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Namecheap provides services on domain name registration, and offer for sale domain names that are registered to third parties (also known as aftermarket domain names). It is also a web hosting company.
Problems in the last 24 hours
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Namecheap users through our website.
- Hosting (57%)
- Domains (43%)
Live Outage Map
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Namecheap Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Hazard๐ (@hazardayo_) reported@Namecheap Hello Namecheap Support, I am writing to follow up on my suspended account regarding ticket [NC-MRN-7300]. I have already submitted the requested information and documentation. Could you please provide an update on the review status? I urgently need my account access restored so I can continue my work and meet an approaching deadline. Thank you for your prompt assistance.
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Brian Lee Mayes โ โ๐ข๐ฒ๐โ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ (@BrianLeeMayes) reported@Namecheap I've just about had it with Namecheap. My email/Roundcube is suddenly unsecure, and attempting to log into Namecheap, I'm asked to provide a code you sent to my email, which I cannot open! I've never seen this error before, so at least you're keeping it suspenseful.
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Umar Saeed (@UmarSaeedX) reported@neurocoode @anupamrjp I prefer Namecheap for better pricing and support.
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One&OnlyAarav (@WaterAarav) reportedClaude = coding. ($20/mo) Shypmenta = deploys, connects, and manages every platform below($6/yr) Supabase = backend. (Free) Vercel = deploying. (Free) Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) GitHub = version control. (Free) Resend = emails. (Free) Clerk = auth. (Free) Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) PostHog = analytics. (Free) Sentry = error tracking. (Free) Upstash = Redis. (Free) Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20. Building has genuinely never been this affordable, and rarely this effortless either.
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Rob (@RobGuerra90) reported@omarvvvr Namecheap all the way never had a problem in years and their customer support is on point
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Charlotte (@al_tools43377) reported- Claude = coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase = backend. (Free) - Vercel = deploying. (Free) - Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) - Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) - GitHub = version control. (Free) - Resend = emails. (Free) - Clerk = auth. (Free) - Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) - PostHog = analytics. (Free) - Sentry = error tracking. (Free) - Upstash = Redis. (Free) - Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build.
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Formerly Exit 2 ๐ด โฎ๏ธ (@SchraderValves) reported@YourHornedGod I used to use Namecheap, never had a problem. Don't know if they are still good
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Domayn Kapital (@domaynkapital) reported@Namecheap every other week there's a domain I win domains with non-functioning namerservers. 3-4 times in last months. I contact support and they tell gaslight me telling me it's all fine. Waste 30 minutes until they call a specialist to fixt it. Please deal with this.
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Johnny Picante (@JohnnyPic51) reported@CertainLogicAI @buildwithmaya @Namecheap Agreed for the validation phase โ cheapest thing that ships wins. Where a geo-TLD earns its keep is after you've got signal and want the URL itself doing some work (local SEO, word-of-mouth memorability) instead of just hosting code.
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Blake Ryan (@blakefakhoury) reported@namemaxicom @NamePros @Namecheap Haha didn't mean to be rude! I use your tool religiously and have made 7 figures from flips on it, was just pointing it out.
