Confirm a manual domain expiry

Manually tracked domains have no live registrar feed to answer “did this actually renew?” A past expiry date is a question, not always an answer.

The confirmation window

For names you added by hand (no registrar connection):

1. After the recorded expiry, we ask you to confirm instead of assuming the name is gone.
2. Day 7 after that date — if it is still in the past — you get one confirmation email for that expiry.
3. Day 14 — if you have not confirmed and auto-renew is off — the name is marked expired.
4. Auto-renew on — we only warn. We will not mark it expired for you; you confirm by setting a future expiry date.

Confirmation is setting a future expiry date. That clears the warning and updates the domain.

Why the extra step exists

People track names by hand when a registrar is unsupported, a client sent a screenshot, or a sync is not worth connecting yet. Those dates drift. Marking every overdue row expired creates noise and hides the names that actually lapsed.

Synced domains skip this window. The registrar already reported the date.

What you should do when the warning appears

1. Check the registrar (or the client) — did it renew?
2. If yes, edit the domain and enter the new expiry date.
3. If no and you meant to keep it, renew immediately, then update the date.
4. If you are dropping it, leave auto-renew off and let day 14 close the loop — or mark your drop decision in notes.

Pair it with reminders

Confirmation is the backstop. Reminders at 60 / 30 / 7 / 1 days are still the primary defense. Auto-renew on production keepers reduces how often you see this warning at all — see auto-renew on or off.

DomainsBoard angle

Parked includes this flow. You do not need sync to get an honest expiry status on a single name you added by hand.