Namecheap

Namecheap Inc.
Type of business Private
Founded 2000 (2000)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
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
Website www.namecheap.com
Alexa rank Increase 1,991 (September 2017)[1]

Namecheap, Inc. is an ICANN-accredited registrar,[2] which provide services on domain name registration, and offer for sale domain names that are registered to third parties (also known as aftermarket domain names).[3] It is also a web hosting company, based in Phoenix, Arizona. The company claims to manage over 10 million domains.[4]

History

Namecheap was founded by Richard Kirkendall in 2000.[5]

In November 2010, it was voted the best domain name registrar in a Lifehacker poll.[6] Again, in September 2012 it was voted as "Most Popular Domain Name Registrar" in Lifehacker polls.[7]

In March 2013, Namecheap announced that Bitcoin would be accepted as payment.[8]

In May 2014, Namecheap was put on notice due to a breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement with ICANN.[9]

In July 2018, Namecheap was confronted by users of certain certain .co.uk, .uk or .de domains, who could not transfer and register their web domains.[10]

Anti-SOPA advocacy

Namecheap maintained a strong anti-SOPA position.[11][12]

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.[13] In 2018, Namecheap relaunched Move your Domain Day to raise awareness of net neutrality.[14]

Later Namecheap accused GoDaddy of being in violation of ICANN rules, causing delays with domain transfers from GoDaddy to Namecheap,[15] an allegation which GoDaddy contested.[16]

Support for Net Neutrality

Namecheap is a supporter of Net Neutrality and has donated more than $300,000 in recent years to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fight for the Future to support Internet rights and freedom.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "namecheap.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  2. ↑ "InterNIC - Registrar List". InterNIC. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Domain Registration Agreement". Namecheap, Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Namecheap.com > Namecheap Announces 10 Million Domains Under Management". www.namecheap.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  5. ↑ "About Us - Our Team". Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  6. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Jason (2010-11-09). "Best Domain Name Registrar: Namecheap". LifeHacker. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  7. ↑ Henry, Alan (2012-09-18). "Most Popular Domain Name Registrar: Namecheap". LifeHacker. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  8. ↑ Tamar (2013-03-05). "Namecheap Now Accepts Bitcoin". Namecheap. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  9. ↑ "NameCheap Gets Slapped By ICANN". 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  10. ↑ Hill, Rebecca (2018-07-02). "Namecheap users rage at domain transfer pain, but their supplier Enom blames... er, GDPR?". The Register. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  11. ↑ Tamar (2011-12-22). "We say NO to #SOPA (our official stance)". Namecheap. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  12. ↑ Weber, Harrison (2011-12-27). "Namecheap cashes in on SOPA with MoveYourDomainDay". The Next Web. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  13. ↑ Mitchell, Jon (2011-12-27). "Namecheap Pokes Go Daddy over SOPA with $1 EFF Donations". ReadWrite. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  14. ↑ Jue, Aaron (2018-03-06). "Namecheap Relaunches Move Your Domain Day to Support Internet Freedom". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  15. ↑ "Namecheap accuses GoDaddy of stalling anti-SOPA defections". electronista.com. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  16. ↑ Lord, Timothy (2011-12-27). "The GoDaddy Saga Continues". Slashdot. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  17. ↑ "Namecheap.com > Namecheap Announces 8 Million Domains Under Management". www.namecheap.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
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