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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.

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Most Reported Problems

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  • 57% Hosting (57%)
  • 43% Domains (43%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Namecheap outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Tuxtla Domains 1 month ago
Centerville Hosting 1 month ago
Noida Domains 2 months ago
Purmerend Domains 2 months ago
Istanbul Hosting 2 months ago
Charleston Hosting 2 months ago
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Namecheap Issues Reports

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  • indieappstudio
    Andrea | Solo Tech Founder | Building In Public (@indieappstudio) reported

    @Addymiss08 namecheap (I actually bought a domain today to add to the list of domains I'll never use)

  • rajibmondal_
    Rajib Mondal (@rajibmondal_) reported

    @jacksimone78 Yeah Namecheap I host with DigitalOcean Droplets, it's support is good and also it seems cost effective

  • aditya4f
    AdityaπŸŒͺ️ (@aditya4f) 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. Who's stopping you?

  • AI_by_yash
    Yash D (@AI_by_yash) reported

    Claude/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

  • Harkinsete
    Akinsete Motunrayo (@Harkinsete) reported

    I 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 βœ… Brand Strategy (mission, vision, values) βœ… Visual identity: colors, fonts, logo, brand guidelines βœ… A full pitch deck (12 slides) βœ… A speaker kit PDF βœ… A complete multi-page personal brand website βœ… 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. πŸ’ΎSAVE THIS POST. You will want to come back to it. πŸ” 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 🀍

  • JamiuAjetomobi
    Ajetomobi Jamiu (@JamiuAjetomobi) reported

    It doesn't matter how great your content or product is if your audience never sees it. ​The fix requires updating your technical security keys inside your domain host (like @GoDaddy or @Namecheap) so providers know you are a trusted sender.

  • Nousername_ah
    Mr. Niba (@Nousername_ah) reported

    I’ve usually had very good experiences with @Namecheap and their customer service but today I have been on with a live agent for more than 30 mins and they can’t resolve my issue after wasting my time they are now transferring me to a different department. SMH

  • ennycodes
    π•―π–Šπ–›π•°π–“π–“π–ž (@ennycodes) reported

    πŸ“‚ SaaS Stack ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Frontend ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ React ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ NextJS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Vue ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ TailwindCSS ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Shadcn UI ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Backend ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ NodeJS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Django ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Laravel ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ FastAPI ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Express ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Database ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ PostgreSQL ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ MySQL ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ MongoDB ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Redis ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Supabase ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Auth ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Clerk ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Auth0 ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Firebase Auth ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Supabase Auth ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ NextAuth ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Payments ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Stripe ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Paddle ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Dodo Payments ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Lemon Squeezy ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Polar ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Emails ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Resend ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ SendGrid ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Mailgun ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Postmark ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Amazon SES ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Storage ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ AWS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Cloudflare ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Google Cloud Storage ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Supabase Storage ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Uploadcare ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Deployment ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Vercel ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Netlify ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Railway ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Render ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ AWS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Domains and DNS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Namecheap ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Hostinger ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Cloudflare DNS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Google Domains ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ SiteGround ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Analytics ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Google Analytics ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Plausible ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ PostHog ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Mixpanel ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ DataFast ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Monitoring ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Sentry ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ LogRocket ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Datadog ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ NewRelic ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ UptimeRobot ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ DevOps ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Docker ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Kubernetes ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ GitHub Actions ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ CI CD ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Terraform ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Search ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Algolia ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Meilisearch ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Elasticsearch ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Typesense ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ OpenSearch ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ AI Integration ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ OpenAI API ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Anthropic API ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Replicate ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ HuggingFace ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Gemini API ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Integrations ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Zapier ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Make ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ n8n ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Pabbly ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Webhooks ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Security ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ SSL ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Cloudflare ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ WAF ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Rate Limiting ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Secrets Management ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Marketing ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Search Console ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Outrank ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Buffer ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Analytics ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Kit ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Customer Support ┣ πŸ“‚ Intercom ┣ πŸ“‚ Crisp ┣ πŸ“‚ Zendesk ┣ πŸ“‚ Tawk β”— πŸ“‚ HelpScout

  • openwadev
    openwa (@openwadev) reported

    @mddanishyusuf @Cloudflare @Namecheap split between cf and porkbun. dont put all your domains in one basket, especially the one you use to log in to the domain service.

  • AKirtesh
    Kirtesh (@AKirtesh) reported

    My current indie hacker stack in 2026: - Claude for Coding - Stripe for Payments - GitHub for Version Control - Vercel for Deployment - Supabase for Backend - Clerk for Auth - Upstash for Redis - Pinecone for Vector DB - Resend for Emails - Namecheap for Domain - Cloudflare for DNS - PostHog for Analytics - Sentry for Error Tracking You can build and ship a complete startup from your bedroom in 2026. The barrier has never been lower πŸ’ͺ

  • JaronBragg
    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.

  • chidimarvel
    Chidi inyama (@chidimarvel) reported

    @RaenestApp trying to make a payment on namecheap, getting insufficient balance error when there are funds on my card. Please what is going, your support has not replied livechat for hours

  • raunak_yadush
    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.

