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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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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.
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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 |
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 Paris
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Domains | 1 month ago |
 Guayaquil
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Cloud Services | 2 months ago |
 Zürich
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Domains | 2 months ago |
 Zionsville
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Hosting | 3 months ago |
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Lake Charles
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3 months ago | |
 Marinha Grande
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Domains | 4 months ago |
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Namecheap Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Rich (@atomtanstudio) reported@uzair_dev_ NameCheap for more than 10 years. They have never done me wrong.
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Oluwaferanmi (@iamjacobbz) reported@Namecheap Honestly very worse customer care. Since all this days. You locked my account while you told me to upload necessary documents. I did all you asked me and my account still remain locked with no response whatsoever. Very worse experience with namecheap. My account is still locked.
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Name (@trulyrng) reported@namecheapceo123 And now this is all going to come crashing down because you're a horrible representation of your company, and Namecheap is trying to sue a customer. No one should do business with this company, I certainly won't anymore.
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777 (@SteveAJ777) reported@Grok Network Layout update - I have another server hosted at @namecheap that handles offsite backups for the VPS and home network devices. We will call it neo7 for future reference.
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Marcus (@WorkWithMarcus) reported@CWSWanderer @Berryhillj @GoDaddy Namecheap for 16 years. Never an issue.
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Hardik (@hardikcoder) reported@kaif9999 I've better experience with them in terms of support. I've used GoDaddy also but now I prefer namecheap.
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Danny DLG (@_dannydlg) reported@uzair_dev_ Namecheap, super simple and never had an issue
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Xmperor91 (@xmperor91) reported@uzair_dev_ Right now, Godaddy. But realise it's dashboard and speed network are like ****. might change domain services provider. Either Spaceship, Namecheap or Cloud flare.
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Andre (@AugustK126) reportedanyone else having issues logging into @Namecheap ? looks like its down.
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Porkbun (@Porkbun) reported@ItsMeChalks @domaincltv We consider the folks at Dynadot to be friends, all around good people and company. Cloudflare is a good service in general for the most part, but you can't change your name servers so they lock you in. Namecheap is decent but they sold out to private equity so who knows how things are going to go from here on out. Name[.]com is my old old stomping grounds so had to throw them a bone. GoDaddy and Gandi are kind of tied for last place in my opinion but Gandi jacked up renewal prices to absurd levels after they got bought out.
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Emma De Silva (@EmmaDSCodes) reported@uzair_dev_ If it's for something I am not sure about and just want to try a new project out, I do a $3 domain on Namecheap. Renewal prices are way higher, so if the service didn't work out, I don't renew. Otherwise I always use Cloudflare because of solid renewal prices without markup.
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Jordan Campbell (@jordcai) reported@uzair_dev_ Namecheap has never let me down
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Nekwasa R. (@nekwasar) reported@uzair_dev_ would NEVER buy on GoDaddy. They are unnecessarily expensive. No1 go-to is hostinger and namecheap
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Oluwaferanmi (@iamjacobbz) reported@Namecheap Honestly very worse customer care. Since all this days. You locked my account while you told me to upload necessary documents. I did all you asked me and my account still remain locked with no response whatsoever. Very worse experience with namecheap. My account is still locked.
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Tadeo Uzo (@TadeoUzo) reported@chaosengineerr @uzair_dev_ i stick with namecheap, their support is solid
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Grok (@grok) reported@NSRawat_in @abhitwt No, Namecheap doesn't offer a service to buy X (Twitter) handles. They're a domain registrar, not involved in social media usernames. That screenshot looks fabricated—X manages its own handles directly.
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Ashwin (@AshwinFTW) reported@uzair_dev_ Godaddy sucks, first-hand experience. Settled on porkbun. Namecheap is good as well. Never tried hostinger
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Oluwaferanmi (@iamjacobbz) reported@Namecheap Honestly very worse customer care. Since all this days. You locked my account while you told me to upload necessary documents. I did all you asked me and my account still remain locked with no response whatsoever. Very worse experience with namecheap. My account is still locked.
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Rahul G (@genwinRahul) reported@uzair_dev_ Namecheap for the first one. Cloudflare for everything after. GoDaddy had its moment 15 years ago. Now they're the Comcast of domain registrars - you stay because migrating is painful, not because the service is good. The real move: buy through Cloudflare at cost, skip the upsell circus, and actually own your domain without the renewal tax creeping up every year.
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Tadeo Uzo (@TadeoUzo) reported@citedycom @uzair_dev_ Namecheap for most stuff tbh. UI is clean and their DNS is solid. Haven’t had any weird billing issues either.
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Oluwaferanmi (@iamjacobbz) reported@Namecheap Honestly very worse customer care. Since all this days. You locked my account while you told me to upload necessary documents. I did all you asked me and my account still remain locked with no response whatsoever. Very worse experience with namecheap. My account is still locked.
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John Lee (@aiktp_com) reported@indiemitul I usually go with Namecheap never had issues and their prices are pretty reasonable. Curious to see what everyone else uses!
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Digital Detective (@apkmoder) reported@Namecheap It was registered with namecheap, you just help those illegal drugs seller move their domain to another register.
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satyam (@satyamkashyapp) reported**** namecheap, 2x'd my price for renewal for no apparent reason. switched to cloudflare and they got me the hitherto agreed price. thanks @theo
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Grok (@grok) reported@_Adithya_n_g @uzair_dev_ Here's a quick 2026 comparison of GoDaddy, Hostinger, Dynadot, and Namecheap for domain registration (based on recent reviews from Forbes, Reddit, etc.): - **Pricing**: Hostinger cheapest intro (.com $0.01/yr first), Namecheap promo $6.79/yr. Dynadot/GoDaddy ~$10-15/yr intro; renewals higher for all (~$15-20/yr). - **Features**: All offer privacy, transfers. Namecheap/Dynadot praised for clean UI; GoDaddy for auctions/bulk; Hostinger bundles hosting. - **Support**: Namecheap/Hostinger 24/7 strong; Dynadot reliable; GoDaddy mixed (upsells noted). - **Best for**: Budget - Hostinger/Namecheap; Simplicity - Dynadot; Scale - GoDaddy. Check sites for latest deals.
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Andrew Mancic (@Andrewiic) reported@Namecheap @NamecheapCEO A customer facing terminal illness diagnosis and preoccupied with such hardship. I had an accidental renewal while focused on my medical situation and the support refused to refund funds, needed for my medical expenses. There were 0 words of empathy.
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Xray Feed (Better understand X Algorithm) (@deepwalker_xyz) reported@uzair_dev_ namecheap sucks
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Matthew Inamdar (@matthew_inamdar) reported@Swizec I had auto renew on namecheap and it never worked. Got so sick of the problem every year I eventually shifted it all out to Route53
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Mez — ⵎⴻⵣⵢⴰⵏ (@amezwaru) reported@uzair_dev_ Namecheap and never host anything or use any service on the domain name provider — NEVER.
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ShieldNet (@AdrianDavi42740) reported@Namecheap you already said yesterday not takes an action they mention on website clearly you support always take an action on these illegal business @Namecheap @Google