Namecheap status: hosting issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Namecheap reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

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:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Tuxtla	Domains	24 days ago
Centerville	Hosting	24 days ago
Noida	Domains	1 month ago
Purmerend	Domains	2 months ago
Istanbul	Hosting	2 months ago
Charleston	Hosting	2 months ago

Full Outage Map

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Namecheap Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Shant (@ShantDotMe) reported 29 seconds ago

  Hey @Namecheap are we trying to outdo @bluehost as worse customer service?! It has been a month and a week since I opened a security issue ticket with them (and still no reply), but your livechat isn't doing any better atm.

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  Abu Fatimah.Dev (@Hameed_360) reported 1 minute ago

  @Namecheap has never failed me

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  Longevity World Cup (@LongevityWorldC) reported 1 minute ago

  Longevity World Cup is temporarily unavailable due to a @Namecheap hosting network incident affecting hosted websites and accounts. We’re monitoring the situation and will be back online once connectivity is restored.

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  Ramil Mastiyev (@rmastiyev) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Namecheap Almost a day 'fighting' with your tech team about port 80 blocked (VPS). Proof: fresh installs, external tests, logs — packets time out externally on :80 while :8080 works! Your team just points back at me. Can someone from your network/infra team really look at this?

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  Johnmark Obiefuna (@jayhemz) reported 9 minutes ago

  @Nueltek a few minor inaccuracies here. > low-traffic websites the hypernova VPS subscription on Namecheap accomodates up to 10TB in bandwidth. that's more than enough for most traffic loads. > if the VPS goes down it's still more reliable than shared hosting > if one website gets compromised, the entire server could be at risk true. only if the exploit gets a hold of 'root' > 1 site experiences a major traffic spike cloudflare to the rescue > single point of failure? cloudflare to the rescue hehe.

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  elena (@elephnaburky) reported 10 minutes ago

  Glitch uses 3 different registrars, and never have their organization name publicly listed. - GoDaddy (Glitch Store, TheWackyWatch) - NameCheap (TheProphecy, ParkPlanet, Store Redirects) - Tucows (GlitchProd) They don't use NiceNIC, which is what the Solver site uses. 10/20

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  Jenna. Ellis (@JennaeIlIisEsq) reported 11 minutes ago

  @Namecheap @TeamDreier Pls what is going on with namecheap hosting ? My hosting has not been working since yesterday….. fix it pls

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  Blake Ryan (@blakefakhoury) reported 13 minutes ago

  @namemaxicom @NamePros @Namecheap Haha didn't mean to be rude! I use your tool religiously and have made 7 figures from flips on it, was just pointing it out.

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  CodeWithStu (@CodeWithStu) reported 14 minutes ago

  Hey @Namecheap - getting multiple phising attempts from a domain hosted by you trying to be @moonpay - told me that my phone number had been changed and to call them... lol... domain is arewasolutions [dot] com - please can you take down <3

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  Sinbad 🦂 (@Sinbaad777) reported 14 minutes ago

  wtf @Namecheap down

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  𝕂𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖⚓☔👾🇺🇸 (@USS_Kearsarge_) reported 15 minutes ago

  FYI I won't be able to talk on Matrix for a while, because namecheap seems to be down and doesn't want to update their DNS with my new ip address... I guess I will need to make a server on discord after all

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  Nakniki (@Nakniki3) reported 17 minutes ago

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

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  Andrew Warner (@AndrewWarner) reported 18 minutes ago

  Goodbye SquareSpace. Finally! I've hated having my wife's site on Squarespace. Some consultant set her up with it and I never had the patience to move it. On Sunday I told Claude Code to copy her site to a free @Cloudflare acount. Then I told Claude's Chrome plugin to figure out how to tell NameCheap where to point the domain. So satisfying.

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  Umesh Kumar Yadav (@Umesh__digital) reported 19 minutes ago

  GitHub — version control (free) Claude — coding ($20/mo) Namecheap — domain ($12/yr) Cloudflare — DNS (free) Vercel — deploy (free) Clerk — auth (free) Supabase — backend + database (free) Upstash — Redis (free) Pinecone — vector DB (free) Resend — emails (free) Stripe — payments (2.9% per transaction) PostHog — analytics (free) Sentry — error tracking (free) Total cost to run a startup: ~$20/month No servers. No DevOps team. No funding required. Just an idea and WiFi. There has never been a cheaper time to build. 🚀 Today is the best time to bet on yourself and build the things ⭐

