We'll watch your domain. You'll know the second it drops.
Lost a domain you care about? Our automation monitors it and fires off an SMS and email the instant it becomes available, before anyone else can grab it.
One domain · $12/year · SMS + email the instant it drops · Secured by Stripe
Automated
runs continuously, no dashboard needed
Instant alerts
SMS + email the moment it drops
Personal
built for individual domains, not portfolios
From people who got their names back
Real recoveries, real owners.
A few notes from customers we've alerted the moment their domain dropped.
“I lost karpov-design.com in 2019 when my credit card on file expired and I missed the registrar emails. Spent two years checking it every few weeks hoping it would drop. Found Sourdough.ai last spring. It texted me at 6am four months later, and I registered it before I even had coffee. Best $12 I've ever spent.”
“Honestly thought this was a scam at first. The price is so low and the email came out of nowhere. But I'd already lost mtbarnes.com and figured worst case I'm out twelve bucks. Sourdough.ai watched it for eight months. Texted me when it dropped. I have my name back. Worth every penny but I get why I was suspicious.”
“My old portfolio site was at jenruskin.com from 2014–2020. Some squatter parked it for years. I'd basically given up. Sourdough.ai's monitoring caught the moment the squatter let it expire. I got the alert at 11pm on a Tuesday. Bought it for $12 registration plus the $12/year monitoring fee. That's it. No drama, no negotiation, just my name back.”
“I do public speaking and lost my own name as a domain a few years ago to someone who was hoping I'd pay them five figures to buy it back. Refused on principle. Signed up with Sourdough.ai and let it sit. Took fourteen months but it caught the drop. The squatter never sold it, never built anything on it, and eventually just stopped paying renewals. Patience paid off and I didn't have to negotiate with anyone.”
“What sold me was that Sourdough.ai actually replies to emails. I had a question about whether the SMS would work on my Google Voice number, and got an answer in like 20 minutes, a real human. Tells you something about who's running this. Three months later it texted me the moment my domain dropped. Couldn't be happier.”
Why this matters
You don't forget the domain you lost.
Especially when someone else is using it.
It rarely happens all at once. A renewal notice slips into spam. A card on file expires. You mean to deal with it next week. Then one day you type in your own name: your brand, your project, the site you spent years building, and it's a wall of parked ads. Or a competitor. Or a stranger asking for thousands to hand it back.
Here's what almost no one realizes: that domain will become available again. When the next owner stops paying, it drops back into the open, but only for a few minutes, on a morning you'll never see coming. Whoever is watching that exact second registers it. Everyone else finds out too late.
Don't let it be a stranger. Be the one who's watching.
Start Monitoring · $12/year →One domain · $12/year · Cancel anytime
How it works
Three steps. No dashboard required.
Automated, no dashboard needed. SMS and email the moment it matters.
You tell me the domain
Enter the exact domain you want during checkout. We'll confirm it's currently registered and add it to the watch list.
Our automation watches it
We run an automated program that checks the domain's registration status frequently. The moment it drops out of the registered database, the alert fires.
Example status email
You get an SMS and email instantly
As soon as it becomes available, we send both a text and an email. No dashboard, no lag, just a direct "go register it now" alert.
What you'll receive
Instant alerts the moment it drops.
Both messages include the domain name and a direct link to register. Popular domains can be picked up within hours of dropping.
Use cases
Who uses domain monitoring
Real situations where watching a domain is worth the wait.
Forgot to renew in time
You let the renewal slip, or your registrar's reminder went to spam. Now someone else has it. I'll tell you the second it's free again.
Your name domain got picked up
JohnSmith.com, your business name, your brand: someone registered it before you did or while you had it lapsed. Watch for the drop.
Business domain expired
Your company domain lapsed during a transition: a billing issue, team change, or just an oversight. Watch it until it becomes available.
The domain you want is taken
You found the perfect name but it's currently registered. Many domains turn over, especially personal sites and small businesses.
One domain · Billed yearly · Monitor until it drops
- ✓Automated monitoring that runs continuously
- ✓SMS alert the instant it drops
- ✓Email alert with direct registration link
- ✓Works on any TLD: .ai, .com, .io, anything
- ✓Monitor multiple domains, buy one per domain
Twelve dollars a year. We monitor it until it drops, cancel anytime.
Start Monitoring · $12/year →Secured by Stripe · Billed yearly · Cancel anytime
What happens next
Within 24 hours, you're being watched for.
You'll confirm the domain during checkout. We verify it's currently registered and add it to our watch list. The moment its status changes to available, you get both an SMS and email, before the domain appears on any drop list.
- ✓Monitoring starts within hours of purchase
- ✓Alerts fire instantly, no polling delay
- ✓We monitor until the domain drops, no time limit
Still deciding?
$12/year.
The sooner you start watching, the sooner you'll know. Some domains drop within days of lapsing.
Start Monitoring →Secured by Stripe · Enter domain during checkout
Frequently Asked Questions
How often do you check?
We run an automated program that checks frequently. As soon as the domain's registration status changes to available, the alert fires immediately.
How long does monitoring last?
We monitor continuously until the domain drops, with no time limit. Some domains become available within weeks; others take months, depending on what the current owner does.
What happens when it becomes available?
You get both an SMS text and an email the moment it drops. Both messages include the domain name and instructions to register immediately. Popular domains can get picked up within hours.
Can I monitor more than one domain?
Each subscription covers one domain. Purchase multiple subscriptions for multiple domains, and each one gets its own automated watch.
Will you register it for me?
Not automatically. We send you the alert and you register it at any registrar you prefer (Namecheap, Cloudflare, GoDaddy, etc.). You stay in full control.
What if the domain takes a long time to drop?
Some domains stay registered for years, and that's fine. At $12/year we keep watching until it drops or you cancel.
Start watching your domain.
Continuous monitoring until it drops. SMS + email the instant it's available.
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