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Namecheap is significantly worse than Gandi and amongst the absolute bottom feeder domain providers. I'd recommend cancelling your transfer ASAP.

rurban 3y ago
I'm already using freenom, namecheap, gandi and the big bad one which partnered with cPanel, godaddy. Godaddy is the bottom feader, gandi was the best, but now with these prices I've switched.
hgsgm 3y ago
What's wrong with namecheap?
- deleted 3y ago
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- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  There is nothing wrong with Namecheap as a registrar. Some people have strong stances because they chose not to continue supporting Russian sites last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812
  - hgsgm 3y ago
    And yet for the last 5 years (recently confirmed it still happens) they have been calling themself "#1 Host Russia":-o https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/7o0hid/transferred_to_namecheap_1_host_russia_inc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/7o0hid/transferr...
    - KomoD 3y ago
      Found zero information about that other than that post.
      - hgsgm 3y ago
        Send a domain transfer request and see what happens.
        KomoD 3y ago
        No I don't feel like transferring my domain just to see if someone is right in a HN comment
    - mynameisvlad 3y ago
      Those two things are not mutually exclusive. They can be the #1 host while also enforcing restrictions (which have exceptions as per https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/10519/5/faq-transfer-of-russian-customers-services-from-namecheap/ https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...) A 5 year old link with a vague "confirmation" that it's still happening is not exactly damning evidence, either. They could have certainly considered themselves the #1 host until last year. A lot of things changed last year.
      - hgsgm 3y ago
        The "#1" wasn't the important part of that title.
- commoner 3y ago
  I migrated away from Namecheap because it prevented me from logging in when I used a VPN (that was not Namecheap's own VPN). The company rep's response on HN was less than satisfactory: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705863
  - hgsgm 3y ago
    To be fair, namecheap support is completely ignorant and incompetent, so it's possible that support rep babbled nonsense and the HN commenter was correct

rurban 3y ago

I'm already using freenom, namecheap, gandi and the big bad one which partnered with cPanel, godaddy. Godaddy is the bottom feader, gandi was the best, but now with these prices I've switched.

hgsgm 3y ago

What's wrong with namecheap?

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mynameisvlad 3y ago
There is nothing wrong with Namecheap as a registrar. Some people have strong stances because they chose not to continue supporting Russian sites last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812
- hgsgm 3y ago
  And yet for the last 5 years (recently confirmed it still happens) they have been calling themself "#1 Host Russia":-o https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/7o0hid/transferred_to_namecheap_1_host_russia_inc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NameCheap/comments/7o0hid/transferr...
  - KomoD 3y ago
    Found zero information about that other than that post.
    - hgsgm 3y ago
      Send a domain transfer request and see what happens.
      - KomoD 3y ago
        No I don't feel like transferring my domain just to see if someone is right in a HN comment
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    Those two things are not mutually exclusive. They can be the #1 host while also enforcing restrictions (which have exceptions as per https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/10519/5/faq-transfer-of-russian-customers-services-from-namecheap/ https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...) A 5 year old link with a vague "confirmation" that it's still happening is not exactly damning evidence, either. They could have certainly considered themselves the #1 host until last year. A lot of things changed last year.
    - hgsgm 3y ago
      The "#1" wasn't the important part of that title.
commoner 3y ago
I migrated away from Namecheap because it prevented me from logging in when I used a VPN (that was not Namecheap's own VPN). The company rep's response on HN was less than satisfactory: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705863
- hgsgm 3y ago
  To be fair, namecheap support is completely ignorant and incompetent, so it's possible that support rep babbled nonsense and the HN commenter was correct