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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
The most recent Namecheap outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Tuxtla
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Domains | 1 month ago |
 Centerville
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Hosting | 1 month ago |
 Noida
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Domains | 2 months ago |
 Purmerend
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Domains | 2 months ago |
 Istanbul
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Hosting | 2 months ago |
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Charleston
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Hosting | 2 months ago |
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Namecheap Issues Reports
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SYL Vexora- Jaron K Bragg (@JaronBragg) reported@its_sidraa Why not skip namecheap and just use cloudflare for both domain and DNS? Cloudflare actually puts my website on the map. Namecheap I never seen it and was hard for others to surface. Other than that it makes sense.
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anderson (@U__anderson) reported@John_ACW @Namecheap how many businesses with actually good support can you even name? probably none
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The Smart Ape π₯ (@the_smart_ape) reportedmillions of companies forget to renew their domain names every year. you can just buy the expired domain someone forgot about and get a premium on it. itβs called drop catching. where to find them discovery + filtering: β expireddomains[.]net β domcop β freshdrop β moonsy auctions + catching: β godaddy auctions β namecheap expired auctions β dynadot closeouts β namejet / snapnames β dropcatch (1,200+ registrars, best catch rate on contested names) the process: domain expires β grace period β βpending deleteβ β drops. once itβs pending delete (usually ~5 days before the drop) you can place a backorder. if more than one person wants it, it goes to auction. most of these never get listed for sale. catch the ones with real value (traffic, backlinks, brandable names).
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Chris Winfield - Understanding A.I. (@chriswinfield) reported@Namecheap I have been a very loyal customer for 15+ years and all of a sudden you decide to not let me register domains and put BANNED on everything. You just lost me
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Umesh Kumar Yadav (@Umesh__digital) reportedGitHub β version control (free) Claude β coding ($20/mo) Namecheap β domain ($12/yr) Cloudflare β DNS (free) Vercel β deploy (free) Clerk β auth (free) Supabase β backend + database (free) Upstash β Redis (free) Pinecone β vector DB (free) Resend β emails (free) Stripe β payments (2.9% per transaction) PostHog β analytics (free) Sentry β 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. π Today is the best time to bet on yourself and build the things β
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Yash D (@AI_by_yash) reportedClaude/codex = 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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Akinsete Motunrayo (@Harkinsete) reportedI built my entire personal brand with AI and a clear process. Here is exactly what I built and how I did it, because you can do this too. What I Built β Brand Strategy (mission, vision, values) β Visual identity: colors, fonts, logo, brand guidelines β A full pitch deck (12 slides) β A speaker kit PDF β A complete multi-page personal brand website β A free lead magnet (a guide people can actually use) How I Built the Website Step 1: I planned before I touched anything I wrote down my brand colors, my fonts, my page structure, and what I wanted each page to do. Most people skip this. Everything breaks when you skip this. Step 2: I gave Claude one detailed prompt with my brand colors, fonts, pages, and copy. It returned a complete, mobile-responsive, multi-page website as a single HTML file. One file. Ready to deploy. The prompt I used: - "Build me a complete personal brand website as a single HTML file. Pages: Home, About, Services, Portfolio, Contact. Primary color [your hex], accent color [your hex], background [your hex]. Display font [font name], body font [font name]. Home page needs: dark hero with my