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Bill Hartzer (@bhartzer) reported@DNaccess analyzed their list of hundreds of stolen domain names (mostly publicly announced stolen domains and many not publicly disclosed). We looked at historical whois data that shows the losing registrar in each of the stolen domain name cases. Here's the breakdown of the percentages (and where you probably should secure your account if you have domains registered there): Network Solutions is 40%, GoDaddy 33%, and eNom 7% โ so those three alone account for 80%, and Network Solutions plus GoDaddy together are 73%. After that it drops into a long tail: Domain(.com) ~4%, then Moniker, Namecheap, and 1&1 IONOS at ~2% each, and a scattering of single cases at ~1% We're not necessarily suggesting or recommending that you transfer your domain name to another registrar. Just secure your account. Also note that these are among the largest and oldest registrars, and Network Solutions in particular holds a big share of the premium legacy .com names that thieves target, so this reflects where the valuable domains live as much as where security is weakest. #domains
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Dhairya (@dkare1009) reported๐ SaaS Stack โ โฃ ๐ Frontend โ โฃ ๐ React โ โฃ ๐ NextJS โ โฃ ๐ Vue โ โฃ ๐ TailwindCSS โ โ ๐ Shadcn UI โ โฃ ๐ Backend โ โฃ ๐ NodeJS โ โฃ ๐ Django โ โฃ ๐ Laravel โ โฃ ๐ FastAPI โ โ ๐ Express โ โฃ ๐ Database โ โฃ ๐ PostgreSQL โ โฃ ๐ MySQL โ โฃ ๐ MongoDB โ โฃ ๐ Redis โ โ ๐ Supabase โ โฃ ๐ Auth โ โฃ ๐ Clerk โ โฃ ๐ Auth0 โ โฃ ๐ Firebase Auth โ โฃ ๐ Supabase Auth โ โ ๐ NextAuth โ โฃ ๐ Payments โ โฃ ๐ Stripe โ โฃ ๐ Paddle โ โฃ ๐ Dodo Payments โ โฃ ๐ Lemon Squeezy โ โ ๐ Polar โ โฃ ๐ Emails โ โฃ ๐ Resend โ โฃ ๐ SendGrid โ โฃ ๐ Mailgun โ โฃ ๐ Postmark โ โ ๐ Amazon SES โ โฃ ๐ Storage โ โฃ ๐ AWS โ โฃ ๐ Cloudflare โ โฃ ๐ Google Cloud Storage โ โฃ ๐ Supabase Storage โ โ ๐ Uploadcare โ โฃ ๐ Deployment โ โฃ ๐ Vercel โ โฃ ๐ Netlify โ โฃ ๐ Railway โ โฃ ๐ Render โ โ ๐ AWS โ โฃ ๐ Domains and DNS โ โฃ ๐ Namecheap โ โฃ ๐ Hostinger โ โฃ ๐ Cloudflare DNS โ โฃ ๐ Google Domains โ โ ๐ SiteGround โ โฃ ๐ Analytics โ โฃ ๐ Google Analytics โ โฃ ๐ Plausible โ โฃ ๐ PostHog โ โฃ ๐ Mixpanel โ โ ๐ DataFast โ โฃ ๐ Monitoring โ โฃ ๐ Sentry โ โฃ ๐ LogRocket โ โฃ ๐ Datadog โ โฃ ๐ NewRelic โ โ ๐ UptimeRobot โ โฃ ๐ DevOps โ โฃ ๐ Docker โ โฃ ๐ Kubernetes โ โฃ ๐ GitHub Actions โ โฃ ๐ CI CD โ โ ๐ Terraform โ โฃ ๐ Search โ โฃ ๐ Algolia โ โฃ ๐ Meilisearch โ โฃ ๐ Elasticsearch โ โฃ ๐ Typesense โ โ ๐ OpenSearch โ โฃ ๐ AI Integration โ โฃ ๐ OpenAI API โ โฃ ๐ Anthropic API โ โฃ ๐ Replicate โ โฃ ๐ HuggingFace โ โ ๐ Gemini API โ โฃ ๐ Integrations โ โฃ ๐ Zapier โ โฃ ๐ Make โ โฃ ๐ n8n โ โฃ ๐ Pabbly โ โ ๐ Webhooks โ โฃ ๐ Security โ โฃ ๐ SSL โ โฃ ๐ Cloudflare โ โฃ ๐ WAF โ โฃ ๐ Rate Limiting โ โ ๐ Secrets Management โ โฃ ๐ Marketing โ โฃ ๐ Search Console โ โฃ ๐ Outrank โ โฃ ๐ Buffer โ โฃ ๐ Analytics โ โ ๐ Kit โ โ ๐ Customer Support โฃ ๐ Intercom โฃ ๐ Crisp โฃ ๐ Zendesk โฃ ๐ Tawk โ ๐ HelpScout
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ฦrฮฑeแง (@fraey0) reportedit costs about $21/month to run what could become a multi-million dollar startup โข human brain = reasoning (free) โข claude = coding ($20/mo) โข supabase = backend (free) โข vercel = deployment (free) โข namecheap = domain ($12/yr) โข stripe = payments (2.9%/trx) โข github = versioning (free) โข resend = email (free) โข clerk = auth (free) โข cloudflare = DNS (free) โข posthog = analytics (free) โข sentry = error tracking (free) โข upstash = redis (free) โข pinecone = vector DB (free) everything sums up to roughly $20 to $25 per month so, the tools are not the barrier anymore. most ideas donโt fail because theyโre expensive to build. they fail because they never get built at all. whatโs stopping you?
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K S (@kj_kjato) reported@Namecheap Furthermore, I will explode that youโve never invested anything and immediately replied that claims are unfounded when clearly they are not. You donโt want me to expose you and your bullshit customer service.๐ก๐ก
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based64 (@based64_eth) reported@faa0311 Whatever you do stay away from @Namecheap. Once they had an issue with SMS OTP and users were locked out for months with no recourse.
