THIRD PARTY MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING DOMAIN NAMES AND WEBSITES

1 . A method, comprising:

determining, by a domain name registrar, that a domain name will expire within a selected time period unless action is taken by a registrant of the domain name;

determining, by the domain name registrar, a messaging system selected by the registrant;

transmitting, by the domain name registrar and using the messaging system, a notice to the registrant, the notice including a plurality of actions that the registrant may select to be taken;

receiving, by the domain name registrar and from the registrant, a selected action by the selected messaging system from the plurality of actions; and

performing, by the domain name registrar, the selected action.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, before transmitting the notice to the registrant, authenticating the registrant of the domain name as having an authority to manage an account with the domain name registrar.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after performing the selected action, sending, by the domain name registrar, a first confirmation message by the selected messaging system to the registrant that the domain name registrar received the selected action from the registrant.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, before determining that the domain name will expire within a selected time period, receiving from the registrant a plurality of events to monitor, wherein the plurality of events includes the domain name expiring within the selected time period unless action is taken by the registrant.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the domain name registrar and from the registrant, the selected time period.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected messaging system includes a cell phone telephone number to a cell phone configured to receive and send a Short Message Service or a Multimedia Messaging Service message to the registrant.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises an application stored on a cell phone configured to receive and send messages to the registrant.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises a third party social media platform.

9 . A method, comprising:

determining, by a website hosting provider, that a website exceeded a predetermined percentage of resources allowed for the website;

transmitting, by the website hosting provider, a notice to a user associated with the website, wherein the notice comprises a plurality of actions that the user may select to be taken and the notice is transmitted by a messaging system selected by the user;

receiving, by the website hosting provider, a selected action from the plurality of actions from the user; and

performing, by the website hosting provider, the selected action.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising, before transmitting the notice to the user, authenticating the user as having an authority to manage an account with the website hosting provider.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising, after performing the selected action, sending, by the website hosting provider, a first confirmation message by the selected messaging system to the user that the website hosting provider received the selected action from the user.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving from the user a plurality of events, wherein the plurality of events comprises monitoring for the website to exceed a predetermined percentage of resources allowed for the website.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving from the user the predetermined percentage of resources allowed for the website.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises a cell phone telephone number to a cell phone configured to receive and send a Short Message Service or a Multimedia Messaging Service message to the user.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises an application stored on a cell phone configured to receive and send messages to the user.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises a third party social media platform.

17 . A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

detecting a first event in an account with a domain name registrar or a hosting provider;

sending a notice by a messaging system selected by a user associated with the account, wherein the notice comprises a plurality of actions that the user may select to be taken;

receiving from the user a selected action by the selected messaging system from the plurality of actions;

converting the selected action into a command for a web service; and

communicating the command to the web service.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of receiving from the user a plurality of events to monitor, wherein the plurality of events comprises the first event.

19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises a cell phone telephone number to a cell phone configured to receive and send a Short Message Service or a Multimedia Messaging Service message to the user.

20 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the selected messaging system comprises a third party social media platform.