name, photo on the right, tagline, and a CTA button. Services section. Impact numbers. Mobile responsive. No frameworks." Copy this, edit your details, and fine-tune as you want. Step 3: I pushed to GitHub: Free. This took me less than five minutes. Now every update I make is version-controlled and safe. Step 4: I deployed to Vercel for free. Connected my GitHub repo to Vercel and the site was live in under few minutes. This requires no hosting fees and nothing to manage. Step 5: I bought my domain on Namecheap - Searched for my full name and found the .com. Bought it for less than $12 for the year. Added it to Vercel. Updated the DNS settings on Namecheap. Waited 20 minutes. My website was live at my own domain. - Total cost: less than $12. - Total time to go live: under 2 hours. I am also working on a mobile app. A Progressive Web App, which means anyone can visit the URL on their phone and add it to their home screen like a real app. I may be running a live training in July where I will walk you through this entire process step by step to build your live website with a custom domain. If you have a phone and a laptop, you can do this. I documented everything the steps, the exact AI prompts, the domain checklist, the deploy instructions in a free PDF guide. Comment BRAND IDENTITY below and I will send it straight to your inbox. πΎSAVE THIS POST. You will want to come back to it. π SHARE IT with someone who keeps saying they need a website. The only thing standing between you and a professional online presence is the decision to start. Love and Light, Motunrayo π€
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Mohit (@codewith55) reportedTotal monthly cost to run a startup: $20 - Claude = coding ($20/mo)π² - Supabase = backend (Free)β - Vercel = deploying (Free)β - Namecheap = domain ($12/yr)π² - Stripe = payments.(2.9%/transaction)π² - GitHub = version control (Free)β - Resend = emails (Free)β - Clerk = auth (Free)β - Cloudflare = DNS (Free)β - PostHog = analytics (Free)β - Sentry = error tracking (Free)β - Upstash = Redis (Free)β - Pinecone = vector DB (Free)β There has never been a cheaper time to build
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Dhairya (@dkare1009) reportedπ SaaS Stack β β£ π Frontend β β£ π React β β£ π NextJS β β£ π Vue β β£ π TailwindCSS β β π Shadcn UI β β£ π Backend β β£ π NodeJS β β£ π Django β β£ π Laravel β β£ π FastAPI β β π Express β β£ π Database β β£ π PostgreSQL β β£ π MySQL β β£ π MongoDB β β£ π Redis β β π Supabase β β£ π Auth β β£ π Clerk β β£ π Auth0 β β£ π Firebase Auth β β£ π Supabase Auth β β π NextAuth β β£ π Payments β β£ π Stripe β β£ π Paddle β β£ π Dodo Payments β β£ π Lemon Squeezy β β π Polar β β£ π Emails β β£ π Resend β β£ π SendGrid β β£ π Mailgun β β£ π Postmark β β π Amazon SES β β£ π Storage β β£ π AWS β β£ π Cloudflare β β£ π Google Cloud Storage β β£ π Supabase Storage β β π Uploadcare β β£ π Deployment β β£ π Vercel β β£ π Netlify β β£ π Railway β β£ π Render β β π AWS β β£ π Domains and DNS β β£ π Namecheap β β£ π Hostinger β β£ π Cloudflare DNS β β£ π Google Domains β β π SiteGround β β£ π Analytics β β£ π Google Analytics β β£ π Plausible β β£ π PostHog β β£ π Mixpanel β β π DataFast β β£ π Monitoring β β£ π Sentry β β£ π LogRocket β β£ π Datadog β β£ π NewRelic β β π UptimeRobot β β£ π DevOps β β£ π Docker β β£ π Kubernetes β β£ π GitHub Actions β β£ π CI CD β β π Terraform β β£ π Search β β£ π Algolia β β£ π Meilisearch β β£ π Elasticsearch β β£ π Typesense β β π OpenSearch β β£ π AI Integration β β£ π OpenAI API β β£ π Anthropic API β β£ π Replicate β β£ π HuggingFace β β π Gemini API β β£ π Integrations β β£ π Zapier β β£ π Make β β£ π n8n β β£ π Pabbly β β π Webhooks β β£ π Security β β£ π SSL β β£ π Cloudflare β β£ π WAF β β£ π Rate Limiting β β π Secrets Management β β£ π Marketing β β£ π Search Console β β£ π Outrank β β£ π Buffer β β£ π Analytics β β π Kit β β π Customer Support β£ π Intercom β£ π Crisp β£ π Zendesk β£ π Tawk β π HelpScout
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Mathias Onea (@mathiasonea) reported@13_narcissus tbh they're all over the place currently. Some are at Hostinger, some at namecheap, some at other German legacy service providers... need to consolidate but low prio
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GhostyTongue γ (@Gh0styTongue) reportedIf @Namecheap had a **** I would be sucking it rn because how good their service is.
