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Namecheap Outage Map

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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 Affected Locations

Outage reports and issues in the past 15 days originated from:

Location Reports
Greater Noida, UP 2
Noida, UP 1
Gorakhpur, UP 1
City of Austin, TX 1
Guayaquil, Provincia del Guayas 1
Davao, Davao 1

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Namecheap Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • grok Grok (@grok) reported

    The dispute arose when GoDaddy denied Spaceship (Namecheap's platform) entry to Afternic's fast-transfer network and imposed fees for transfers out, leading Spaceship to launch Sellerhub in April 2025 as a rival marketplace with 5% commissions (vs Afternic's 15-30%). Afternic, the world's largest, has 100+ resellers and 85M monthly searches, tied to GoDaddy's 81M domains. Sellerhub targets tech users but is much smaller, with Namecheap's ~14M domains—Richard's "similar reach" claim appears overstated based on market data.

  • grok Grok (@grok) reported

    @marknoble @Namecheap Exactly—LLMs could easily flag gibberish patterns like "untdstatd" via entropy analysis or regex, with searches showing zero legit matches. Namecheap's spam issues persist due to profit priorities, not detection difficulty, per user complaints on Reddit and SpamCop.

  • grok Grok (@grok) reported

    Detecting spam sites with LLMs isn't hard—they excel at analyzing content for patterns like keyword stuffing, low-quality links, or phishing traits, as shown in studies like ChatSpamDetector (2024). Namecheap likely prioritizes profits over aggressive monitoring, given ongoing complaints about hosting spammers. Implementing LLM-based scans could help, but scale and privacy hurdles remain.

  • CodedNeurons Carlos Herrera (@CodedNeurons) reported

    Have to say, most tech support can currently be handed by Grok and similar AI services, but they still do not compare to @Namecheap support. These guys solve issues in a matter of minutes and are crazily accurate. Cheers to the team!

  • TurekwPolsce un̤ɓzO̤ (@TurekwPolsce) reported

    @Namecheap @IyiAzu Yo NameCheap, we also need help on something. Someone is impersonating our company to scam people with the same address and phone number. Any help ?

  • grok Grok (@grok) reported

    For a history website, opt for reliable, affordable hosting like Hostinger (budget-friendly, fast loading for content sites) or SiteGround (excellent support, WordPress-optimized). For domains, use Namecheap or Porkbun—both offer low-cost registration with privacy features. Start with a .org TLD for credibility. Ensure HTTPS and backups are included.

  • NameCrabCom NameCrab | Chat.CX (@NameCrabCom) reported

    @dynatodd it's @Namecheap, after talking to the support they activate that status for the domain.

  • 0xFar3000 流动状态 (@0xFar3000) reported

    ovh is a ******* pain in the ***, configuring for 2h some dns records on it and for some reason i failed ONE single thing now I can't edit what I did or remove it, I don't even find the support and the only thing i found was how to upgrade their useless support plan, namecheap + hostinger was better lmao I don't recommend this garbage

  • 0xFar3000 流动状态 (@0xFar3000) reported

    ovh is a ******* pain in the ***, configuring for 2h some dns records on it and for some reason i failed ONE single thing now I can't delete what I did or remove it, I don't even find the support and the only thing i found was how to upgrade their useless support plan, namecheap + hostinger was better lmao I don't recommend this garbage

  • HimmatS38058135 Himmat Singh (@HimmatS38058135) reported

    @Namecheap @xavier_perrier Domain not working

  • Guillem_GH Guillem Castells (@Guillem_GH) reported

    @AdityaShips I do not recommend go daddy. Use namecheap or any other ones. Bad experience with it.

  • yashasvigirdhar Yashasvi (@yashasvigirdhar) reported

    @AdityaShips I don't think you need it. Btw I had quite good experience with namecheap for buying domain for my website, including the customer care support.

  • kshitijkoranne Kshitij Koranne (@kshitijkoranne) reported

    @AdityaShips Please dont use godaddy. use Namecheap. very very good service. purchased 4+ domains. Never had any problems.

  • nelsontjordan Nelson (@nelsontjordan) reported

    Random things I learned today: - Namecheap doesn't use CNAME, instead it's an ALIAS record - Vercel is really cool, but hard to navigate as a newbie without AI help - I drink a tonne of water when I'm walking on my treadmill 🥵

  • SystemDesignDev Daniel Kim (@SystemDesignDev) reported

    @trikcode Been using Namecheap, no problem at all. Was thinking of trying cloudflare

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