Domain Watchlist
Keep the domain names you want, with their expiry dates and what changed.
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- Free preview: the summary counts of every name, with the first half of your watchlist (up to 10 names) and their dates; a single name is shown with its details hidden.
- Locked until you unlock it: download and copy.
- Unlock: Pro pass, ₹179 for 30 days or ₹79 for 1 week, a one-time payment that never renews. Unlock: Pro pass, $5.99 for 30 days or $2.99 for 1 week, a one-time payment that never renews.
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Your watchlist
Saved in this browser only. Press Check all to see what changed.
- 0Available now
- 0Being deleted
- 0Expired or within 30 days
- 0Registered
- 0Need a closer look
With a Pro pass, the calendar file has an all-day event on each future expiry date, with alerts 30, 7 and 1 days before it. “Available” means the registry has no record of the name: some names are reserved or sold at premium prices, so the registrar’s search shows the final word and price. Registrar links open their own search, with no affiliation.
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About the Domain Watchlist
Keep the domain names you want in one watchlist: names that are taken today, names in a deletion stage and names you may register later. Check all asks each registry about every name — the same check as the Domain Availability Checker: its status, its expiry date, its registrar and whether it is being deleted. The list puts what matters first — names that are available, names being deleted, then the nearest expiry dates — and each name says what changed since the check before.
The watchlist stays in this browser and is never uploaded. With a Pro pass, export it as a CSV, copy a summary, or download a calendar file (.ics) with an event on each expiry date and alerts before it, so your own calendar reminds you to look again.
How to use it
- Paste the names you want —
example.com,my-shop.co.uk— one per line or separated by commas, and press Add and check. The Watch buttons of the Domain Availability Checker send names here too, and check again any that are on the list already. - Each name is checked with its registry: available, registered with its expiry date and registrar, or in a deletion stage (redemption period or pending delete). Names you type that are already on the list are skipped.
- Come back and press Check all whenever you like: each name says what changed since the check before — it became available, went into a deletion stage, was renewed or was registered.
- With a Pro pass, press Download CSV for a spreadsheet, Copy summary for a note or a message, or Download calendar (.ics) and import the file into your calendar app for alerts before each expiry date.
Examples
myshop-example.com
Being deleted · Redemption period: only its owner can still restore it. For generic TLDs such as .com this lasts 30 days, then the name is deleted five days later.
The registry’s own status codes say which stage a name is in; the watchlist explains each one.
Check all, a few weeks later
myshop-example.com — Available · Became available since the check before, which found “Registered — being deleted”.
Available names are listed first, with links to registrars’ own searches.
SUMMARY:Expiry date: myshop-example.com BEGIN:VALARM DESCRIPTION:myshop-example.com expires in 7 days TRIGGER:-P6DT15H END:VALARM
An all-day event on the expiry date; the alert fires at 09:00 seven days before it.
Common uses
- Waiting for a taken name to expire, and seeing at once when it becomes available.
- Keeping a shortlist of names for a business, a product or a project while you decide.
- Watching names close to your brand that someone else owns.
- Keeping a record of names, registrars and expiry dates in a spreadsheet.
How each check works
- Registry answer: IANA’s bootstrap file (RFC 9224) names the RDAP server of each TLD, and the registry’s record (RFC 9083) gives the status, the expiry date and the registrar. HTTP 404 means the name is not in its database (RFC 7480 §5.3).
- DNS hint: a DNS-over-HTTPS query for the name’s nameservers. TLDs without a public RDAP service, such as .co, get this answer only.
- The same check as the Domain Availability Checker, a few names at a time, so no registry is flooded. Registries that refuse browser requests (.de, for example) are asked through MySmartCoPilot’s server, which allows a limited number of checks per hour.
- What changed: each check is compared with the one before it. When a registry is busy or limits lookups, what an earlier check found stays, with its expiry date, and the name says the last check failed; only a change that DNS shows by itself (nameservers for a name that was available) is recorded then.
What happens after a name expires
Many registrars keep an expired name for a grace period of their own, and many owners renew automatically, so an expiry date alone does not mean a name will become available. For generic TLDs such as .com, .net and .org, a name its registrar deletes goes into a redemption period of 30 days, in which only its owner can still restore it; five days after it ends (pending delete) the registry deletes the name, and it can be registered again (ICANN: EPP status codes). Country-code TLDs follow their own registry’s rules, and some publish no expiry date at all.
Calendar reminders
With a Pro pass, the .ics file follows the iCalendar standard (RFC 5545), which Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook and most calendar apps import: one all-day event on each future expiry date, with alerts at 09:00 thirty, seven and one day before it. Every event keeps the same identifier (UID) for the same name, so calendar apps that match identifiers update it when you import a newer file.
Limitations
- Nothing runs in the background and nothing is sent to you: the results are as current as the last time you pressed Check all on this device.
- The watchlist exists only in this browser, so clearing the site’s data deletes it. Keep a copy of the names.
- Up to 50 names on a watchlist. Registries limit how many lookups they answer, so a name marked Unknown can be checked again a minute later.
- A registry “not found” cannot reveal reserved or premium names: the registrar’s own search shows the real availability and price.
- Some country-code registries publish no expiry date in RDAP, and some TLDs have no RDAP service at all (such as .co); those names get the DNS answer only.
- Names under registries that refuse browser requests (such as .de) are checked through MySmartCoPilot’s server, which allows a limited number of checks per hour.
Privacy
Sends data to online services
Your watchlist and its last results are stored in this browser only and never uploaded. During a check, names go from your browser to a public DNS-over-HTTPS resolver, IANA and the registries’ RDAP servers, without cookies; names under registries that refuse browser requests are relayed through MySmartCoPilot’s server. MySmartCoPilot does not store, log or share the names you watch.
Frequently asked questions
What do I get without a pass?
Without a pass, Domain Watchlist shows the summary counts of every name, with the first half of your watchlist (up to 10 names) and their dates; a single name is shown with its details hidden. Until you unlock it, the result can’t be downloaded or copied. A Pro, Premium or Ultimate pass, a one-time payment that never renews, unlocks the full result. The pricing page lists the passes and their prices.
How is this different from the Domain Availability Checker?
The Domain Availability Checker answers once: is a name available right now, across many TLDs. The watchlist keeps the names you care about, puts what matters first, says what changed since you last checked and, with a Pro pass, exports them as a CSV or as calendar reminders.
Will it tell me when a name becomes available?
Not by itself: nothing is watched on a server and nothing is sent to you. Press Check all now and then — each name says what changed since the check before — and, with a Pro pass, import the calendar file so that your calendar reminds you before each expiry date.
Why does a name past its expiry date still show as registered?
Most registrars keep an expired name for a grace period before they delete it, and its owner can still renew it then. Only when the registry lists the name in a deletion stage (redemption period, then pending delete) is it on its way to becoming available.
Can I get a name that is being deleted?
During the redemption period only its current owner can restore it. Once the registry deletes it, it can be registered again — often within seconds, by services that try to catch names as they are deleted — so be quick, or ask a registrar about its backorder service.
Where is my watchlist kept, and can I move it?
In this browser’s storage on this device; it is never uploaded. To use it elsewhere, paste the same names into the watchlist on the other device and press Add and check.