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  Devon Wayne (@TheDevonWayne) reported 25 minutes ago

  @PratikSinhatwt namecheap never godaddy ever again

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  🛡️Shir Khorshid Noor Cyber Unit🛡️ (@FriendOfTheInst) reported 31 minutes ago

  Sponsored search results are not a trust boundary. A fake ChatGPT download campaign used brand impersonation, malvertising, shared-link abuse, cloaking, platform-specific payloads, CAPTCHA gating, Electron packaging, JavaScript obfuscation, and staged execution to deliver malware to Windows and macOS users. This is not merely another fake download page. It is a clear demonstration of how attackers exploit trust across multiple layers: • Trusted brand • Trusted search flow • Trusted-looking ad placement • Trusted-looking domain patterns • Trusted UI/branding • Trusted installer frameworks • Trusted code-signing assumptions • Trusted AI platform sharing features What happened: Attackers promoted a fake OpenAI/ChatGPT download experience using the domain: openew[.]app The site copied OpenAI-style branding and offered download paths for: • Windows • macOS • Chrome extension The Chrome extension path linked to a legitimate ChatGPT-related extension, further increasing perceived legitimacy. The Windows and macOS download paths delivered malware. Attackers also abused legitimate ChatGPT shared conversation links, including chatgpt[.]com/s/ pages, to host fake outage or download pages. A link hosted on a trusted domain can still deliver attacker-controlled content to users. The campaign employed cloaking and conditional rendering: automated scanners and analysis tools were shown benign content, reportedly an unrelated AR/VR company site, while real browsers received the malicious ChatGPT-themed download experience. That is the key lesson: A trusted domain, HTTPS padlock, sponsored ad, or polished UI does not equal a safe download. Why this campaign matters: Victims were not browsing dark web forums or downloading cracks. They were searching for a legitimate AI tool. That is why malvertising is effective: it targets high-intent users at the exact moment they are ready to install software. The campaign turned normal user behavior into an initial access path. Windows chain: The Windows payload was distributed as: Chat_GPT.exe Reported SHA-256: 56CC26E88C064B0C423AA8AD6530E58F91D1E4D28FAB1A8BCEDEF16A6582B4D2 Additional reported Windows hash: c9e0e6985dca3a179c9bdea4e7b38f7dc57fe00ecedc2fd634256fc53bf2de2d Important: hashes are useful for triage, not sufficient for defense. Campaigns rotate samples. Hunt behaviorally. Windows technical observations: • Installer built with Inno Setup • Electron-based application • Chromium runtime components • resources\app.asar archive • Large obfuscated JavaScript payload identified as winter.js • Hex-encoded strings • Dynamically resolved functions • Control-flow obfuscation • Event-driven execution • CAPTCHA gating before core behavior • Inner Electron payload (App.exe) launched after installation • PowerShell spawned after CAPTCHA completion Observed PowerShell pattern: -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command - That trailing dash matters. It suggests commands may be supplied through standard input rather than appearing directly in the process command line. This reduces the value of command-line-only detection and makes process-tree and behavioral monitoring much more important. Static red flags: The filename suggested ChatGPT, but embedded metadata reportedly identified the installer as: PovariEGLESVapp Setup The executable was signed by: F.F.A.P. Hurkmans Beheer B.V. That publisher does not align with OpenAI or ChatGPT. Important reminder: a valid code signature does not mean software is safe. It only confirms that the file was signed by a certificate and has not been modified since signing. It does not establish that the software is legitimate or authorized by the brand it imitates. Additional Windows indicators: • App.exe SHA-256: D9AD44D43E57B870793FA5CF7FB3A813990D0CBD0C7087BDE70A5E61FB1F1FE6 • Unexpected Chromium/Electron profile: %APPDATA%\Satoshi • Additional reported path: %APPDATA%\LeronApplication • Reported Electron/Node capabilities: systeminformation, child_process, os, fs, zip-lib, Those modules indicate a capable execution environment: system discovery, file access, archive handling, process execution, and network communication. macOS chain: The macOS payload was delivered as: ChatGpt.dmg Reported SHA-256: 7E5B708F6659B1FAD3AAE7B589A706434FBF21708AEEC5AF5910189B96E25FEF Additional reported macOS hash: c0919e1999eaee67e67aeda0287722775afb04e9a9a0f727928b4d11265fb70b The macOS malware is reported as Odyssey Stealer, a fork of AMOS / Atomic Stealer. Reported macOS targeting includes: • Browser passwords • Browser cookies • Saved logins • macOS keychain data • Telegram sessions • Cryptocurrency wallet directories • Desktop/Documents files with sensitive wallet/key extensions • Ledger Live • Trezor Suite • Exodus • Electrum • Sparrow The most dangerous macOS behavior: Wallet replacement. The malware reportedly attempts to replace legitimate wallet-related applications with trojanized versions. That means a victim may later open what appears to be their normal wallet app, but actually launch an attacker-controlled version. That is not only credential theft. That