Add your first site

Start watching a website in under a minute. Just a domain — no agents, scripts, or DNS changes.

Overview

Once you've created your account and team, you can add a site and start checking it straight away. Enter a domain name and DomainDash handles the rest: uptime checks, response time tracking, SSL certificate monitoring, and more begin within seconds.

How to add a site

1. Click Add site

   From your dashboard, click the Add site button in the top-right corner. If you haven't added any sites yet, you'll also see an Add your first site button in the centre of the page.

2. Enter your domain

   Type or paste the domain you want to check, for example example.com. If you paste a full URL (like https://www.example.com/page), we'll extract the domain automatically.

3. Confirm and start checking

   Click Add site in the modal and you're done. DomainDash immediately starts checking your site for uptime, response times, and SSL certificate health.

   You'll be taken back to your dashboard where the new site appears in your site list, ready to go.

What happens next

As soon as you add a site, DomainDash begins running checks in the background. Here's what we look at:

• Uptime: we ping your site regularly to make sure it's responding
• Response speed: we track how quickly your site responds so you can spot slowdowns
• SSL certificate: we check your certificate is valid and warn you before it expires
• DNS records (your domain's routing configuration): we watch for unexpected changes
• Domain registration: we keep an eye on when your domain expires

Results start appearing on your dashboard within a few seconds. For a full picture of your site's health, give it a little while to collect a few rounds of data.

Plan limits

Each plan includes a set number of sites. If you're on the free plan, you can check one site. Upgrade your plan to add more.

Related

• Your dashboard for understanding your site list and status indicators
• Uptime monitoring for a detailed look at how uptime checks work