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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Namecheap users through our website.
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Cloud Services (48%)
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Hosting (24%)
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Domains (20%)
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Web Tools (8%)
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The most recent Namecheap outage reports came from the following cities:
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Namecheap Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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David Maigari
(@maigari_david) reported
One of the reasons I like @Namecheap is because of the customer service. Just transferred two websites hosting to the client's account all under 30 minutes... It just took a few conversations on the live chat support.
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Amit Gupta
(@Yibecoder) reported
@zDomainName @NamecheapCEO @Namecheap The marketplace icon on namecheap is much bigger issue than the 0 on make offer, most searches in the statistics are from NC, the reception their is confusing, they should work on fixing it will everything they got.
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Trevor Gehman
(@trevorgehman) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap I do like CF but two things: 1. UI is a little clumsy managing hundreds of domains 2. They don’t support certain tlds I like Dynadot
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Sam
(@tequilerzyn) reported
Namecheap SUCKS
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Praveer
(@praveeR_77) reported
Why the hate for GoDaddy ? Most of my domain purchases are from namecheap. Its first time i bought a domain from godaddy. But saw a lot of comments that never buy from godaddy.
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LokiLabs
(@LokiLabsHQ) reported
@KartikeyStack Namecheap - never disappoint
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Frank Mardian
(@MapleDots) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap The fact that the CEO Richard and Namecheap both responded here shows they are proactive and care about what the clients think. @Shpigford I would consider letting them resolve the situation before moving out because I can assure most support is not as proactive.
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Claudio
(@kazzkiq) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap Had the same issue. They pretend they can sell you the premium domain, then throw you in a limbo and just ignore you. I got lucky and solved the issue by finding that the domain was in auction by a competitor, then purchased it directly there. Feels almost like fraud tbh
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The Don of Email
(@donofemail) reported
I call this the "Abandoned Proxy Play."Here’s how to build a $1M/year intelligence platform monetizing orphaned domain infrastructure and the cracks in corporate IT. Step 1: Scrape every domain registrar’s zone file (Verisign, Namecheap, GoDaddy, etc.). Cross-reference them with public WHOIS records and MX lookups to identify expired but repurchased domains that once belonged to legit companies. These are usually bought by sketchy actors for email spoofing, phishing proxies, or weaponized redirects. Why does this matter? Because the repurchased domains often still have residual legitimacy *baked in*: subdomain permissions, wildcard SSL certs, third-party platform access (Slack, Dropbox, Google Drive), or misconfigured corporate apps that still trust them. This makes them perfect attack vectors. Step 2: Go deep into DNS/MX history on these expired domains. Use archive tools (Wayback Machine, DNSdumpster, VirusTotal) to trace how they were historically configured. Did they serve emails, run an app, host important redirects? Were they ever tied to marketing campaigns, SaaS accounts, or employee dashboards? Every breadcrumb is a vector. Step 3: Once you’ve flagged high-risk or high-value expired domains, run specialized recon tools (Nuclei, Sublist3r, Amass) against them. You’re looking for subdomains/records that are still active but should no longer be tied to the infrastructure. Examples: – API keys left exposed in old URL strings. – Legitimate mail servers still responding to spoof tests. – Public Dropbox/Drive links still tied to subdomains. – Malformed OAuth flows that allow privilege escalation. Here’s where it gets wild. Step 4: Rank domains based on "infrastructure vulnerability score"and monetize in two parallel streams: Stream 1 – Corporate Security Intelligence. Build a SaaS platform that sells alerts to companies running sensitive apps/tools tied to orphaned domains. Email them: “Your abandoned domain [X] is still active on [Y third-party platform] and presents a supply chain risk.” $2k–5k per subscription for proactive orgs. Stream 2 – Threat Intelligence Ecosystem. Package detailed reports on high-risk expired domains and sell to cybersecurity startups, SOC analysts, penetration testers, or small MSPs. Bundle access to your tools/API for private sector researchers. $499/month for individuals, $5k/month for larger firms. Step 5: Scale data relentlessly with cold outreach and partnerships. Used Levelinbox to buy 10k inboxes and blasted every cybersecurity team at companies on Crunchbase. Pre-wrote templates for specific platform risks: “Found your legacy Slack channel still accepting DMs from an expired corporate domain. Want a full audit?” Step 6: Protect your moat. Build your own lightweight Chrome extension that scans a company’s authentication flows for expired domain usage during sign-in (like an API recon bot). Offer free trials to C-suite execs at major orgs via email campaigns, then upsell enterprise plans post-installed usage spike. This isn’t speculation. Expired domains are massive vectors, and IT sprawl keeps leaking attack surfaces. Every corporate misstep in the DNS/MX world becomes fuel for your intelligence engine. You're monetizing the laziness of expired infrastructure. You don’t own the holes—you *sell clear maps of them.* Play executed, signal controlled.