is long-tail financial compromise. Infrastructure: Reported malicious domain: openew[.]app Reported infrastructure includes: 144[.]172[.]104[.]205 188[.]137[.]246[.]189 192[.]253[.]248[.]181 172[.]94[.]9[.]250 Infrastructure notes: • Recently registered domain • Namecheap / registrar-servers infrastructure reported • RouterHosting infrastructure reported • Passive DNS linked infrastructure to other suspicious or malicious domains • .app domains require HTTPS, so browsers show a padlock The padlock only means the connection is encrypted. It does not mean the site is legitimate. Detection opportunities for defenders: 1. Newly created executables launched from Downloads, Temp, or other user-writable paths 2. Trusted-brand filenames that do not match embedded metadata 3. Installer publisher mismatch: filename says ChatGPT, signer is unrelated 4. Electron apps spawning scripting engines: powershell.exe cmd.exe osascript bash sh zsh 5. PowerShell with: -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command - 6. Unexpected Chromium/Electron profile directories, such as: %APPDATA%\Satoshi %APPDATA%\LeronApplication or other anomalous Electron profile paths 7. app.asar archives containing large obfuscated JavaScript bundles 8. CAPTCHA or user-interaction gating before malicious behavior 9. Newly registered domains impersonating major software or AI vendors 10. Users installing software from ads instead of official vendor channels 11. Suspicious wallet-app replacement attempts on macOS 12. Post-install network traffic to low-cost VPS infrastructure 13. Legitimate AI sharing URLs that render fake support, outage, update, or installation pages 14. Download pages that show different content to scanners than to real browsers The key defensive point: Do not build detections only around hashes or static strings. This campaign reduces the value of static analysis through: • Obfuscation • Runtime string construction • CAPTCHA gating • Electron packaging • Conditional execution • Cloaking • Staged payload behavior • Shared-link abuse on trusted domains The better approach: • Behavioral detection • Process-tree monitoring • Parent-child process analysis • Script-engine execution monitoring • Browser/download source telemetry • Application control • Newly registered domain monitoring • Publisher and metadata validation • EDR detections for Electron-to-shell execution • Monitoring for AI-platform shared links used as delivery pages • User training focused on sponsored-result and fake-download risk For users: Only download ChatGPT from official OpenAI channels or the Microsoft Store. Do not install software from ads, mirror sites, download portals, unfamiliar domains, or fake support/outage pages. If you installed a “ChatGPT” app from an ad or unfamiliar page: Use a clean device and: • Sign out everywhere from important accounts • Change passwords, starting with primary email • Rotate API keys, SSH keys, cloud credentials, and tokens • Revoke active sessions for email, GitHub, cloud, Discord, Telegram, crypto exchanges, banking, and password managers • Move crypto funds from a clean device • Do not open Ledger/Trezor apps on a potentially infected Mac • Monitor financial accounts • Reinstall the OS • Notify IT/security immediately if it was a work device For AI vendors and platform owners: This is now part of the product security perimeter. Brand impersonation, malicious search ads, fake download pages, clone domains, and abuse of shared AI content are active distribution channels. Practical controls: • Make official download links easy to find • Monitor sponsored ads for brand abuse • Monitor newly registered lookalike domains • Detect abuse of shared-content features • Run takedowns quickly • Publish clear download guidance • Provide signed-installer verification guidance • Coordinate with search/ad platforms • Alert users when major impersonation campaigns are active Bottom line: Attackers are not just exploiting ChatGPT. They are exploiting the trust, urgency, and confusion around fast-moving AI adoption. Today it is ChatGPT. Yesterday it was another AI tool. Tomorrow it will be the next trending product. The malware can rotate. The domain can rotate. The payload can rotate. The brand can rotate. The infrastructure can rotate. The defensive mindset must rotate too: From: “Is this file known bad?” To: “Is this behavior legitimate for this software, this publisher, this user, this source, and this execution context?” That is the difference between signature-based reaction and modern detection engineering. Analysis draws on reporting from Malwarebytes Labs, Evalian SOC, Push Security, BleepingComputer, CybersecurityNews, and OpenAI documentation. #CyberSecurity #Malvertising #ThreatIntelligence

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  Rajib Mondal (@rajibmondal_) reported 32 minutes ago

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

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  The Smart Ape 🔥 (@the_smart_ape) reported 34 minutes ago

  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: → 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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  GatewayToDomains (@gatewaytodomain) reported 36 minutes ago

  @katerleonid No, I use Namecheap, Porkbun, Unstoppable, Regery, Netim, 101Domains based on the support for tld I want to register.

