Used Namecheap for many years and moved most domains to Cloudflare: Namecheap is way more expensive and its website is poor.
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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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Customer reviews (311)
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Set up Namecheap email hosting as a beginner and it was easy with their support.
All domains at Namecheap with never an issue, a straightforward interface and clear documentation.
Loved Namecheap for about a decade: clean interface, easy, not too expensive, no hidden costs.
Says Namecheap's DNS inputs make it easy to crash a website by entering reasonable records.
Namecheap has served well as a registrar: good prices, clean interface, free privacy.
Years on Namecheap with good UI, customer service and prices.
Recently joined Namecheap for domain, email, SSL and WordPress; seems great and setup was easy.
A developer registers their domains with Namecheap and finds it great to work with.
A developer keeps a .dev domain at Namecheap; renewal reminders make it easy, but the UI is a bit messy.
Enjoys the Namecheap iOS app for buying domains and has had 20+ domains, the oldest 6+ years, without a problem.
Has had no problems with Namecheap and moves domains from IONOS to it, calling it easy to use.
Likes Namecheap's advanced system and very easy API for automation, and plans to move more domains there.
Long-time Namecheap user: UI has been bad for years but pricing and WHOIS privacy are good; auto-renewals cost full price.
Uses Namecheap despite a terrible UI; no regrets on prices and technical stuff.
Has used Namecheap for ten years and loves it, saw no problem with the interface.
Namecheap is easy to manage and registers and propagates fast.
Uses Namecheap and finds the admin panel easy to use.
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.