Signal for domains
Domain Expiration Reminder Software
A dropped domain means a dead website, bouncing email, and — if a squatter gets there first — a ransom. Signal watches every expiry date across all your registrars.
Registrar reminders go to the wrong inbox
Domains almost never lapse because renewals are hard — they lapse because the registrar's notices go to whoever registered the domain years ago: an ex-employee, a defunct agency, a card that expired. The domain drops, the site 404s, email bounces, and within days a drop-catcher owns your brand name and is asking four figures to give it back. Companies with a handful of domains at three different registrars are the classic victims.
Auto-renew helps until it doesn't: cards expire, accounts get consolidated, and 'we assumed it was on auto-renew' is the opening line of every domain-loss story. The fix isn't another registrar setting — it's an independent reminder that goes to a real, current team inbox regardless of which registrar holds the domain.
What teams track alongside domains
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Domain portfolios across registrars
GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare, legacy registrars — one Signal list covers them all, with the registrar noted on each item.
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SSL certificates
Cert expiry rarely lines up with domain expiry. Track both per domain so neither takes the site down.
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Client domains for agencies
Agencies holding domains for clients can group them by client company and remind both the account manager and the client.
How Signal handles it
- Companies and folders. Group domains by brand, business unit, or client. Filter the list to one client's portfolio when their renewal review comes up.
- Reminder schedules. Domains deserve paranoia: 60 and 30-day heads-ups, then daily reminders for the final week. Redemption fees cost far more than early renewals.
- Multiple recipients. Send reminders to the IT lead and a shared ops inbox — never to a single person whose departure takes the knowledge with them.
- Custom fields. Record the registrar, account owner, and auto-renew status on each item, so the reminder email tells you exactly where to log in.
- CSV import. Export your domain list from each registrar, merge to CSV, and import the whole portfolio in one pass.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I need reminders if auto-renew is on?
Auto-renew fails silently: expired cards, closed accounts, transferred ownership. Signal is the independent backstop — a reminder to a live team inbox that doesn't depend on any registrar's settings being right.
Can Signal check WHOIS and update dates automatically?
No — Signal is a deliberate, simple system of record: you enter the date, Signal never forgets it. That simplicity is why it works the same for domains, SSL certs, and trademarks alike.
We manage domains for clients. Can we separate them?
Yes. Create a company per client and assign each domain to one. The items list filters by company, and reminder recipients can include the client's own contacts.