Hosting Domains WHOIS & Transfer Outreach Monitor by HostOpy

Convert external domain owners on your hosting plans into potential domain transfer and renewal customers.

Many hosting providers have customers whose domains are registered with third-party registrars. When those domains approach expiration, customers may renew them with another registrar.

Hosting Domains WHOIS & Transfer Outreach Monitor helps hosting providers identify these opportunities by monitoring domains associated with hosting services in WHMCS, checking WHOIS/RDAP information, tracking expiry dates, and providing an outreach workflow for domain transfers and renewals.

Key Features

• WHOIS & RDAP Monitoring

  • Query WHOIS/RDAP information for supported domain extensions.
  • Monitor domain registration and expiry information.
  • Support for popular gTLDs, new gTLDs and supported ccTLDs.

• Admin Dashboard

  • View total tracked domains.
  • View domains expiring within 30 days.
  • View domains expiring within 31-60 days.
  • Track outreach and pitches sent.
  • Search by domain name, client name, email address or registrar.
  • Filter domains based on expiry status.

• Transfer Outreach

  • Send branded HTML domain transfer and renewal emails from the WHMCS admin area.
  • Display domain expiry information and remaining days.
  • Include transfer benefits and relevant information in outreach messages.
  • Provide a direct link to the WHMCS domain transfer page.

• Cron Automation

  • Automatically discover domains associated with hosting services.
  • Refresh domain information on a scheduled basis.
  • Process domains based on configured expiry thresholds.
  • Send automated outreach emails when configured conditions are met.

• WHMCS Addon Architecture

  • Uses the standard WHMCS addon module architecture.
  • Does not require modifications to WHMCS core files.
  • Does not require template overrides.

Benefits for Hosting Providers

• Identify potential domain transfer opportunities from existing hosting customers.
• Improve domain renewal and transfer revenue opportunities.
• Help customers receive advance notifications before domain expiry.
• Centralize hosting and domain management within WHMCS.
• Reduce manual domain monitoring and outreach work.

Requirements

• WHMCS 8.x or later
• PHP 7.4 or later
• cURL enabled
• PHP Sockets enabled where required by the configured WHOIS/RDAP service

Compatibility

• WHMCS 8.x
• WHMCS 9.x
• PHP 7.4
• PHP 8.0
• PHP 8.1
• PHP 8.2
• PHP 8.3
• PHP 8.4

Installation

1. Upload the addon module files to your WHMCS installation.
2. Navigate to the WHMCS Addon Modules section.
3. Activate the Hosting Domains WHOIS & Transfer Outreach Monitor module.
4. Configure the module settings.
5. Configure the required cron job if automated monitoring is enabled.

Support

For support, please contact HostOpy through the public contact page provided in the Marketplace Support URL.