🔍 Expired Website Checker > Powered by WHOIS Domain Lookup - Fast and reliable domain expiration data --- Automatically identify businesses with expired or expiring websites. Connect this integration actor to any data source containing website URLs, and it will check each domain's expiration status using WHOIS data. ## ✨ Perfect for - 🏷️ Domain Hunters - Find expired domains to purchase - 💻 Web Development Agencies - Identify businesses that need new websites - 📈 Digital Marketing Agencies - Find potential clients with outdated web presence - 🎯 Lead Generation - Enrich your business data with website status ## 🔄 How It Works Your Data Source Actor This Integration Actor Output (Any scraper with websites) (Expired Website Checker) (Enriched Data) | | | v v v [Business Data] ------> [Extract Websites] ------> [Expired: Yes/No] with websites [WHOIS Lookup] [Days until expiry] [Check Status] [Registrar info] [Original data] 1. 🔗 Connect - Link any actor that outputs business data with website URLs 2. ⚙️ Process - Actor extracts domains and checks WHOIS expiration data 3. 📊 Filter - Get back enriched data with expiration status and lead quality indicators ## 🚀 Use as Integration This actor is designed to work as an Apify Integration. After another actor finishes running, this actor automatically receives its dataset and processes it. ### 📋 Setup Integration 1. Go to your source actor (e.g., any business scraper) 2. Navigate to Integrations tab 3. Click Add integration > Run Actor 4. Select Expired Website Checker 5. Configure the integration settings: - Set websiteField to match your source data (e.g., "website", "url", "Homepage") - Adjust expirationThresholdDays as needed The payload from the triggering actor is automatically passed, so you don't need to manually set the dataset ID. ## 🛠️ Standalone Usage You can also run this actor directly by providing a dataset ID: json { "datasetId": "abc123...", "websiteField": "website", "expirationThresholdDays": 30, "includeAllResults": false, "preserveOriginalData": true } ## ⚙️ Input Configuration | Field | Type | Description | Default | |-------|------|-------------|---------| | datasetId | String | Source dataset ID containing business data | (from integration) | | websiteField | String | Field name containing website URL | website | | expirationThresholdDays | Integer | Flag domains expiring within this many days | 30 | | includeAllResults | Boolean | Output all websites or only expired/expiring | true | | preserveOriginalData | Boolean | Include original source data in output | true | | maxItems | Integer | Limit items to process | (all) | ### 🏷️ Website Field Examples Different source actors use different field names for websites: - website - url - Homepage - companyUrl - domain Check your source data structure to find the correct field name. ## 📤 Output Each result includes: json { "website": "https://example.com", "domain": "example.com", "isExpired": false, "isExpiringSoon": true, "expirationDate": "2024-02-15T00:00:00Z", "daysUntilExpiration": 25, "status": ["clientTransferProhibited"], "registrar": "GoDaddy.com, LLC", "registrationDate": "2010-05-20T00:00:00Z", "whoisSuccess": true, "checkError": null, "isGoodLead": true, "originalData": { "businessName": "Example Corp", "phone": "+1-555-0123", "address": "123 Main St" } } ### 📋 Key Output Fields | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | ✅ isExpired | true if domain has expired | | ⏰ isExpiringSoon | true if expiring within threshold days | | 🎯 isGoodLead | true if expired OR expiring soon (easy filter) | | 📅 daysUntilExpiration | Negative = expired, Positive = days remaining | | 📦 originalData | All original fields from source (if enabled) | ## 📖 Example Workflows ### 1. 🏷️ Domain Hunter Workflow Goal: Find expired .com domains from business directories Business Directory Scraper ---> Expired Website Checker ---> Filter: isExpired = true (websiteField: "url") (Get expired domains) ### 2. 💼 Web Development Lead Generation Goal: Find businesses with websites expiring in 30 days Any Business Scraper ---> Expired Website Checker ---> Filter: isExpiringSoon = true (expirationThresholdDays: 30) (Contact before expiry) ### 3. 📊 Full Business Analysis Goal: Check all leads and segment by website status Your Data Source ---> Expired Website Checker ---> Export all results (includeAllResults: true) (Analyze in spreadsheet) ## 💻 API Usage javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' }); // Run with a specific dataset const run = await client.actor('agenscrape/expired-website-checker').call({ datasetId: 'YOUR_DATASET_ID', websiteField: 'website', expirationThresholdDays: 30, includeAllResults: false }); // Get results const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); // Filter for good leads const leads = items.filter(item => item.isGoodLead); console.log(`Found ${leads.length} potential leads!`); ## 💡 Tips for Best Results 1. 🔍 Check the website field name - Before running, examine your source data to find the correct field name for websites 2. ⏱️ Adjust threshold for your use case: - Domain hunting: Set to 0 (only truly expired) - Sales outreach: Set to 60-90 (more time to contact) 3. 📉 Use includeAllResults: false to reduce output size when you only care about expired domains 4. 📎 Combine with other data - The preserveOriginalData option keeps all original business info for easy outreach ## ⚠️ Error Handling Some domains may fail WHOIS lookup due to: - 🌍 Unsupported TLDs (some country codes) - ⏳ Rate limiting - ❌ Invalid domain format Failed lookups are included in output with isExpired: null and checkError explaining the issue. ## 🔗 Related Actors - 🔍 WHOIS Domain Lookup - Standalone WHOIS lookup actor (powers this integration) ## 🆘 Support Having issues or need help? - ✅ Check that your websiteField matches your source data - ✅ Verify the source dataset ID is correct - 📧 Contact support through Apify