Most developers and indie hackers register domains and forget them. That's fine until it is not.
A domain that expires silently can cost you days of recovery time, lost SEO, and in extreme cases, someone else grabbing it. If your registration email showed up in a breach, an attacker can potentially take over your domain through your registrar.
This guide covers:
- Domain expiration monitoring via WHOIS
- Breach checking for your registration email
- A simple combined monitoring script you can run on a schedule
Tools: domain-expiry from EdgeIQ Labs, leak-scan, Have I Been Pwned, whoIS CLI. Free tier available for all EdgeIQ tools mentioned.
https://edgeiqlabs.com/product/domain-expiry/
https://edgeiqlabs.com/product/leak-scan/
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