses. The site itself is checked every 5 minutes, so if it goes offline anyway you hear about it within minutes.
Do not let a lapsed renewal take you offline
An expired domain takes down your website and your email without warning. TinyPing alerts you by email, Slack, webhook or Google Chat when:
- the domain is 30, 14, 7 or 1 days from expiring
- the domain stops resolving or the site returns an error
- the SSL certificate is close to expiring
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