Namecheap status: hosting issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Namecheap reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Namecheap users through our website.

• Domains (67%)
• Cloud Services (33%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Namecheap outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Paris	Domains	2 months ago
Guayaquil	Cloud Services	2 months ago
Zürich	Domains	3 months ago
Zionsville	Hosting	4 months ago
Lake Charles	E-mail	4 months ago
Marinha Grande	Domains	4 months ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Namecheap Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  DYJ (@davidyjeong) reported 2 minutes ago

  an attacker tried to hijack one of our domains as well, here's what happened > i get an email from the domain registrar's abuse department telling me they've approved my request to change the email on my account to contact@<similar domain> > i don't own this other domain and i've never made such a request > within 30 seconds, i emailed back saying i did not make the request > i email namecheap, the registrar for the other domain and report abuse to block STMP/IMAP > i pull out my laptop in the middle of a shopping mall and literally sit on the floor to log in and add in every form of MFA i could > 10 minutes later, the account is locked > i get an email from the registrar effectively saying "ignore the previous email, we didn't change the email yet. we've locked your account, please give us KYC documents" > i go back and forth and provide all the KYC documents they ask for > i confirm that no changes can be made to the domain while it is locked > i create a ticket from the regitrar's contact form from their official website to verify the email thread is legitimate > the account is locked for a week while they verify my documents > we constantly monitor the domain (dig NS <domain> +short) just in case > i threaten to submit an ICANN complaint and tell my users to use a new domain if they don't unlock my account > account unlocked within minutes > currently moving everything to AWS Route 53 PSA - if you're not on AWS, move everything to AWS. if you log into a website with your wallet, make sure to carefully read the authorizations prompt

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  Timothy Ayomide (@Chris_Ayomide01) reported 4 minutes ago

  - Claude = coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase = backend. (Free) - Vercel = deploying. (Free) - Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) - Stripe = payments. (2.9%/transaction) - GitHub = version control. Free Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 5 minutes ago

  @askpurin @tyleraloevera To get your website running independently: Rent a cheap VPS from Hetzner, OVH, or Contabo (~$5/mo). Install Ubuntu, then Nginx + your stack (Node/PHP/Python/etc). Use Docker for portability and Certbot for free HTTPS. Register domain via Namecheap or Njalla with privacy enabled. Point DNS to your VPS IP. For static sites, build with Hugo/Next.js and rsync deploy. For dynamic, add PostgreSQL/MySQL. Decentralized bonus: Pin to IPFS via your node or Fleek for censorship resistance. Full control = no platform bans. Start with a $5 droplet and scale. Specific tech stack? More details help.

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  Allahisrabb (@allahisrabb) reported 8 minutes ago

  @melvynx Namecheap is very good IMO. Never had any issues with them

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  Dianne B. Dee 🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong (@diannebdee) reported 9 minutes ago

  I've been with @Namecheap since 2010 and I buy all my domains through them. Well, because of a payday issue, I've lost one and I'm not happy. It's now in auction and I likely won't be able to get it back. I had a website attached to it.

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  Rahud Dev (@RahudDev) reported 9 minutes ago

  Domains aren’t expensive… bad registrars are. Use these instead: Cloudflare Namecheap Porkbun Save money → invest in building.

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  Simi (@coder_simran) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Namecheap you should support UPI payment , you are losing so many customers

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  Shubh Jain (@shubh19) reported 13 minutes ago

  - Claude for coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase for backend. (Free tier) - Vercel for deploying. (Free tier) - Namecheap for domain. ($12/yr) - Stripe for payments. (2.9% per transaction) - GitHub for version control. (Free) - Resend for emails. (Free tier) - Clerk for auth. (Free tier) - Cloudflare for DNS. (Free) - PostHog for analytics. (Free tier) - Sentry for error tracking. (Free tier) - Upstash for Redis. (Free tier) - Pinecone for vector DB. (Free tier) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time to build. It's not that deep bro.

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  Captain M (@FrankoRover) reported 13 minutes ago

  So @Namecheap is no longer giving 3 free mailboxes. Damn, we need an alternative solution. You cannot be purchasing domains for 11 USD and pay 70 dollars for mail boxes, we are not in the 90s

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  Edison (@CodeEdison) reported 15 minutes ago

  GitHub — version control (free) Claude — coding ($20/mo) Namecheap — domain ($12/yr) Cloudflare — DNS (free) Vercel — deploy (free) Clerk — auth (free) Supabase — backend + database (free) Upstash — Redis (free) Pinecone — vector DB (free) Resend — emails (free) Stripe — payments (2.9% per transaction) PostHog — analytics (free) Sentry — error tracking (free) Total cost to run a startup: ~$20/month No servers. No DevOps team. No funding required. Just an idea and WiFi. There has never been a cheaper time to build. 🚀 Today is the best time to bet on yourself and build the things ⭐

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  Mr. preacher (@Leavemealo86) reported 15 minutes ago

  I pity anyone that plans to use @Namecheap your website won’t last in their hands They’ll say it’s “scam “ then take it down

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  GMD King (@GMDKing) reported 15 minutes ago

  @CodeWithAmann Namecheap, incredible service and.. well.. very cheap domains

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  Grok (@grok) reported 16 minutes ago

  @CraZLightLady @Kalshi Regular US citizens, permanent residents, and entities with a bona fide US presence can register .us domains (the US country code TLD). It's not government-restricted like .gov—just go through any registrar like GoDaddy or Namecheap and certify the nexus requirement. No prior owner issues either.

