NameCheap & GoDaddy trade punches over domain inventory rules
NameCheap and GoDaddy are throwing virtual punches today, April 1st, over ongoing friction about domain inventory sales. No, it’s not a joke. Richard Kirkendall, CEO of NameCheap, began the exchange : Godaddy likes to do “tests” that censor out certain registrars because they have more sales. Their optimization involves trying to get the most sales […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Richard Kirkendall: #NameCheap is terminating services for #Russian customers
NameCheap CEO, Richard Kirkendall, went on record via Twitter earlier today, confirming that his company has informed Russian customers they will no longer be provided services. The following email was sent to NameCheap customers affected by the termination of services: Russia service termination Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime’s war crimes and human rights violations […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Namecheap: “We are not auctioneers”
Domains listed in Namecheap’s new marketplace are often marked with an “auction” identifier but according to Namecheap that doesn’t mean they are auctioneers, or escrow agents. A domain investor who won a Namecheap “auction” but then was unable to complete payment as these domains had been removed by the registrant, was given this remarkable response […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brent Oxley saga almost over as #domains moved to #Namecheap
Brent Oxley‘s saga is almost over; a cache of valuable domains totaling millions of dollars were kept locked at GoDaddy, without a court verdict supporting that decision. An Indian self-styled broker’s attempt to abuse the GoDaddy system of locking domains “under dispute” backfired this week, as GoDaddy announced changes to how it’ll be handling such […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved..Monster, .Cyou and .CO : Spam from cheap #domains spreading like Covid19!
Spam from cheap domain registrations provided via agreements between registrars and registries is spreading like the Coronavirus. Dozens of disposable domains are registered for a couple of dollars a pop, sending out massive amounts of unsolicited email aka SPAM. It’s a pattern we witness time and again: Namecheap as the domain registrar, running promotions to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Another batch of spamming #domains courtesy of #NameCheap and #Cloudflare
TGIF and welcome to another round of relentless spam, courtesy of NameCheap as the domain registrar, and Cloudflare as the DNS proxy provider. This duo really enhances serial spammers’ ability to hide and send out spam from cheap, disposable domain names. That’s what happens when you drop prices for domain registrations and when you offer […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Igroutka.net : Stolen #domain registrant shares his experience with #Namecheap
The registrant of the domain igroutka.net lost access to his asset on July 23, 2020 – the domain was transferred to Namecheap. Igroutka.net is a busy web site with thousands of daily visitors, primarily from Russia, looking for free online games: As I found out, on July 21, 2020, my mail was hacked, which was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Asia and Cloud #domains : It’s #domain spam galore from NameCheap and Cloudflare!
Serial domain spammers love NameCheap and its combination of inaction to reports of abuse and bulk priced deals. Right now, NameCheap offers $4.88 registrations for .Asia domains, along with $1.28 for .Cloud domains. What a great combo for the phuckstick spammers that once they register these cheap, disposable domains, head out to Cloudflare to hide […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Namecheap turns 20 and celebrates with #domain deals
NameCheap, the second biggest domain name registrar, is turning 20 years old today. Celebrating two decades in the domain name industry is not a small feat. NameCheap is offering several discounts and domain deals, that they shared with us: World’s Second Largest Domain Registrar Turns 20 Today! Namecheap celebrates its momentous milestone with a Virtual […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NameCheap : Free cheval steak with every dozen of $0.99 dollar dot .horse #domains
NameCheap is getting ready to wet your appetite for horse meat, a classic French delicacy. You can now register dot .horse domains at NameCheap for 99 cents a piece, and get a free cheval steak with every dozen domains. In an apparent effort to dethrone GoDaddy as the top dot .horse registrar, NameCheap drops the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Namecheap and the #EFF get bad rep in new #CircleID article
Namecheap and the EFF are apparently interlinked, and not in a good way. That’s the focus of an article posted on CircleID, “the world’s leading platform for Internet developments.” The article expands on the Facebook lawsuit filed against Namecheap, to uncover the registrants of domains serving malware or pretending to offer services endorsed by the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Domains and spam : Dot .Best Registry pledges to get better
An influx of spam that takes advantage of cheap domain registrations has been targeting mailboxes since the beginning of October. When Registries offer domains below cost in agreement with registrars, unscrupulous spammers jump on the occasion, registering throw-away domain names en masse. The recent spam onslaught utilizes NameCheap as the registrar, Cloudflare for DNS proxying, […]
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