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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.
Problems in the last 24 hours
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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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Namecheap Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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One&OnlyAarav (@WaterAarav) reportedClaude = coding. ($20/mo) Shypmenta = fully automates all platforms below($6/yr) 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. Building has genuinely never been this affordable, and rarely this effortless either.
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masqueraider (@masqueraider) reported@GoDaddyHelp I’m canceling everything and moving to namecheap unless you solve my email problems for no extra cost. I am a 20+ year customer and you are treating me like dog ****.
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Kamil Stanuch (@KamilStanuch) reported- half of Twitter buys their 15th domain (best week for GoDaddy and Namecheap) - „it’s literally a cheat code to get rich” (*Claude take this ideas and build a landing page*) - “this is literally what I’ve been building” (*** repo created 14 minutes ago) - founders suddenly remember they’ve been “obsessed with this problem for years” (yesterday they were building dual-use AI travel agents) - VCs and Angel investor who passed get pinged „look this is what YC looks for and we are building this” (they hop on a call) - founders spending more time crafting the “We’ve been quietly working on this…” tweet than working on it
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Dhairya (@dkare1009) reported📂 SaaS Stack ┃ ┣ 📂 Frontend ┃ ┣ 📂 React ┃ ┣ 📂 NextJS ┃ ┣ 📂 Vue ┃ ┣ 📂 TailwindCSS ┃ ┗ 📂 Shadcn UI ┃ ┣ 📂 Backend ┃ ┣ 📂 NodeJS ┃ ┣ 📂 Django ┃ ┣ 📂 Laravel ┃ ┣ 📂 FastAPI ┃ ┗ 📂 Express ┃ ┣ 📂 Database ┃ ┣ 📂 PostgreSQL ┃ ┣ 📂 MySQL ┃ ┣ 📂 MongoDB ┃ ┣ 📂 Redis ┃ ┗ 📂 Supabase ┃ ┣ 📂 Auth ┃ ┣ 📂 Clerk ┃ ┣ 📂 Auth0 ┃ ┣ 📂 Firebase Auth ┃ ┣ 📂 Supabase Auth ┃ ┗ 📂 NextAuth ┃ ┣ 📂 Payments ┃ ┣ 📂 Stripe ┃ ┣ 📂 Paddle ┃ ┣ 📂 Dodo Payments ┃ ┣ 📂 Lemon Squeezy ┃ ┗ 📂 Polar ┃ ┣ 📂 Emails ┃ ┣ 📂 Resend ┃ ┣ 📂 SendGrid ┃ ┣ 📂 Mailgun ┃ ┣ 📂 Postmark ┃ ┗ 📂 Amazon SES ┃ ┣ 📂 Storage ┃ ┣ 📂 AWS ┃ ┣ 📂 Cloudflare ┃ ┣ 📂 Google Cloud Storage ┃ ┣ 📂 Supabase Storage ┃ ┗ 📂 Uploadcare ┃ ┣ 📂 Deployment ┃ ┣ 📂 Vercel ┃ ┣ 📂 Netlify ┃ ┣ 📂 Railway ┃ ┣ 📂 Render ┃ ┗ 📂 AWS ┃ ┣ 📂 Domains and DNS ┃ ┣ 📂 Namecheap ┃ ┣ 📂 Hostinger ┃ ┣ 📂 Cloudflare DNS ┃ ┣ 📂 Google Domains ┃ ┗ 📂 SiteGround ┃ ┣ 📂 Analytics ┃ ┣ 📂 Google Analytics ┃ ┣ 📂 Plausible ┃ ┣ 📂 PostHog ┃ ┣ 📂 Mixpanel ┃ ┗ 📂 DataFast ┃ ┣ 📂 Monitoring ┃ ┣ 📂 Sentry ┃ ┣ 📂 LogRocket ┃ ┣ 📂 Datadog ┃ ┣ 📂 NewRelic ┃ ┗ 📂 UptimeRobot ┃ ┣ 📂 DevOps ┃ ┣ 📂 Docker ┃ ┣ 📂 Kubernetes ┃ ┣ 📂 GitHub Actions ┃ ┣ 📂 CI CD ┃ ┗ 📂 Terraform ┃ ┣ 📂 Search ┃ ┣ 📂 Algolia ┃ ┣ 📂 Meilisearch ┃ ┣ 📂 Elasticsearch ┃ ┣ 📂 Typesense ┃ ┗ 📂 OpenSearch ┃ ┣ 📂 AI Integration ┃ ┣ 📂 OpenAI API ┃ ┣ 📂 Anthropic API ┃ ┣ 📂 Replicate ┃ ┣ 📂 HuggingFace ┃ ┗ 📂 Gemini API ┃ ┣ 📂 Integrations ┃ ┣ 📂 Zapier ┃ ┣ 📂 Make ┃ ┣ 📂 n8n ┃ ┣ 📂 Pabbly ┃ ┗ 📂 Webhooks ┃ ┣ 📂 Security ┃ ┣ 📂 SSL ┃ ┣ 📂 Cloudflare ┃ ┣ 📂 WAF ┃ ┣ 📂 Rate Limiting ┃ ┗ 📂 Secrets Management ┃ ┣ 📂 Marketing ┃ ┣ 📂 Search Console ┃ ┣ 📂 Outrank ┃ ┣ 📂 Buffer ┃ ┣ 📂 Analytics ┃ ┗ 📂 Kit ┃ ┗ 📂 Customer Support ┣ 📂 Intercom ┣ 📂 Crisp ┣ 📂 Zendesk ┣ 📂 Tawk ┗ 📂 HelpScout
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Aarón (@AaronCornellius) reported@mddanishyusuf @Cloudflare @Namecheap I use namecheap and have had some issues. Probably going to do this too and move to Cloudflare
