Why you should monitor your domain name
Losing a domain due to forgetfulness or hijacking can be devastating for a business. Protect yourself with our domain monitoring service. We continuously monitor your domains to make sure they stay in your control, giving you peace of mind and allowing you to focus on running your business.
We track your domain status multiple times per day
When registering a domain name, you could assume it is yours forever. Unfortunately, this is false, and most domains must be renewed periodically. If you fail to do this, you risk losing your domain, and ownership could be transferred away from you.
Oh Dear's Domain check can send you a notification days before your domain expires. This way, you still have time to renew it.
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Url | https://urlxyz.com |
| Error description | Operation timed out after 5001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received |
Messages
urlxyz.xyz is about to expire. Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/83/checks/411
Messages
urlxyz.com is about to expire. Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/85/checks/412
Messages
urlxyz.be has been renewed! Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/86/checks/413
ntfy
urlxyz.xyz is about to expire. Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/83/checks/411
ntfy
urlxyz.com is about to expire. Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/85/checks/412
ntfy
urlxyz.be has been renewed! Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/86/checks/413
Messages
urlxyz.xyz is about to expire. Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/83/checks/411
Messages
urlxyz.com is about to expire. Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/85/checks/412
Messages
urlxyz.be has been renewed! Full report: https:/ohdear.app/monitors/86/checks/413
$_TOKEN="your API token" $ curl -X GET "https://notifyservicexyz.com/api/alert/urlxyzcom" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $_TOKEN" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json"
Opsgenie
urlxyz.com has recovered after 2m. full report: https://app.opsgenie.comn/monitors/83/checks/411
Opsgenie
urlxyz.com seems down! Error: HTTP/500 Downtown verified from Paris, France and Frankfurt
Opsgenie
Opsgenie has been successfully enabled. We'll notify you when something goes wrong.
PagerDuty
urlxyz.com has recovered after 2m. full report: https://pagerduty.com/monitors/83/checks/411
PagerDuty
urlxyz.com seems down! Error: HTTP/500 Downtown verified from Paris, France and Frankfurt
PagerDuty
PagerDuty has been successfully enabled. We'll notify you when something goes wrong.
Choose how we let you know
Receive our notifications on your preferred platform. Via email, SMS, Slack, Discord, Opsgenie, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, Pushover, ntfy, webhooks,… we can notify you wherever your team is active.
Take notifications to the next level: only notify who needs notifying by assigning responsibilities to different team members.
Every client domain on one dashboard
Monitoring a book of client domains? Add them all, see every expiry date in one view, and route each domain's alerts to whoever holds that retainer, so nobody finds out from the client.
Stop worrying, start monitoring
Start a no-strings-attached 10-day free trial. You're all set in less than a minute. (No credit card needed.)
Not convinced yet? Need help? Get in touch via support@ohdear.app.
Let’s get technical (if you’re into that)
You don’t need to be computer savvy to set up our tool. But if you are, we’re happy to explain exactly how it works and how you can customize Oh Dear to your specific needs.
Here's an up-to-date list of supported TLDs
Standards-based checks, no false alarms
We read your domain's registration data over RDAP, the standardized successor to WHOIS managed by IANA, several times a day. Structured data means no false alerts from misparsed WHOIS text, and no alert storms either: one reminder per day until you act.
We also watch your domain's EPP status codes, like clientTransferProhibited, the flag that makes your registry reject transfer requests. If it changes, you'll know.
A few TLDs (notably .be and .nl) don't publish RDAP data yet. The full supported list and the technical detail live in how domain name monitoring works.
Frequently asked questions
What is domain monitoring?
Domain monitoring keeps an eye on your domain's registration and expiry date, and warns you well before it lapses, so you never lose a domain you own to a missed renewal.
How do I get alerted before my domain expires?
Oh Dear reads your domain's expiry date and warns you before the renewal deadline (10 days ahead by default, and you can change the lead time), on whichever channels you use. No more hoping the registrar's reminder email doesn't land in spam.
Can I monitor expiration dates across many domains at once?
Yes. Add all your domains and see every expiry date in one dashboard, with per-domain alerts as renewal dates approach.
Does Oh Dear detect unauthorized domain changes?
Domain monitoring focuses on expiry, not on registration changes. To catch the classic signs of a hijack, like your nameservers suddenly changing, that's what our DNS monitoring is for: it watches your NS records and alerts you when they change.
Can I combine domain monitoring with SSL alerts?
Yes. Oh Dear tracks your domain's expiry and its SSL certificate on the same site, so neither one expiring quietly takes you offline.
What should a domain monitoring service include?
Expiry alerts with enough lead time to renew, one dashboard covering all your domains, and alerting into your team's channels. Oh Dear bundles all of it with uptime, SSL, and DNS monitoring, and DNS monitoring is where you watch for nameserver changes.
Is there free domain monitoring?
During Oh Dear's 10-day trial, yes, full domain monitoring with alerts. A free WHOIS lookup can show an expiry date on demand, but it won't warn you when the date is about to pass.
Wait, there's even more
API & endpoint monitoring
Call your endpoints every minute and validate what they actually return: status codes, response bodies, headers and response times. Webhooks and scheduled jobs included.
Continuous certificate monitoring
SSL certificates are essential in website security. We check all your certificate expiration dates & alert any change we detect.
Performance monitoring
We provide highly detailed performance monitoring and insights. We'll notify you as soon as we detect your website is getting slow.
Fast and insightful notifications
Get notified instantly as soon as we detect an issue or an important change. Enable any channel you use, you're in full control.
Scheduled task monitoring
Your cron jobs (Linux) and scheduled tasks (Windows) are the heart of your data processing. We can monitor every single one of them.
Broken page & mixed content
We crawl and index your entire website, just like Google. As soon as we detect a broken link on your site we will let you know.
DNS record monitoring
Receive a notification whenever your DNS records are modified - intentionally or maliciously - so you can act and verify faster.
Application health monitoring
A lot can go wrong inside your app and server. Disk space may fill up, or the database may go down. We'll notify you when something is off.
Beautiful public status pages
In times of crisis, a public status page allows you to communicate to your clients. We'll host your status page so it's always available.
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When your website goes down we'll let you know instantly. Now you can act before your or your client's brand reputation takes a hit.
Lighthouse SEO monitoring
We track the speed & performance of your website over time. If we detect your website is suddenly slower, we'll let you know.
Sitemap monitoring
Elevate your SEO strategy and optimize your site. We analyse your sitemap health and check every URL for broken links.
Describe what you want to monitor
AI-powered monitoring
Use AI to verify anything you want on your websites and services with Oh Dear's AI-powered monitoring feature.
Port scanner
Define which ports should be open, and we scan all 65,535 ports on your server. Get alerted when expected ports go down or unexpected ports appear.
DNS blocklist monitoring
DNS blocklist monitoring helps you stay off spam and ad-block lists. Get notified when your DNS is blocked by a blacklist.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Connect Oh Dear to your identity provider. Your team signs in with the credentials they already use.
GDPR & EU data residency
Oh Dear is a Belgian company. Your monitoring data is stored in the EU, with a signable DPA and a public subprocessor list.
Start monitoring instantly
Start a no-strings-attached 10-day free trial. You're all set in less than a minute. (No credit card needed.)
Not convinced yet? Need help? Get in touch via support@ohdear.app.
