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NameCheap Is Not a Unicorn
For those who believe in unicorns, here is my experience. My very new brand has been used for phishing/deceptive practices and my TM infringed. This is by Borderoo.com, they are registered through NameCheap. https://www.domain.com/whois/whois/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=genericsearch&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkYmUm5y-8QIVQfSzCh3ANwrNEAAYAiAAEgKn5fD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&search=borderoo.com https://www.domain.com/whois/whois/?utm_source=google&utm_me... I followed their trail. The Borderoo site has many fake pages for small and big brands- they impersonate/infringe the brands' TM/mislead potential customers (you can google Borderoo scams). Their links lead to coupon sites, where they use the brand name to lead the potential clients to Ebay and Amz stores with cheap trinkets and non-brand related items sold by some company overseas. That's the scam, and there may be more. You can see one of the big brand names here: https://borderoo.com/pages/buy-from-swarovskis-usa-online-store-international-shipping/ https://borderoo.com/pages/buy-from-swarovskis-usa-online-st... Swarovski is a big brand. Check out the Borderoo sitemaps to see more companies that are being scammed, here is one:https://borderoo.com/post-sitemap1.xml https://borderoo.com/post-sitemap1.xml They were kicked off of Shopify, but they quickly recovered with a WP site, doing the same thing. I contacted NameCheap, they claim they don't have enough evidence. But when I did a search by using the phone number for this company on WHOis Lookup, I got about 20 million related domain names registered for that Iceland location and phone number on NameCheap. 20 million! This is not an amateur job. I just bumped into this FB lawsuit. I don't understand why NameCheap is getting away with this, but they are aware of the scams and doing nothing- how is it possible that over 20 million domain names are misused and nothing's done about it? Common sense tells me there's more to this story. Maybe this can help you all understand more about different sides of the story. I know the truth will come out sooner or later. NameCheap is not innocent.
- France_is_bacon 5y agohmmm....I did the maths. $8.88 for annual domain name registration * 20,000,000 domain names = $177,600,000. Per year. That means year after year. $177 mill this year, $177 mill next year, and so on. Dude, if someone was giving YOU $177 million per year, what would YOU do? Be all like, "I'm tired of all the supermodels and blow that I can buy. Sure I'll give that money up." If you contacted me about that and if I was namecheap CEO, I'd be all, "Nuh-uh, I ain't giving up MY 300 foot yacht. But I tell you what, if YOU give me $177 million per year to offset it, I'll gladly get rid of those domains. You got $177 million per year to give me?"
- Annannd99 5y agoThe cost might be a bit less-- domain names can be a lot cheaper than $8, and if you buy in bulk, even better. And yes, NameCheap probably does not want to get involved- probably for the reasons you mentioned. But after the Facebook lawsuit, it is starting to catch up with them. I saw they are starting to get rid of some of these domains- I hope it's true. But the brands need a solution. I did more research. It turns out that Borderoo's IP address is hidden behind Cloudflare. But there are tools to find out their real IP address- NameCheap was using the Cloudflare excuse when I asked them. There is also Whois History, I bought the report. It's a matter of time before I find out who they are. Then I will send that info to NameCheap and see what their next excuse is. NameCheap is even associated with government phishing scams and malware. I wish more was done to protect brands. The solution is about educating and exposing the crimes, until something is done. Any solution suggestions are welcome.