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I've always wonder how large SaaS companies (e.g. Salesforce, Workday, etc) ensure they don't let their domain mistakenly expire. It'd be devastating to their

I've always wonder how large SaaS companies (e.g. Salesforce, Workday, etc) ensure they don't let their domain mistakenly expire. It'd be devastating to their business if someone were to purchase the expired domain of say, salesforce.com (e.g. customers wouldn't be able to log into their paid for SaaS service, potentially corp email would be down, etc).

Shank 7y ago
Many companies outsource domain registration to Mark Monitor or equivalent services, and Mark Monitor independently handles registration so that this doesn't happen. The larger the company, the higher the chance this is someone's job role or some company's service -- it's definitely on everyone's radar (at least today, MS has had a bad history in this department).
spelunker 7y ago
lots and lots of alarms, I imagine. Also plenty of DNS registrars will let domains enter a grace period where the original owner can re-register the domain before it's released back to the public. Obviously being able to renew through an automated process is the best solution (LetsEncrypt, etc)