Certificates and domains renewed
weeks before anyone notices
An expired SSL certificate or a lapsed domain is one of the most avoidable outages there is, and also one of the most common, because renewal dates live in a dozen different registrars and nobody owns the calendar. We build an agent that checks every domain and certificate your business depends on, on a schedule, and renews automatically where that is possible or alerts weeks ahead where it is not.
The process today
Every business ends up with SSL certificates and domains scattered across more providers than anyone planned: the main site through one registrar, a subdomain through a CDN, an internal tool with a certificate someone set up once and never touched again. Each one has its own renewal date, and unless a person has a calendar reminder set manually, which rarely survives a team change, the first sign of a problem is a browser warning in front of a customer or an API integration that silently stops working.
The second cost is that these outages are entirely self-inflicted and entirely avoidable, which makes them worse for trust than almost any other kind of downtime. A customer who sees a certificate warning does not think “bad luck”, they think “this company does not maintain its own infrastructure”, and that impression is hard to undo.
The third is that domain expiry specifically can be catastrophic rather than just embarrassing: a lapsed domain can be re-registered by someone else within hours, and recovering it, if it is even possible, costs far more than the renewal fee ever would have.
What the agent does
The agent checks every domain and certificate in scope daily: certificate validity and days to expiry, domain registration status and renewal date, and DNS records for unexpected changes. Where the certificate authority supports it, Let’s Encrypt and most major providers do, renewal happens automatically well ahead of expiry, with a confirmation logged once the new certificate is live. Where automatic renewal is not possible, because a registrar requires a manual step or a payment method needs updating, the agent alerts weeks ahead rather than days, with enough runway for a person to act without pressure.
A single dashboard rolls up every domain and certificate across every registrar and provider you use, so nobody has to remember which of six logins covers which property. DNS record changes are flagged immediately as a security signal, since an unexpected change is one of the earliest warnings of a hijacked account. Typical integrations: Cloudflare, Route 53, GoDaddy, Namecheap, and Let’s Encrypt or your certificate authority’s API, with alerts to Slack, Telegram or email.
What stays with humans
Updating a payment method, approving a domain transfer, and deciding whether a flagged DNS change is expected (your own team making a deliberate update) or a genuine incident all stay with a person. The agent renews what it can renew safely and automatically; anything involving account access, billing, or a transfer between registrars goes to a human with enough lead time to act calmly.
Guards
Every check, renewal and alert is logged with a timestamp, so there is a clear record of what was monitored and when. Auto-renewal is scoped to certificates only, never to domain transfers or account changes, which always require a person. Alerts escalate to a second channel if the first one goes unacknowledged past a set window, so a renewal does not get missed because one person was on leave when the alert fired.
Price and timeline
| Option | Price | What it covers | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single automation | from $500 | Up to a dozen domains, SSL auto-renewal where supported, expiry alerts | 2 to 5 days |
| Department package | from $1,500 | SSL and domain monitoring plus infrastructure health monitoring and uptime monitoring | 2 to 3 weeks |
Running cost is usually $5 to $20 a month in model and API usage depending on domain count.
Related
This pairs well with server and infrastructure health monitoring and uptime monitoring for a fuller picture of everything that could take a site down. For the security side of the same domains, see access reviews and offboarding. Full package details are on the AI agents service page and the automation-everything overview; for infrastructure we run this kind of monitoring on ourselves, see the secure infrastructure case study and the marketplace engine case study.
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FAQ
How much does SSL and domain monitoring cost?
From $500 for up to about a dozen domains, live in 2 to 5 days. A larger portfolio across multiple registrars usually runs $900 to $1,500.
Can it actually renew certificates automatically?
Yes, for certificates issued through Let's Encrypt or a provider with an API, renewal happens automatically well before expiry. For a registrar or certificate authority without an automation path, it alerts early enough for a person to renew manually.
What about domain name renewal, not just SSL?
Both are tracked. Domain registration expiry is checked against every registrar you use, with alerts far enough ahead that a lapsed card or an expired payment method does not turn into a lost domain.
Why would DNS change detection matter for security?
An unexpected change to your DNS records or domain ownership is one of the earliest signs of a domain hijack or a compromised registrar account, and it is usually caught days later if nobody is watching for it specifically.
How many domains can this cover?
From a handful to several hundred across multiple registrars and certificate providers; the setup scales by domain count, not by complexity.