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Iggy
(@ignacioaal) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap i'm starting to migrate to cloudflare but since that's not their main business i don't think they support most TLD's
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Richard Kirkendall
(@NamecheapCEO) reported
@Shpigford @heyandras @Namecheap Hey Josh, sorry to hear about the trouble. Please do let me know the details and happy to help with a solution. My dm's are open for you.
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Stammy
(@Stammy) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap Aws r53 or cloudflare. Ditched namecheap long ago. They had some security snafu where they got socially engineered pretty easily and didn’t manage that issue well imo
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Richard Kirkendall
(@NamecheapCEO) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap Hey Josh, sorry to hear about the trouble. Please do let me know the details and happy to help with a solution asap. My dm's are open for you.
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Andras Bacsai
(@heyandras) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap what happened? i plan this as well, but luckily i had no problems with them yet
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agentic
(@agentic2) reported
@Name__Groove @spaceship @NamecheapCEO Yes. But my domain, my right. Renewed or drooping. Domain theft issue, because transfer namecheap.
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risky
(@risky) reported
@spaceship how is someone able to add 2fac to my account without emailing the email on file? Just got drained of all my domains. Worst security ever, would recommend not touching them or @Namecheap as they are owned by same company. Such a disgrace.
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Josh Pigford
(@Shpigford) reported
awful @namecheap support experience on a premium domain purchase. taking 100+ domains elsewhere. where should i transfer all of them to?
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Taylor Page
(@TRPage_dev) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap For premium domains, because Cloudflare doesn’t support them still last I heard, @Porkbun is what I use. They’re great.
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Mark Henderson
(@mjhenderson76) reported
@Namecheap your support agents are the worst. How about you provide some over-the-phone support. I could have resolved this in 10 minutes instead of the 1.5+ hrs I’ve been chatting with 3 different agents about.
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Benjamin Houy
(@BenjaminHouy) reported
@shash_cs I think so too. Just sent the takedown requests to both Namecheap and Google. Never saw such a blatant one before though so curious why they bothered.
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Marc Lozinski
(@marc_lozinski) reported
@KakaDev617 I guess listings show up in the reg path on Namecheap. Atom automatically syndicates to Sedo and Namecheap is part of the SedoMLS network so that wouldn't be a reason for me to switch. Their landers look pretty cool though ¯\_༼ •́ ͜ʖ •̀ ༽_/¯
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Namebase Registry
(@NBRegistry) reported
The domain network.api was just registered on Namecheap.
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OG Puzzo™
(@puzzogambino) reported
@Namecheap I’m being denied access to a VPS backup from last week, even though you keep backups for up to a month. Support only offers me a few-days-old backup — which is useless since I had already wiped the server. Why won’t you release the older backup I’m entitled to?
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Adam Voulstaker
(@AdamVoulstaker) reported
@Namecheap since your domain work last week the sites been broken and doesnt return whether a .com is available Are you going to fix it?
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Curious_rob
(@0111null) reported
Does anyone one have issues with @Namecheap changing the auto renew of your one year project domain then when you try to correct it they take that last month away even though it’s paid for. Seems charging 31 days in advance is a bad idea if you can’t correct it.
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Lite
(@LightNoLimit) reported
@JulianEngel13 @Shpigford @Namecheap Isn’t Spaceship owned by the same CEO as Namecheap (which he’s having problems with)?
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Longevity World Cup 2025
(@LongevityWorldC) reported
Our Longevity World Cup website is temporarily down due to a Namecheap VPS outage. Nothing we can do locally until they restore service. Will update once it’s back online.
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Mark Henderson
(@mjhenderson76) reported
@Namecheap Well, you’d be wrong about all of that. This is the single worst tech support I’ve ever encountered
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Julian Engel
(@JulianEngel13) reported
@Shpigford @Namecheap Spaceship (though they are a new company by Spaceship - but their support is outstanding) or Dynadot. Love CF but not for domains, and do not, under any circumstances go to GD.
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Ori
(@kendall1tau) reported
@Namecheap sorry but your CS are dire been on live chat for over an hour to resolve trying to use GitHub Developer University offer as your system is sending me round in circles . If this is indication of the quality / standard of your service / product probably best avoided !!!