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SysGoblin (@thesysgoblin) reported@sattyyouneed GoDaddy is ****. Has hidden fees and is the most expensive option out there. Porkbun is cheaper than namecheap, almost equal to cloudfare but with namecheap's ease. Never tried Hostinger.
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Kirtesh (@AKirtesh) reportedMy current indie hacker stack in 2026: - Claude for Coding - Stripe for Payments - GitHub for Version Control - Vercel for Deployment - Supabase for Backend - Clerk for Auth - Upstash for Redis - Pinecone for Vector DB - Resend for Emails - Namecheap for Domain - Cloudflare for DNS - PostHog for Analytics - Sentry for Error Tracking You can build and ship a complete startup from your bedroom in 2026. The barrier has never been lower ๐ช
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Great Bin Elroi (@OgaGreat) reportedInternational companies understands customer care ! @Namecheap can reply even at 12 midnight ! That is a company that is customer oriented .
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Wiz (@wizminar) reported@kalashvasaniya totally agreed, one crucial advice i can give is to keep domain and hosting service different. Will ideally prefer about it can look namecheap or porkbun for domain and netlify or hostinger for hoosting rest please do your own research
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Novit Ekka (@novitekka) reported@Namecheap Your servers are down. My website is inaccessible.
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monsterTrapXx9 (@monsterTRAPxx9) reported@Namecheap @TomoLifeUpdates you guys suck ***** for suspending neocities when they werent even mentioned in the court order. We are actively avoiding ur service & dissuading ppl from using it
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alencristen (@alencristen) reported@p_naix @spaceship maybe different managment team or something but honestly i'd stay away from anything namecheap related. very bad company
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Srishti (@srishticodes) reportedClaude = coding. ($20/mo) GitHub = version control. (Free) Supabase = backend. (Free) Clerk = auth. (Free) Resend = emails. (Free) Vercel = deploying. (Free) Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) Upstash = Redis. (Free) Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) PostHog = analytics. (Free) Sentry = error tracking. (Free) Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build
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Prashant Singh (@prashant_gigs) reportedI don't know when the domain registrars will understand user experience is as important as your domain service. --- okish -------- - hostinger - godaddy ---- garbage ---------- - namecheap
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Fahad Hussain (@FahadHussa3165) reportedClaude = coding. ($20/mo) GitHub = version control. (Free) Supabase = backend. (Free) Clerk = auth. (Free) Resend = emails. (Free) Vercel = deploying. (Free) Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) Upstash = Redis. (Free) Pinecone = vector DB. (Free) PostHog = analytics. (Free) Sentry = error tracking. (Free) Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build
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Bogey Wilcox (@brasscogg) reportedUnverified conspiracy theory: GoDaddy holds all these inactive domains through a shell company so they can charge finders fees and commission to โfindโ the owner of the domain, themselves Namecheap would never stoop to such loser levels
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Lg Shurley (@SurelyLg) reportedBe careful with @Namecheap. They have poor customer service and extremely strict refund policies. Even when they make an error, theyโll fight you on giving a refund and try to lowball you with a tiny credit. Just a heads up. #namecheap
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ู ุฑูุฒ ู ูุงุฑุงุช ุงูุฅุจุฏุงุน ููุชุฏุฑูุจ (@cstcksa) reported@Namecheap Warning to all website owners and businesses: Based on our experience, we strongly advise exercising caution before dealing with this hosting provider. We encountered significant difficulties related to account management, communication, and obtaining support regarding our hosting services. Our experience raised serious concerns about the company's practice of relying on third-party agents to manage hosting accounts, which may leave customers vulnerable to disputes, service interruptions, delays in account transfers, or unexpected financial demands. We encourage all customers to carefully review ownership rights, account access credentials, service agreements, and transfer procedures before purchasing hosting services through any intermediary or agent. We have documented our experience and reserve the right to pursue the matter through the appropriate regulatory and legal channels.
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yev (@itisyev) reported@Namecheap apologies for the false statement. I got emails from you with refunds for the domain subscription and jumped to conclusions Turns out... the IP I got from @digitalocean for hosting got re-allocated to a different project. Updating records with NC's Basic DNS to fix
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zuby | Default Web Designer (@zubywebstudio) reportedTo get a domain now and hosting is not the problem until it's time for renewal I think Namecheap now has separate charge for their positive SSL renewal ๐