  • HeyRajiya
    Rajiya Sultana (@HeyRajiya) reported

    @ZimalDesigner_ godaddy and namecheap mostly, never had issues with either πŸ‘

  • 4Ldotcom
    4L.com (@4Ldotcom) reported

    Note: The domain was using Afternic nameservers and showed the Afternic landing page, so the lead did not come from the domain landing page. The sale was completed through Spaceship, which means the buyer likely came from the Spaceship or Namecheap network/marketplace.

  • TheRealPomax
    TheRealPomax (@TheRealPomax) reported

    @Namecheap The part where I type a postal code, and just because there's a space (which your JS should be able to verify is irrelevant) the form goes "FIX THIS VALUE IT IS WRONG" when in fact no, it is not: validate _after_ removing semantically irrelevant characters.

  • sergionoodle
    Sergio (@sergionoodle) reported

    @FrancescoCiull4 How is Namecheap nowadays? I dropped them a while back as prices went up and quality down.

  • the_smart_ape
    The Smart Ape πŸ”₯ (@the_smart_ape) reported

    millions 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: 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†’ β€œpending delete” β†’ 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).

  • kylobtc
    Kylobayd (@kylobtc) reported

    @John_ACW @Namecheap Good support shouldn’t feel this slow

  • domaynkapital
    Domayn Kapital (@domaynkapital) reported

    @Namecheap every few weeks there's a domain I win with non-functioning namerservers. 3-4 times in the last months. I contact support and they tell gaslight me telling me it's all fine. Waste 30 minutes until they call a specialist to fixt it. Please deal with this.

  • RobGuerra90
    Rob (@RobGuerra90) reported

    @omarvvvr Namecheap all the way never had a problem in years and their customer support is on point

  • domaynkapital
    Domayn Kapital (@domaynkapital) reported

    @Namecheap every other week there's a domain I win domains with non-functioning namerservers. 3-4 times in last months. I contact support and they tell gaslight me telling me it's all fine. Waste 30 minutes until they call a specialist to fixt it. Please deal with this.

  • ZSchneider76107
    Zara_Schneider (@ZSchneider76107) reported

    @MacdevM Mostly comes down to control and pricing for me Cloudflare and Namecheap usually stand out for clean management and no unnecessary upsells πŸš€

  • QamarIssaqf
    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

  • al_tools43377
    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.

  • mertmetindev
    Mert Metin Tekdemir (@mertmetindev) reported

    πŸ“‚ SaaS Stack ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Frontend ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ React ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ NextJS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Vue ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ TailwindCSS ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Shadcn UI ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Backend ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ NodeJS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Django ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Laravel ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ FastAPI ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Express ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Database ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ PostgreSQL ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ MySQL ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ MongoDB ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Redis ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Supabase ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Auth ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Clerk ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Auth0 ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Firebase Auth ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Supabase Auth ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ NextAuth ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Payments ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Stripe ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Paddle ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Dodo Payments ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Lemon Squeezy ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Polar ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Emails ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Resend ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ SendGrid ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Mailgun ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Postmark ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Amazon SES ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Storage ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ AWS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Cloudflare ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Google Cloud Storage ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Supabase Storage ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Uploadcare ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Deployment ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Vercel ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Netlify ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Railway ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Render ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ AWS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Domains and DNS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Namecheap ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Hostinger ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Cloudflare DNS ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Google Domains ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ SiteGround ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Analytics ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Google Analytics ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Plausible ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ PostHog ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Mixpanel ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ DataFast ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Monitoring ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Sentry ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ LogRocket ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Datadog ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ NewRelic ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ UptimeRobot ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ DevOps ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Docker ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Kubernetes ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ GitHub Actions ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ CI CD ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Terraform ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Search ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Algolia ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Meilisearch ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Elasticsearch ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Typesense ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ OpenSearch ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ AI Integration ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ OpenAI API ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Anthropic API ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Replicate ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ HuggingFace ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Gemini API ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Integrations ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Zapier ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Make ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ n8n ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Pabbly ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Webhooks ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Security ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ SSL ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Cloudflare ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ WAF ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Rate Limiting ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Secrets Management ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Marketing ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Search Console ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Outrank ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Buffer ┃ ┣ πŸ“‚ Analytics ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Kit ┃ β”— πŸ“‚ Customer Support ┣ πŸ“‚ Intercom ┣ πŸ“‚ Crisp ┣ πŸ“‚ Zendesk ┣ πŸ“‚ Tawk β”— πŸ“‚ HelpScout

  • Nakniki3
    Nakniki (@Nakniki3) reported

    @ronisarkar_exe I’ve found Namecheap has better customer support! Super helpful when issues arise!

  • WaterAarav
    One&OnlyAarav (@WaterAarav) reported

    Claude = coding. ($20/mo) Shypmenta = deploys, connects, and manages every platform 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.

  • ShantDotMe
    Shant (@ShantDotMe) reported

    NC: 19:05:35 Hey Namecheap odd IP address access 20:06:15 IP address provided earlier does not belong to our service 20:27:17 Yes, the IP address does not belong to our company.

  • mynamehack
    DomainHero (@mynamehack) reported

    @dynatodd @Namecheap @namecheapceo123 but don't know still they abuse to customer or investors community after VC takeover..