Domain monitoring helps you track your domain name expiration and avoid unexpected downtime.
This guide explains how to set up domain monitoring in a simple and beginner-friendly way.
What Is Domain Monitoring?
Domain monitoring checks the expiration date of your domain and sends alerts before it expires.
If a domain expires, your website, email, and APIs may stop working.
Before You Start
Make sure the domain name is active
Use the root domain without https
Choose how many days before expiry you want alerts
Step-by-Step Domain Monitoring Setup
Step 1: Monitor Name
Enter a name to easily identify this domain monitor.
Example: Main Website Domain
Step 2: Domain Name
Enter your domain name without protocol or paths.
example.com
Step 3: Monitoring Interval
Domain expiration does not change frequently.
You can safely keep the interval at the default value.
15 minutes or higher is fine
No frequent checks required
Step 4: Enable Domain Name Monitoring
Turn Domain Name Monitoring ON.
Step 5: Set Expiry Alert Days
Choose how many days before domain expiration you want to receive alerts.
30 days – Recommended
15 days – Minimum safe option
60 days – For important business domains
Step 6: Alert Channels
Add at least one alert channel so you never miss a domain expiry notification.
Email alerts (recommended)
Webhook alerts (Slack, Discord, or other tools)
Step 7: Optional Website Availability Check
You can also keep URL becomes unavailable enabled
if you want to monitor basic website uptime along with domain expiry.