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Is name cheap still good

by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

someotherperson 2y ago
Hasn’t been good for years
- NewJazz 2y ago
  In what way?
acheron 2y ago
Yeah seems fine. Some people got upset that they were boycotting Russia or something, but those people can be ignored.
- VancouverMan 2y ago
  It's perfectly reasonable for current customers and potential customers to be concerned and cautious when a company shows a willingness to resort to knee-jerk reactions, especially when such reactions can suddenly harm the customer and are due to something that the customer has no control or influence over. The company involved doesn't matter, and the reason for the knee-jerk reaction doesn't matter. It's a business practice that all customers should definitely watch out for and take seriously, even if they haven't been affected by it (yet).
  - NewJazz 2y ago
    Knee jerk reaction? Their country almost got toppled by a dictatorship. Namecheap at the same time said it had over 1,000 employees located in Ukraine, comprising most of its support staff, mostly in Kharkiv (which was a major location of fighting). How were their customers harmed? They could have transfered their domain within the two week grace period.
  - aguaviva 2y ago
    I see no need for them to worry. Any customer they'd want to have understands that it wasn't a knee-jerk action by any stretch. Rather that it's just something that (responsible) companies have to do once they realize that overarching conditions have emerged that make it simply untenable to keep doing business in certain environments -- completely irrespective of the conduct of any business or individuals in that environment. Like when there's just too much corruption in a certain country. Or that country starts going on old-school (and very large scale) military campaigns against its neighbors. So if anything their better customers will not only instantly understand their decision, but will hold them in incrementally higher esteem for it.
  - immibis 2y ago
    It's weird. Usually when a company announces an ethical stance to avoid doing business in ways that support unjust wars, we applaud it, but when a company actually stops doing business in a way that would send money to continue unjust wars, we suddenly decry it.
aezart 2y ago
They can make it pretty hard to find the actual renewal price on domains in some cases. If the domain is currently being sold at a "normal price", the search page will show the normal registration price and the renewal price. But if there's a promotional discount for the domain, the search page will show the promotional price and the normal registration price (to show how much of a savings you're getting), with no mention of the renewal price. It's been a few years since I bought a domain from them so this could have changed since then.
xelamonster 2y ago
I usually go with them, better prices than most places decent search and a functional UI. Not amazing but neither is anyone else I've found.
richardhawthorn 2y ago
They recently increased their domain renewal pricing, and as others have said they don't make those prices very easy to find. I moved some .co.uk domains to them a couple of years ago and was surprised when my first bill came in. Their prices look ok for the first year but less so after that. Having said that they are easy to use, and I've never had a problem managing my domains through them.

Is name cheap still good

someotherperson 2y ago

Hasn’t been good for years

NewJazz 2y ago
In what way?

acheron 2y ago

Yeah seems fine. Some people got upset that they were boycotting Russia or something, but those people can be ignored.

VancouverMan 2y ago
It's perfectly reasonable for current customers and potential customers to be concerned and cautious when a company shows a willingness to resort to knee-jerk reactions, especially when such reactions can suddenly harm the customer and are due to something that the customer has no control or influence over. The company involved doesn't matter, and the reason for the knee-jerk reaction doesn't matter. It's a business practice that all customers should definitely watch out for and take seriously, even if they haven't been affected by it (yet).
- NewJazz 2y ago
  Knee jerk reaction? Their country almost got toppled by a dictatorship. Namecheap at the same time said it had over 1,000 employees located in Ukraine, comprising most of its support staff, mostly in Kharkiv (which was a major location of fighting). How were their customers harmed? They could have transfered their domain within the two week grace period.
- aguaviva 2y ago
  I see no need for them to worry. Any customer they'd want to have understands that it wasn't a knee-jerk action by any stretch. Rather that it's just something that (responsible) companies have to do once they realize that overarching conditions have emerged that make it simply untenable to keep doing business in certain environments -- completely irrespective of the conduct of any business or individuals in that environment. Like when there's just too much corruption in a certain country. Or that country starts going on old-school (and very large scale) military campaigns against its neighbors. So if anything their better customers will not only instantly understand their decision, but will hold them in incrementally higher esteem for it.
- immibis 2y ago
  It's weird. Usually when a company announces an ethical stance to avoid doing business in ways that support unjust wars, we applaud it, but when a company actually stops doing business in a way that would send money to continue unjust wars, we suddenly decry it.

aezart 2y ago

They can make it pretty hard to find the actual renewal price on domains in some cases. If the domain is currently being sold at a "normal price", the search page will show the normal registration price and the renewal price. But if there's a promotional discount for the domain, the search page will show the promotional price and the normal registration price (to show how much of a savings you're getting), with no mention of the renewal price. It's been a few years since I bought a domain from them so this could have changed since then.

xelamonster 2y ago

I usually go with them, better prices than most places decent search and a functional UI. Not amazing but neither is anyone else I've found.

richardhawthorn 2y ago

They recently increased their domain renewal pricing, and as others have said they don't make those prices very easy to find. I moved some .co.uk domains to them a couple of years ago and was surprised when my first bill came in. Their prices look ok for the first year but less so after that. Having said that they are easy to use, and I've never had a problem managing my domains through them.