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TomorrowsBrands (@SeeBrands) reported@katerleonid godaddy have a few of my .cns but namecheap i have most on. i like namecheaps backend, and how easy it is to change dns etc.... and on having reseller hosting from them, everything is streamlined. Namecheap also has very good support. not sales people like i found on godaddy.
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Brute Force Artist (@bruteforceart21) reportedClaude = 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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Sahil Jaiswal (@Sahil_Jaiswal02) reportedGodaddy is a **** I should have gone with hostinger or namecheap My site is down after 2 days of getting it β¦even after successfull verification π€ No support, no person available @GoDaddy
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DomainHero (@mynamehack) reported@dynatodd @Namecheap @namecheapceo123 but don't know still they abuse to customer or investors community after VC takeover..
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Sahil Jaiswal (@Sahil_Jaiswal02) reportedGodaddy is a **** I should have gone with hostinger or namecheap My site is down after 2 days of getting it β¦even after successfull verification π€ No support, no person availableβ¦ poor service @GoDaddy
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Sanvi Rathore (@sanvi280304) reportedHas anyone used namecheap here, dm if you have I need help.
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Kekko DβAmato (@kekkodamato_) reported@TTrimoreau Cloudflare Registrar if your TLD is supported β at-cost pricing (literally no markup), best DNS control, DNSSEC built in, zero upsells. Namecheap otherwise. Free WhoisGuard, clean UI, rarely issues. GoDaddy is a trap β they charge 3x and count on you not noticing at renewal.
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Debanjan Choudhury (@theybanjan) reported@stanlee0nX lemme know if you need help. PS. just use namecheap or porkbun
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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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Ω Ψ±ΩΨ² Ω ΩΨ§Ψ±Ψ§Ψͺ Ψ§ΩΨ₯Ψ¨Ψ―Ψ§ΨΉ ΩΩΨͺΨ―Ψ±ΩΨ¨ (@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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ClΓ©ment Sauvage (@clementsauvage) reported.@Namecheap locks your account Support : You have to check the email we sent Me : No email, dumbass Support : Ok write to security, they'll reply in 2 hours Me : OK, doing it ... 5 hours later... nothing Current status: no access to my domain, can't swap my DNS. I rly think they don't give a **** about their customers... a huge and deep f*ck you. Have you seen a worst company ? Tell me more... @NamecheapCEO
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Nas (@Nas_tech_AI) reportedYou canβt believe this: you spent more on coffee this month than on a startupβs infrastructure. If youβre still waiting for the βright momentβ to build, this is it. The cost of entry has never been lower. - 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: ~$21 There has never been a cheaper time to build.
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Priyangu Patel (@patelpriyangu) reported@PratikSinhatwt Namecheap I use which is the best in pricing and support.
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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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David O. Ehibor (@grayontop_) reported@AlfinCodes Namecheap altho I had a bad experience with them and it took time to get resolved. Cloudfare is a better option.
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J.Simonne (@jezza1961) reported@Namecheap donβt do it, they work with criminals who clone other peoples websites and donβt do anything to take the scammer websites down
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Polyvalent kaizen ποΈ (@0xKachi) reportedIs namecheap hosting down? My websites wonβt load
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O.G Obinna (@Obinna_Gates) reported@tomilola_ng @timithechef Iβve used hostinger way back in 19/20, Dreamhost VPS 22/23. I stuck with namecheap for their customer support. Itβs the best & cheapest.
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kashyapkumbhani (@kashyap182000) reportedHey @Wix , transferred my domain from @namecheap. The domain already shows the default Wix page, but my Wix dashboard is still stuck on βTransfer in Progress.β Iβve emailed support but havenβt received a response. Please help.