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Dreamhost has this since forever for free, along with many others, why is this even a HN post, seems more like a late-arrived commercial ads to me.

by ausjke 8y ago

joering2 8y ago
Their table to see how they stand up against competitors is hilarious! So many free privacy providers since ever like Dreamhost, Namesilo, BrandShelter, Marcaria (some TLDs), but yet you look at that table and you think "wow they are the only one". I take it as a deceiving advertising.
- ted0 8y ago
  GoDaddy still charges more than 2X what we used to charge for WhoisGuard. We have always given away WhoisGuard for the first year of registration and have always been transparent about the renewal charge. However, now it is 100% free. No deception here. Teddy from Namecheap
  - jamiek88 8y ago
    People on here could find a dollar and complain that it wasn’t a twenty. I for one am glad of this upgrade and I have dozens of domains, makes a difference.
    - ted0 8y ago
      Glad you are glad :)
  - pwned1 8y ago
    I moved everything to namecheap after they supported the EFF during the SOPA days. Then namecheap decided to get in the censorship business along with cloudflare. All my domains came off namecheap.
    - joering2 8y ago
      +1
  - joering2 8y ago
    Teddy if you want to be transparent AND fair at the same time, add Dreamhost and Namesilo to your comparison table. I will be checking and awaiting for update on your website, but I won't hold my breath honestly.
- NamecheapCEO 8y ago
  So you get to choose who we perceive as our competitors now? We have a different view of them that doesn't match with yours. That's ok.
  - lloyddobbler 8y ago
    I'm finding myself upvoting a lot of your comments on this thread. (Perhaps that's why I'm a customer - moved most of my domains from name.com over the past year). That and your attention to social media marketing/community management = you're my kind of company.
    - joering2 8y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
      - lloyddobbler 8y ago
        https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/201708/10-reasons-some-people-just-cant-let-go-ex https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/2...
  - freehunter 8y ago
    I see that so much here on HN. A mainstream, name-brand company rolls out a great feature, and the trolls come out of the woodwork to say "but numberonecheaphosting.spam has had this for years!" Some people just can't recognize a good thing as a good thing. As a Namecheap customer, though, I'm pretty darn happy at this news!
    - deleted 8y ago
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  - joering2 8y ago
    > So you get to choose who we perceive as our competitors now? No, I don't as I am not Namecheap employee. I don't work or approve off companies that serve US-based clientele, but constantly outsource their customer support to Eastern-block countries and hire people that barely speak English. I think its anti-american frankly speaking, but I don't think you are American citizen anyways so this doesn't apply. But I do chose who competes for my dollars, so its unfair to show me competitors that you know don't have certain features, while you purposely avoiding those who do have those features. Unless you so out of touch with supposedly your market (anyone can create HN account with "CEO" in it) that you are not aware Dreamhost and Namesilo are offering these services for FREE for many years by now. And if you really happen to be a Namecheap CEO (highly doubt and scary to think a CEO has time to post on HN) then I'm glad you posted this, as you are only reassuring me in my decision to move out all my domains long time ago.

Dreamhost has this since forever for free, along with many others, why is this even a HN post, seems more like a late-arrived commercial ads to me.

by ausjke 8y ago

Dreamhost has this since forever for free, along with many others, why is this even a HN post, seems more like a late-arrived commercial ads to me.

joering2 8y ago

Their table to see how they stand up against competitors is hilarious! So many free privacy providers since ever like Dreamhost, Namesilo, BrandShelter, Marcaria (some TLDs), but yet you look at that table and you think "wow they are the only one". I take it as a deceiving advertising.

ted0 8y ago
GoDaddy still charges more than 2X what we used to charge for WhoisGuard. We have always given away WhoisGuard for the first year of registration and have always been transparent about the renewal charge. However, now it is 100% free. No deception here. Teddy from Namecheap
- jamiek88 8y ago
  People on here could find a dollar and complain that it wasn’t a twenty. I for one am glad of this upgrade and I have dozens of domains, makes a difference.
  - ted0 8y ago
    Glad you are glad :)
- pwned1 8y ago
  I moved everything to namecheap after they supported the EFF during the SOPA days. Then namecheap decided to get in the censorship business along with cloudflare. All my domains came off namecheap.
  - joering2 8y ago
    +1
- joering2 8y ago
  Teddy if you want to be transparent AND fair at the same time, add Dreamhost and Namesilo to your comparison table. I will be checking and awaiting for update on your website, but I won't hold my breath honestly.
NamecheapCEO 8y ago
So you get to choose who we perceive as our competitors now? We have a different view of them that doesn't match with yours. That's ok.
- lloyddobbler 8y ago
  I'm finding myself upvoting a lot of your comments on this thread. (Perhaps that's why I'm a customer - moved most of my domains from name.com over the past year). That and your attention to social media marketing/community management = you're my kind of company.
  - joering2 8y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
    - lloyddobbler 8y ago
      https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/201708/10-reasons-some-people-just-cant-let-go-ex https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/2...
- freehunter 8y ago
  I see that so much here on HN. A mainstream, name-brand company rolls out a great feature, and the trolls come out of the woodwork to say "but numberonecheaphosting.spam has had this for years!" Some people just can't recognize a good thing as a good thing. As a Namecheap customer, though, I'm pretty darn happy at this news!
  - deleted 8y ago
    [deleted]
- joering2 8y ago
  > So you get to choose who we perceive as our competitors now? No, I don't as I am not Namecheap employee. I don't work or approve off companies that serve US-based clientele, but constantly outsource their customer support to Eastern-block countries and hire people that barely speak English. I think its anti-american frankly speaking, but I don't think you are American citizen anyways so this doesn't apply. But I do chose who competes for my dollars, so its unfair to show me competitors that you know don't have certain features, while you purposely avoiding those who do have those features. Unless you so out of touch with supposedly your market (anyone can create HN account with "CEO" in it) that you are not aware Dreamhost and Namesilo are offering these services for FREE for many years by now. And if you really happen to be a Namecheap CEO (highly doubt and scary to think a CEO has time to post on HN) then I'm glad you posted this, as you are only reassuring me in my decision to move out all my domains long time ago.