Namecheap
| File:Namecheap Logo.png | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Richard Kirkendall |
| Key people | Richard Kirkendall (Founder & CEO) Mohan Vettaikaran (CTO) Matthew Russell (Vice President, Hosting) |
| Industry | Web services |
| Products | Domain Names, Web Hosting, WhoisGuard, SSL Certificates |
| URL | www |
Namecheap is an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar and web hosting company, based in Los Angeles, California. It claims to have over 5 million domain names under management.[2][3]
History
Namecheap was founded by Richard Kirkendall in 2000.[4]
In November 2010, it was voted the best domain name registrar in a Lifehacker poll.[5] Again, in September 2012 it was voted as "Most Popular Domain Name Registrar" in Lifehacker polls.[6]
In March 2013, Namecheap announced that Bitcoin would be accepted as payment.[7]
In May 2014, Namecheap was put on notice due to a breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement with ICANN.[8]
In recent years, Namecheap has developed a reputation as spam haven, ignoring spam reports.[9][10][11][12]
Despite being ICANN accredited since December 2007, Namecheap has not been registering domains directly, but has instead been reselling domains registered through eNom.[13] As of 2015, Namecheap is gradually switching to registering domains using their accreditation.
Anti-SOPA advocacy
Namecheap maintained a strong anti-SOPA position.[14] [15]
After the pro-SOPA position of major registrar GoDaddy caused massive calls for the boycott of GoDaddy on Reddit, Namecheap announced Move Your Domain Day for December 29, 2011, offering a reduced price with the coupon code "SOPASucks" and declaring that it would donate $1 from each domain transfer to it to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.[16]
Later Namecheap accused GoDaddy of being in violation of ICANN rules, causing delays with domain transfers from GoDaddy to NameCheap,[17] an allegation which GoDaddy contested.[18]
References
- ^ "namecheap.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ^ "About Us". Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ "Namecheap Reaches 5 Million Domains Under Management". 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ "About Us - Our Team". Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Jason (2010-11-09). "Best Domain Name Registrar: Namecheap". LifeHacker. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Henry, Alan (2012-09-18). "Most Popular Domain Name Registrar: Namecheap". LifeHacker. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Tamar (2013-03-05). "Namecheap Now Accepts Bitcoin". Namecheap. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ "NameCheap Gets Slapped By ICANN". 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ^ "namecheaphosting - Spamcop Reporting Help". Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "Namecheap: Why I'm moving away from them". Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ^ "Namecheap supports spammers?". Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ^ "Redirect spams sponsored by Namecheap". Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ^ "Namecheap.com Forums • View topic - Change Namecheap domain from eNom to Namecheap as registrar?". 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ^ Tamar (2011-12-22). "We say NO to #SOPA (our official stance)". Namecheap. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Weber, Harrison (2011-12-27). "Namecheap cashes in on SOPA with MoveYourDomainDay". The Next Web. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Mitchell, Jon (2011-12-27). "Namecheap Pokes Go Daddy over SOPA with $1 EFF Donations". ReadWrite. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ "Namecheap accuses GoDaddy of stalling anti-SOPA defections". electronista.com. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Lord, Timothy (2011-12-27). "The GoDaddy Saga Continues". Slashdot. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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