📅 Domain Expiry Checker

Check domain registration expiry dates and receive alerts for domains expiring soon.

Enter Domain Name:

💡 Tip: Enter a domain and click "Check Expiry" to view registration details.

Enter a domain and click "Check Expiry" to view results.

What the date means

The domain is looked up live against registration records, so the date you get back is the registry's, not a cached guess. Passing it does not delete the name straight away - for most gTLDs it starts a sequence:

expiry date
  +0 to 30 days    auto-renew grace  - renew at the ordinary price
  +30 to 60 days   redemption        - restore fee, often 80-200 USD
  +65 days approx  pending delete    - 5 days, nothing can be done
  after that       released, anyone may register it

Those windows are gTLD conventions. Country codes set their own: .uk holds a name for 90 days, .de has no redemption period at all.

Reading the result

The email reminder only appears once a date comes back. If the lookup returns no expiry - an unregistered name, or a registry that hides the field - there is nothing to set an alert against.
Your registrar's dashboard may show a different day. That is usually its billing date, which it sets a little before the registry date to leave itself room to process the renewal.
This is the registration, not the certificate. A domain good until 2028 can still serve an HTTPS certificate that expired last night.

Whois privacy hides the contact details, never the expiry date. If a date is missing it is the registry's policy, not your privacy setting.

Frequently asked questions

Can I still get my domain back after it expires?

Usually yes for about two months on a .com or .net. Within the first 30 days you renew at the normal price; after that you are in redemption and paying a restore fee, typically 80 to 200 US dollars. Once it reaches pending delete, no.

Why does the site go down before the domain expires?

Some registrars suspend the DNS at the expiry date and only park a holding page, even though the name is technically still yours through the grace period. The registration surviving does not mean the name is resolving.

If auto-renew is on, do I need to watch this at all?

Worth a look once a year. Auto-renew fails quietly when the card on file has expired, and some registrars exclude certain extensions from it. The reminder here gives you a second, independent warning.