NameCheap is apparently going on its own as an ICANN-accredited registrar, and not following eNom in the lap of Tucows.
The latter, acquired eNom from Rightside, and NameCheap was an eNom (super) reseller for many years; the ICANN accreditation came in 2013.
Now, domains registered at NameCheap don’t display eNom as the registrar, but NameCheap instead:
To us, this is a clear indication that NameCheap won’t be utilizing Tucows the way it did with eNom, operating fully as an ICANN-accredited registrar.
And this is good news for its customers! 😀
Hat tip: Mark.
Namecheap has more than 5 million names. If they move them all away enom will go from 12 million to 7million.
Tucows knew about this when they acquired eNom. I wonder if Namecheap’s move away from eNom was one of the reasons (the primary?) that Rightside sold the business.