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Free Domain Monitoring with Slack Alerts: Guard Your DNS Like a Hawk

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Morten PradsgaardBy Morten Pradsgaard

Pipe domain expiry warnings from Exit1.dev into Slack so you never lose a name to negligence.

Free Domain Monitoring with Slack Alerts: Stop Losing Domains Like Amateurs

Letting a domain expire is the fastest way to light your brand on fire. Customers can’t reach you, email breaks, and some squatter buys the name before you wake up. Exit1.dev’s free domain monitoring with Slack alerts keeps the countdown in everyone’s face. Need the same warning in other channels? Mirror it with our Discord domain workflow and the email-based SSL workflow so no one can claim ignorance.

Why Slack Works for Domain Renewals

  • Public pressure: When #platform sees a domain expiring in 15 days, someone will jump on it.
  • Threaded coordination: Track registrar logins, approvals, and payment receipts in one thread.
  • Workflow automation: Trigger renewal checklists or ticket creation with Slack reactions and Workflow Builder.

Configure Domain Alerts in Slack

  1. Spin up a Slack webhook
    • Use Incoming Webhooks to point alerts at a channel like #domain-ops or straight into #infrastructure if you want maximum visibility.
  2. Create domain monitors
    • In Exit1.dev, add each domain you own. Under Notifications, choose Slack webhook, paste the URL, and enable “Domain expiry warning” and “Domain expired.”
  3. Test the flow
    • Send a test alert. Adjust the copy until it shows the domain, registrar, and renewal deadline without scrolling.

Sample Slack Domain Alert

:triangular_flag_on_post: *Domain Expiry Warning*
Domain: exit1.dev
Registrar: Namecheap
Expires in: 30 days
Renewal playbook: https://runbooks.exit1.dev/domain-renewal
Owner: ops@yourcompany.com

Make it obvious who needs to pay the invoice. Add billing links if your registrar supports direct renewals.

Lock In a Renewal Routine

  • Assign an owner instantly: First reply in the thread takes the task. No ghosting. Document who’s on point alongside the uptime incident checklist so renewals share the same rigor as outages.
  • Confirm payment: Drop a screenshot or invoice number once the registrar renews the domain.
  • Schedule sanity checks: Use /remind to ping the channel seven days before expiry and again 24 hours before. Redundancy saves careers.
  • Update documentation: Post the new expiry date to your asset tracker or CMDB right in the thread.

When Free Monitoring Is Enough

Exit1.dev covers unlimited domain monitors, Slack alerts, and global uptime checks. Pay extra only if you need:

  • Registrar API automation across dozens of brands.
  • Compliance workflows with mandatory approvals.
  • Managed domain portfolios.

Otherwise, Slack plus discipline keeps your names safe.

Take Action Now

  1. List every domain you rely on—prod, staging, marketing microsites.
  2. Add them to Exit1.dev with Slack alerts enabled.
  3. Run a renewal tabletop so the team can’t feign surprise.

Do it and you’ll never again explain to leadership why the homepage now hosts casino ads.

Morten Pradsgaard is the founder of exit1.dev — the free uptime monitor for people who actually ship. He writes no-bullshit guides on monitoring, reliability, and building software that doesn't crumble under pressure.