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NameBio (@NameBio) reportedSales With History 📈 LegalAgent․com sold for $9,990 at Atom․com - up from $411 in August 2019 at GoDaddy. 📉 ReviewStop․com sold for $550 at GoDaddy - down from $2,788 in April 2012 at Afternic. 📉 NetMerge․com sold for $225 at Namecheap - down from $2,588 in February 2010 at Afternic. 📉 ExquisiteFoods․com sold for $360 at GoDaddy - down from $4,188 in August 2023 at BuyDomains. 📉 OSAU․com sold for $788 at GoDaddy - down from $9,000 in November 2019 at Uniregistry. Yesterday's Word Cloud + TLD Breakdown 👇
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Daniel Scheffler (@schvffler) reported@Anas_founder @manas_builds yeah was the same for me. tried to transfer a .de domain to namecheap once and it didn't work. Namecheap support told me that I should use their new platform which is Spaceship. looks much more modern and stuff
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Hazard🚀 (@hazardayo_) reported@Namecheap Hello Namecheap Support, I am writing to follow up on my suspended account regarding ticket [NC-MRN-7300]. I have already submitted the requested information and documentation. Could you please provide an update on the review status? I urgently need my account access restored so I can continue my work and meet an approaching deadline. Thank you for your prompt assistance.
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D̸̖͌a̶̞͊r̷̙͒k̶͇͝ḽ̸̃ÿ̸͈́ (@ADesignerDarkly) reported@Hexangelo5 You are right about that! Pulsechain,com is registered through there, as are lots of other pulsechain project websites. While Namecheap built its brand on privacy advocacy (e.g., fighting for customer data protection in courts), control now sits largely with a Luxembourg-based PE giant whose incentives are financial returns, not ideological privacy maximalism. The registrant data required by ICANN lives in a system where EU corporate oversight meets US legal demands. In an era of rising data breaches, surveillance, and regulatory flux, relying on any large registrar under PE ownership means trusting opaque boardroom decisions with your identity footprint. Diversifying to independent or privacy-first alternatives reduces single points of failure.
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Hazard🚀 (@hazardayo_) reported@Namecheap Hello Namecheap Support, I am writing to follow up on my suspended account. I have already submitted the requested information and documentation. Could you please provide an update on the review status? I urgently need my account access restored so I can continue my work and meet an approaching deadline. Thank you for your prompt assistance.
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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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Qamar Issa (@QamarIssaqf) reported@0xPurchase @sidomains @NamePros How to buy in less 25$ Which platform bro to invest I search namecheap spaceship not support this
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Mikhail Rogov (@i_mika_el) reported@arvidkahl @Namecheap very strange. did Namecheap support confirm there is no manual transfer path either?
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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 …even after successfull verification 😤 No support, no person available… poor service @GoDaddy
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Johnny Picante (@JohnnyPic51) reported@CertainLogicAI @buildwithmaya @Namecheap Agreed for the validation phase — cheapest thing that ships wins. Where a geo-TLD earns its keep is after you've got signal and want the URL itself doing some work (local SEO, word-of-mouth memorability) instead of just hosting code.
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Subham (@iamsubham067) reported- 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) There has never been a cheaper time to build.
