Namecheap Reviews

Ten years with Namecheap with stellar support until recent months, when renewing a basic hosting plan went badly and they migrated sites to company-managed cloud servers.

Namecheap since 2009 without issues until the buyout; now planning to migrate.

After 10+ years Namecheap refused to match the cheaper price of its sister company Spaceship, so they moved.

Calls Namecheap fine but renewals expensive, and a fraudulent stolen-domain claim took 6 months to investigate.

Got a .com at 50 percent off a year ago and was surprised by the renewal amount, feeling Namecheap hides renewal prices on cheap domains.

Namecheap without problems for a long time, but prices crawl up and the API went behind a paywall.

Namecheap is fine but pricier than Porkbun with more marketing for other services, so they migrated to save a few dollars.

Moving domains off Namecheap because cheaper options exist and Namecheap offers nothing to justify its higher cost.

Left Namecheap after realizing renewals cost several dollars more per domain than Porkbun.

Used Namecheap since 2008 and moved dozens of clients, but since the private equity acquisition service has dropped, prices risen and fraud tools lock long-standing accounts.

Used Namecheap for many years and moved most domains to Cloudflare: Namecheap is way more expensive and its website is poor.

A longtime Namecheap fan who moved away because renewing through Cloudflare is cheaper.

Namecheap sold out: support is the worst and prices up on everything, so they are moving to Porkbun.

Long-time Namecheap customer finds renewals 50 percent more than Porkbun and support chat pointed them to Spaceship.

Namecheap went from competitive to ~50% above Porkbun, support is hit or miss, and an auction domain was relisted at 100x within minutes.

Namecheap nearly tripled their rates in two years; moving hundreds of dollars of domains to Porkbun.

After 15 years at Namecheap, renewals rose from about $8.99 to close to $15 and they are looking for alternatives.

A decade at Namecheap without issues and a better domain-management interface, but constant price increases pushed them to Cloudflare as registrar.

Namecheap domain renewals are up at least 50 percent over a couple of years while Cloudflare domains stayed the same.

Started moving off Namecheap two years ago as prices reached GoDaddy levels, though support was great before the CVC deal.

Bought a domain from Namecheap for 2 dollars and the renewal is 17, while Porkbun keeps renewals about the same.

Renewal showed 11.98 at purchase but a year later Namecheap charged 16.98 plus ICANN fee, so they stopped using it.

Namecheap hiked their domain as premium, would not allow a transfer and then sold it to a third party.

Namecheap prices rose since 2016 so most domains moved to Spaceship.

After Namecheap since 2003, moved all domains to Porkbun because prices got too high and Namecheap offered nothing extra.

Moving around 300 domains from Namecheap to Porkbun because Namecheap has doubled its .com price in a decade.

Happy with Namecheap set-and-forget but domains rose from about 10 to 20 dollars a year.

After a 12-year-old domain lapsed Namecheap wants 6500 dollars to get it back.

Namecheap is OK but renewals were more expensive than the initial purchases.

Moved all domains from Namecheap, which charged 18 for .coms, to Porkbun at around 11.

Moved all domains away from Namecheap because renewal was too expensive.

Namecheap used to be cheap but now creeps up every year.

Namecheap announced another .com price increase; renewals were 16.88 not long ago.

Customer since 2002 who says Namecheap went downhill a long time ago.

Transferred 5 domains out of Namecheap because it has been overpriced, particularly on renewals.

Namecheap was perfect for their needs, but they're moving to Porkbun over unstable renewal prices.

Left Namecheap after about 9 years because prices got too high and moved everything to Dynadot.

After 10+ years at Namecheap is moving all domains to Porkbun because Namecheap renewal costs more, with no support needs at Porkbun.

Moving renewals to Spaceship because it is cheaper than Namecheap, which has been anything but cheap.

Namecheap raises prices almost every year, so they moved domains to Cloudflare a year or two ago.

Dumped Namecheap, which marks costs up well beyond actual ICANN fees.

Namecheap renewals reached nearly 20 dollars for .us and 54 for .digital.

Moved everything from Namecheap to Porkbun after noticing they were paying double the rate.

Namecheap notified that .com renewals rise from 12.95 to about 19.99, up from 5.99 when they first transferred from Network Solutions.

Looking to move from Namecheap to Cloudflare because Namecheap has not been cheap lately.

Switched a .tech domain from Namecheap to Cloudflare because Namecheap renewal went up and Cloudflare was cheaper.

Left Namecheap because it used the latest ICANN fee hike to raise its prices more than necessary.

Moved all domains to Porkbun over about 50% Namecheap price increases.

A Namecheap domain customer is moving domains away because Namecheap's prices have gone up.

Moving from Namecheap to Porkbun because of renewal pricing.

Left Namecheap due to high renewal fees and went to Spaceship.

Finds Namecheap far from cheapest for half its inventory with brutal .io hikes and renewal prices shown late, but credits it for escalating support beyond level 1.

Namecheap tripled the renewal price of their .com domain in one year.

Namecheap hiked domain prices while claiming free WHOIS privacy; moved to Porkbun.

Has used Namecheap most of 20 years and says they have done well, but the endless price increases and unpredictable expiry handling annoy them.

Namecheap raised renewals about 50 percent on nearly every TLD they own in a year, forcing them to drop a few hobby domains.

Likes Namecheap's registrar prices but has had repeated payment problems for years and flagged fraud on a $10 order.

Long-time Namecheap user: UI has been bad for years but pricing and WHOIS privacy are good; auto-renewals cost full price.

Most Namecheap renewals are coming at $15.99 for a standard .com, versus under $11 at Cloudflare.

Namecheap raised premium domain and dedicated IP prices by 100 percent and their WordPress keeps getting hacked, so they will move.

Loyal Namecheap customer with 40+ domains and 2 hosting accounts who is looking to leave because of recent price hikes.

Checked Namecheap and found it almost 30 percent more expensive than Porkbun and Spaceship.

All domains on Namecheap but considering moving to Cloudflare because Namecheap has gotten more expensive.

Bought a domain cheap on Namecheap then moved it to Cloudflare for cheaper renewals.

Moved all domains from GoDaddy to Namecheap, but says Namecheap has since started acting like GoDaddy and it is time to switch again.

Long-time customer fed up with cheap first-year domain prices that jump sharply on renewal.

Notified that Namecheap .com renewal is rising to $16.88 and is considering switching to a cheaper provider.

Moved from Namecheap, which charged way more than Porkbun.

Feels Namecheap is becoming like GoDaddy, noting a renewal email raising a .com domain to 19.99.