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  ƒrαeყ (@fraey0) reported 38 minutes ago

  it costs about $21/month to run what could become a multi-million dollar startup • human brain = reasoning (free) • claude = coding ($20/mo) • supabase = backend (free) • vercel = deployment (free) • namecheap = domain ($12/yr) • stripe = payments (2.9%/trx) • github = versioning (free) • resend = email (free) • clerk = auth (free) • cloudflare = DNS (free) • posthog = analytics (free) • sentry = error tracking (free) • upstash = redis (free) • pinecone = vector DB (free) everything sums up to roughly $20 to $25 per month so, the tools are not the barrier anymore. most ideas don’t fail because they’re expensive to build. they fail because they never get built at all. what’s stopping you?

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  Greg Lynch (@g_tone_) reported 38 minutes ago

  @Arfness @1grid_hosting Just been through the drama of moving client domains away from NameCheap (in protest of their pro-Zionist BS). I need to find a home for novelty TLDs that Xneelo doesn't support. Can you recommend anything?

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  𝕯𝖊𝖛𝕰𝖓𝖓𝖞 (@ennycodes) reported 40 minutes ago

  📂 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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  🃏 (@anupamrjp) reported 41 minutes ago

  SaaS builders in 2026 👀 Domains? Cloudflare 🔥 Namecheap Hostinger GoDaddy Porkbun Domain won’t save a bad SaaS. Ship anyway 🚀

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  ... (@irucsbo) reported 41 minutes ago

  .@Namecheap stole my funds and refuses to provide a real solution or proper support. Extremely disappointing experience with a company I trusted for years. Criminal organization. Avoid at all costs.

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  Dr. Simon Taki Zaku, D.B.A (@realsimonzaku_) reported 43 minutes ago

  What tools do I need to start? You usually need a domain, hosting, professional website, clear service pages, founder profile, testimonials, analytics, business email, payment route, content plan, and strong WhatsApp or contact funnel. Tools like Namecheap, DreamHost, Hostinger, Geegpay, ClickMeeting, and CartFlows can support the system when used with a clear strategy.

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  Georgii Tselkovskii (@Existentios) reported 44 minutes ago

  It has never been cheaper to build a startup. Claude for coding — $20/mo Supabase for backend — free Vercel for deploys — free Namecheap for domain — $20/yr Stripe for payments — % only GitHub for version control — free Resend for emails — free Clerk for auth — free Cloudflare for DNS — free PostHog for analytics — free Sentry for error tracking — free Upstash for Redis — free Pinecone for vector DB — free You can literally launch with ~$20/month. The hard part is no longer building. The hard part is getting people to care.

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  Nitish (@nitishxk) reported 53 minutes ago

  today i learned how to make a website landing page using @claudeai added all my affiliate links in it namecheap domain for 11CAD uploaded index.html hosted on netlify added custom DNS verified SSL made 2 changes already site is mobile responsive **** beacons page

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  K S (@kj_kjato) reported 54 minutes ago

  @Namecheap I just wanted to let you guys know that I’ve contacted my local law-enforcement to stop some websites that you’re hosting from scamming any further. I’ve asked repeatedly fake the domain down and you refuse now I’m pursuing legal action.😡😡😡😡

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  Aditya🌪️ (@aditya4f) reported 55 minutes ago

  - 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?

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  Christine Harrington (@savvysaleslady) reported 56 minutes ago

  My domain was shut down by @GoDaddy on May 10th. No idea why & the domain was paid up for a year back in Feb. 2026. I’ve called twice a day trying to get this resolved with GoDaddy. Absolutely a waste of my time. I moved the domain today to @Namecheap but GoDaddy is now taking 5-7 days to initiate the transfer. I’ve reached out to @GoDaddyHelp numerous times with no response. Can you imagine providing such poor service?