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  Anmol Mishra (@anmol_biz) reported 17 minutes ago

  you’ll regret starting a new app with Supabase, so go with Firebase instead. Firebase Auth is making Clerk look like a bad choice. use Firebase Storage instead of S3 because it’s the cheapest storage you can get. Replace Namecheap for Spaceship. And please, just stop using MongoDB use Firebase Firestore

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  Benjamin Thiele (@ESLotherwise) reported 18 minutes ago

  @melvynx Never had a single Issue with Namecheap. Fast DNS, 24/7 Support - saying "its literally the worst domain provider" while godaddy exists is criminal aswell.

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  Andrew Vee (@andrewxvee) reported 24 minutes ago

  @melvynx bought hundreds of domains from namecheap never had any issue at all

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  Maksym Mykhailenko (@maxceem) reported 25 minutes ago

  @rozzabuilds I'm switching to Cloudflare from Namecheap for domains where I don't need custom domain email support

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  Thomas L. Knapp, aka KN@PPSTER (@thomaslknapp) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Namecheap It finally got fixed, thanks. But it seems like current "support" protocol is to IMMEDIATELY say "yeah, YOU should do a bunch of stuff, even though it's clearly a server problem, not a site problem, then maybe we'll fix it if you keep insisting." This is not the first time.

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  rain (@retrorain_) reported 26 minutes ago

  @PineRumba @caffeineai @itsmejeremy77 Well the the domain is still running on say namecheap so it shouldn’t be a problem

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  Grok (@grok) reported 26 minutes ago

  @stephlon_b @CodeWithAmann GoDaddy stands out as the worst here for domain purchases. It pushes heavy upselling, hikes renewal prices sharply after the first year, charges extra for WHOIS privacy (free elsewhere), and has a history of security lapses and poor support. Cloudflare wins for value—domains at true cost with top-tier security. Namecheap is budget-friendly for starters. Hostinger is reliable, especially bundled with hosting.

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  Africa Builds (@OneAfricaBuilds) reported 27 minutes ago

  - 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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  Sal P (@sals_patel) reported 30 minutes ago

  Hey @Namecheap I have DM’d you! No response from support emails etc

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  Nick (@maietta) reported 31 minutes ago

  Careful who you host your websites with: Namecheap is hosting the website of a client of mine. My client has been paying yearly for "security services" but under my advisement, I felt they could save their money. Well, the SSL certificate expired and is no longer resolving for the client's website. So, Namecheap will offer hosting services, but will kill off SSL certificates if you don't pay for their "security service". Many web browsers won't even connect to a website with no valid certificate and worse, if HTS is enabled, the browser will never reach the non-ssl version of the site. So, my client's website is unreachable to most traffic right now.

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  Umesh Kumar Yadav (@Umesh__digital) reported 34 minutes ago

  - 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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  Wasim (@WasimShips) reported 35 minutes ago

  > Cursor + Claude for coding > Supabase or Neon for backend > Vercel, Railway, or Render for deploy > Namecheap or Cloudflare for domain > Stripe or dod for payments > GitHub for version control > Resend, SendGrid, or Loops for email > Clerk or Supabase Auth for auth > Cloudflare for DNS and optional edge > PostHog, Plausible, or Vercel Analytics for analytics > Sentry for errors > Upstash or Vercel KV for Redis and rate limiting > Pinecone or Supabase pgvector if you need vectors > UploadThing, Cloudinary, or Vercel Blob for files > Linear, Notion, or GitHub Projects for tasks > Zod for validation, React Hook Form for forms > shadcn/ui + Tailwind for UI > cal or Calendly for scheduling > Inngest or trigger .dev for background jobs > Loops or Resend for transactional + optional marketing That's all the stack you need man !

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  Taqui (@md_taqui_imam) reported 36 minutes ago

  If you start an app now, please don't use: 1. Supabase = you will regret it. → use Convex, Neon, Better-Auth instead 2. Clerk = this is the worst choice ever → use Better-Auth instead 3. Supabase Storage or AWS S3 → use Cloudflare R2, this is the cheapest you can have 4. Namecheap: laggy, buggy, boring → use Porkbun or Cloudflare 5. MongoDB = just don't

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  Volt Company (@VoltAgentAI) reported 40 minutes ago

  Delivery: SMTP via Namecheap. Port 465 SSL. Gmail was blocked day 4. Lesson learned: never depend on a platform you don't control for critical infrastructure.

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  Rahul Chhabrani (@RahulChhabrani) reported 48 minutes ago

  @pranay_wank @krupakotecha_ Never godaddy. they always upsells basic things. Namecheap, Spaceship, Porkbun are good.

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  Abhinendra Patel (@AbhinendraPate3) reported 52 minutes ago

  - Claude = coding. ($20/mo) - Supabase = backend. (Free) - Vercel = deploying. (Free) - Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) - GitHub = version control. (Free) - Resend = emails. (Free) - Clerk = auth. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: ~$20 There has never been a cheaper time.

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  fiveoverfive (@notfiveoverfive) reported 58 minutes ago

  @melvynx Never had any issues with supabase, nor with namecheap. This is your typical "everything that has not been released in the last 6 months is trash" post. Embrace evolution over revolution.