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Uday👨💻 (@uday_devops) reported@adahstwt I think namecheap is best but their renewal cost is not same that is the issue
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Charlotte (@al_tools43377) reported- 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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The Smart Ape 🔥 (@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. it’s called drop catching. where to find them discovery + filtering: → expireddomains[.]net → domcop → freshdrop → moonsy auctions + catching: → godaddy auctions → namecheap expired auctions → dynadot closeouts → namejet / snapnames → dropcatch (1,200+ registrars, best catch rate on contested names) the process: domain expires → grace period → “pending delete” → drops. once it’s 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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DaNikePlug (@DaNikePlugs) reported@novitekka @Namecheap same issue
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Bill Hartzer (@bhartzer) reported@DNaccess analyzed their list of hundreds of stolen domain names (mostly publicly announced stolen domains and many not publicly disclosed). We looked at historical whois data that shows the losing registrar in each of the stolen domain name cases. Here's the breakdown of the percentages (and where you probably should secure your account if you have domains registered there): Network Solutions is 40%, GoDaddy 33%, and eNom 7% — so those three alone account for 80%, and Network Solutions plus GoDaddy together are 73%. After that it drops into a long tail: Domain(.com) ~4%, then Moniker, Namecheap, and 1&1 IONOS at ~2% each, and a scattering of single cases at ~1% We're not necessarily suggesting or recommending that you transfer your domain name to another registrar. Just secure your account. Also note that these are among the largest and oldest registrars, and Network Solutions in particular holds a big share of the premium legacy .com names that thieves target, so this reflects where the valuable domains live as much as where security is weakest. #domains
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NameBio (@NameBio) reportedSales With History 📈 Wyrd․ai sold for $3,250 at Spaceship․com - up from $598 in July 2025 at Namecheap. 📈 BetFans․net sold for $2,500 at Afternic - up from $12 in October 2021 at GoDaddy. 📈 Globin․net sold for $1,000 at Afternic - up from $12 in August 2021 at GoDaddy. 📉 PeakCash․com sold for $1,009 at Dynadot - down from $1,688 in June 2023 at BuyDomains. 📉 HomePac․com sold for $891 at GoDaddy - down from $2,800 in May 2011 at Sedo. Yesterday's Word Cloud + TLD Breakdown 👇
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Atta 🐬 (@attacomsian) reported@codewith55 Namecheap for buying. i spent years in the domain world, GoDaddy works but the upsells never stop.
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Arvid Kahl (@arvidkahl) reported@Namecheap Cloudflare also doesn't support .de TLDs. The only one that seems to do it out of the box is GoDaddy. Yikes.
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Vivek Teegalapally (@vivekteega) reported@prbhtkumr @Namecheap Why so? What are the issues?
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Raunak Yadush (@raunak_yadush) reported* Claude = coding. ($20/mo) * Supabase = backend. (Free) * Vercel = deployment. (Free) * Namecheap = domain. ($12/yr) * Stripe = payments. (2.9% per transaction) * GitHub = version control. (Free) * Resend = email delivery. (Free) * Clerk = authentication. (Free) * Cloudflare = DNS. (Free) * PostHog = analytics. (Free) * Sentry = error monitoring. (Free) * Upstash = Redis. (Free) * Pinecone = vector database. (Free) Total monthly cost to run a startup: around $20. There has never been a more affordable time to build.
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Tomodachi Life Updates (@TomoLifeUpdates) reported@Namecheap We'd appreciate it if your abuse team could take a look at tomodachilife[.]gg and tomoez[.]com (X has flagged both domains in posts already). We've received multiple reports from users who believed these sites were associated with an official web version/port of Nintendo's Tomodachi Life. The sites appear to be hosting a CAPTCHA scam disguised as an in-game Tomodachi Life menu, using Nintendo's branding and trademark in a way that may mislead users. A separate domain hosting the same scam, tomodachilife[.]cc, has already been taken down following reports. Could someone from your team review these domains and their operators or direct us to the appropriate reporting channel?
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Luca Capone | Vibe Coder (@LucaCaponeX) reported@buildwithmaya @Namecheap Namecheap funded a whole graveyard of my half-built ideas. Buying the domain takes 5 minutes. Shipping the actual thing is where I disappear for 3 months. The domain was never the hard part.
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مركز مهارات الإبداع للتدريب (@cstcksa) reported@Namecheap Unfortunately, we have had an extremely poor experience with the current hosting provider. Despite multiple attempts to communicate through email and official support channels, we have received no response regarding our inquiries, technical support requests, or account management matters. The complete lack of communication and customer support has caused significant operational difficulties and has negatively affected the management of our website and educational platform. This level of service raises serious concerns about the provider's reliability, professionalism, and commitment to its contractual obligations. We respectfully request an immediate response to our pending requests and a prompt resolution of all outstanding issues. If the company is unable or unwilling to provide the required support, we request full cooperation in transferring the hosting account and related services to an alternative provider without further delay.
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Srishti (@srishticodes) reportedClaude = 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