Used Namecheap for many years for registration and DNS and it was fine before they moved to Cloudflare for price.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
40% Positive7%53% Negative
Long-time customers often call it reliable for domains, with cheap first-year prices and many TLDs.
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Namecheap since 2009 without issues until the buyout; now planning to migrate.
Namecheap customer for 20 years with ~200 domains; DNS always awesome and kept resolving during the outage, though would not host there.
Used Namecheap for about 10 years without issues and calls it a solid provider with enough options to configure.
Moved domains and hosting from GoDaddy to Namecheap over ten years ago with no problems; the few support calls were resolved in one call.
Twenty years on Namecheap, needed support a couple of times with no complaints.
Moved to Namecheap from HostGator after EIG bought it and has moved countless clients there; plans to keep hosting with Namecheap.
Uses Namecheap for all domains; on the few occasions a domain expired they allowed renewal with no penalty for 30 days.
Namecheap has been pretty solid but they say the value is only the first months of a domain and never host with them.
No issues for 5+ years with 10-20 domains, and Namecheap even refunded an unintentional renewal charge; also calls their hosting solid.
Searches domains on Namecheap constantly and 99 percent of the time they are still available weeks later, with occasional premium repricing being normal.
Ten years on Namecheap with 12 domains at the same price and fantastic support.
Long-time Namecheap user who finds support helpful and responsive and the service reliable.
Used Posh-ACME with the Namecheap API for years with no issues before moving to Route 53 and Gandi.
Has been with Namecheap for 15 years with only good experiences.
Has never had problems with Namecheap and has been a customer since asking a founder early on about exit pricing.
Namecheap since 2010 with no problems, quick customer service and free WHOIS privacy.
Always used Namecheap with no issues for simple needs.
All domains at Namecheap with never an issue, a straightforward interface and clear documentation.
Used Namecheap only as registrar and DNS and never had a problem.
Twelve years on Namecheap for domain, email and SSL; a great GoDaddy alternative.
Has bought about 50 domains at Namecheap and can register a domain and start working on it within 10 minutes.
Company has used Namecheap for about ten years with no issues.
Never had a major problem with Namecheap registration services in 14 years.
13 years and hundreds of domains at Namecheap without a single domain suspension.
Someone running 100+ domains registers them with Namecheap, gets bulk renewal discounts around $7 a domain and has never had issues.
Recommends Namecheap to everyone; they helped recover an accidentally expired domain and rolled back a hacked shared-hosting site within an hour.
Has used Namecheap for about 20 years and never seen the domain front-running behavior.
A Namecheap customer of many years has searched domains dozens of times before buying and never had them sniped or repriced.
Has used Namecheap for years with great support and no issues.
Twenty years on Namecheap, best in the business.
Namecheap great for nearly 15 years: reasonable, many TLDs and no issues.
Namecheap works well for home service name resolution with HTTPS.
Ten years on Namecheap and it has been reliable and basic.
Runs 5 Namecheap domains with 10+ subdomains each on Let’s Encrypt via Nginx Proxy Manager with no SSL issues.
Has had no problems with Namecheap for well over a decade.
30-year web developer who has used Namecheap forever with no issues.
Has used Namecheap for ages without issues.
Has kept domains at Namecheap for around a decade without any billing problems.
A developer has found Namecheap solid for domains and simple hosting.
Never had issues with Namecheap as a registrar across many clients.
Runs multiple domains at Namecheap with no issues and calls it the best registrar they have used.
A Namecheap customer found the domain they searched still waiting months later and calls Namecheap rock solid.
Happy with Namecheap's hassle-free service for years.
About a decade on Namecheap with no news being good news.
Uses Namecheap and has had no complaints.
Using Namecheap for 8-10 years without issues.
Uses Namecheap all the time and never had a purchase go bad.
Namecheap is the best registrar the poster has dealt with.
Uses Namecheap and never had an issue.
At Namecheap and happy, using wildcard domains and email forwarding for years.
Used Namecheap since 2019 with zero issues.
Has used Namecheap since 2007.
Manages 700+ domains at Namecheap, chosen for cost, TLD support and reliability, with a tier discount; drawbacks are no phone support and no multi-user MFA.
Namecheap was their go-to and excellent; later started using Cloudflare and prefers it.
After OVHCloud login problems they moved to Namecheap, now has three domains there and could not be happier.
Namecheap registration with Cloudflare DNS and no issues.
Namecheap never had any issues or annoyances; switched to Cloudflare only for the UI.
Someone who has bought about 50 domains at Namecheap says it has never let them down and support is great.
Has used Namecheap most of 20 years and says they have done well, but the endless price increases and unpredictable expiry handling annoy them.
Satisfied with Namecheap for years, with free email forwarding and dynamic DNS and no trouble transferring domains out.
A year with Namecheap with no problems and very good chat support.
Has used Namecheap for ten years and loves it, saw no problem with the interface.
Has used Namecheap for well over a decade with no issues and says it is not too cheap to be true.
Ten years with zero problems and reasonable pricing.
Moved everything to Namecheap with no problems and easy-to-reach support.
Has been with Namecheap for 20 years and calls it solid though not the cheapest.
Namecheap had a .dev domain cheapest and has never had an issue.
Has around 30 domains at Namecheap, bought and released 20 more, and never had a domain sniped.
Runs nginx with Let’s Encrypt on Namecheap dynamic DNS and says it works flawlessly.
Common questions about Namecheap
What do customers say about Namecheap?
Long-time customers often call it reliable for domains, with cheap first-year prices and many TLDs. The main complaints are renewal prices that have climbed and support that is hit or miss, with some accounts or domains locked over fraud checks. Some say it is fine for domains but would not host there.
Is Namecheap worth it?
Of the 202 reviews with a clear verdict, 40% are positive, 7% mixed and 53% negative. The praise mentioned most is reliable. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about Namecheap?
The praise reviewers mention most: reliable (53 reviews), helpful support (30 reviews) and great value (11 reviews). For example: Runs 5 Namecheap domains with 10+ subdomains each on Let’s Encrypt via Nginx Proxy Manager with no SSL issues.
What are the most common complaints about Namecheap?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (57 reviews), renewal price hike (51 reviews) and surprise bill (14 reviews). For example: Wasted a whole afternoon trying to renew a domain on Namecheap with card errors before it finally went through.
What does the signal score of 70 mean?
It's how well reviewed Namecheap is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Namecheap?
Category: Domain registrar.
Where do these Namecheap reviews come from?
311 are quotes from Reddit and YouTube, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.