Watch a domain

Watch a domain to track it as it heads toward expiry, so you know exactly when it might become available — for anyone who wants a specific domain and needs to keep an eye on its status.

Overview

• Adding a domain to your watch list shows its status, estimated drop date and quality scores in one place.
• InfraNest checks watched domains automatically, more often as the estimated drop date approaches.
• You can review a domain's history, its WHOIS record, and refresh its details at any time.

Add a watch

1. Go to Drop Catch.
2. In the Add a tag… — no, in the Watch a domain field, type the full domain (for example example.com). InfraNest splits it into the name and ending for you.

3. Add optional Tags and Notes (optional) to organise your list.

   NoteIf the ending isn't a real one, InfraNest refuses the watch and tells you why. Endings like .mail or .con look like typos for .com but will never be released by any registry, so a watch on them could never fire. Endings with accents or in another script (like .рф or .中国) are real and accepted, whether you type them as-is or in their xn-- form.

4. Select Start watching. The domain appears in your watch list with its Status, estimated drop date and scores.

Follow a watch

1. Go to Drop Catch and open the domain from your watch list.
2. Check the lifecycle timeline (active → expiring → grace → redemption → pending delete → available), which shows the estimated drop date and next check.
3. Review the domain-quality (Quality) and Catchability scores.
4. Open the WHOIS tab to see the current record and a timeline of changes. It shows when the record was last read — if it looks out of date, select Check now to refresh both together.
5. Open the History tab to see the checks worth keeping: the first check, any errors, any change in availability, and any check you ran yourself. Routine checks that found nothing new aren't listed, so the newest entry can be older than the Last checked time shown above it — that's normal, the domain is still being checked on its schedule.
6. Select Check now at any time to refresh everything immediately.

Tips

TipWant the domain registered the moment it becomes free, without watching it yourself? Look into the automatic catching option described in Catch a dropping domain automatically.

Good to know

• InfraNest checks a watched domain rarely while the drop is far off, then far more frequently — by the minute — as it gets close.