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Posting this as a heads up in case somebody doesn't know about some of Namecheap's behind-the scenes practices. They may not be as squeaky clean as you might think.
a.) Namecheap won't allow you to see domains that expired from your account more than 27 days ago, unless you contact them asking for a list. However, you may have domains that expired earlier that can still be reactivated, so don't assume that they're lost! Unlike GoDaddy, where as of today (Jan 2) I can see my domains that expired as far back as 10/24, Namecheap will only show as far back as 12/7.
b.) Namecheap will tack on a $200 redemption fee in as few as 27 days after expiration, but only if they like your domain well enough. Some domains that expired even earlier won't have any redemption fee at all - simply pay the $10 to renew and you're golden. And to make matters worse, when they want your domain (and decide to charge a redemption fee to drastically increase their odds of keeping it), they change the whois to make it look like the domain is now owned by another individual (although apparently it's just "one of Namecheap's accounts"). In my example, my domain's whois was changed to the following no more than 28 days post expiration:
Registrant Name: T CLAYTON
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: REDACTED
Registrant City: SAN FRANCISCO
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94113
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.50895201xx
Registrant Email: [email protected]
The domain expired in December, and was already transferred away from my account before December had even ended (without any notification, naturally). Wouldn't it make sense that, if the domain is still redeemable, it might show up somewhere in my account - perhaps with my other recoverable domains? Don't you think that an honest company might indicate in the whois that Namecheap still has control of it, instead of hiding behind some "T Clayton" gmail account?
In comparison, GoDaddy charges an $80 redemption fee and gives you approximately 40 days after expiration to renew at the regular price. I forget the exact number, but it's a set number of days, and gives registrants about two extra weeks to renew vs. Namecheap.
Pretty slimy to me! It seems like Namecheap gets a lot more love around here than GoDaddy, which is ridiculous. They're too cheap to even offer phone support!
So in the end, **** Namecheap. Thankfully I don't even care about this particular domain; it's the principle of the matter.
a.) Namecheap won't allow you to see domains that expired from your account more than 27 days ago, unless you contact them asking for a list. However, you may have domains that expired earlier that can still be reactivated, so don't assume that they're lost! Unlike GoDaddy, where as of today (Jan 2) I can see my domains that expired as far back as 10/24, Namecheap will only show as far back as 12/7.
b.) Namecheap will tack on a $200 redemption fee in as few as 27 days after expiration, but only if they like your domain well enough. Some domains that expired even earlier won't have any redemption fee at all - simply pay the $10 to renew and you're golden. And to make matters worse, when they want your domain (and decide to charge a redemption fee to drastically increase their odds of keeping it), they change the whois to make it look like the domain is now owned by another individual (although apparently it's just "one of Namecheap's accounts"). In my example, my domain's whois was changed to the following no more than 28 days post expiration:
Registrant Name: T CLAYTON
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: REDACTED
Registrant City: SAN FRANCISCO
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94113
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.50895201xx
Registrant Email: [email protected]
The domain expired in December, and was already transferred away from my account before December had even ended (without any notification, naturally). Wouldn't it make sense that, if the domain is still redeemable, it might show up somewhere in my account - perhaps with my other recoverable domains? Don't you think that an honest company might indicate in the whois that Namecheap still has control of it, instead of hiding behind some "T Clayton" gmail account?
In comparison, GoDaddy charges an $80 redemption fee and gives you approximately 40 days after expiration to renew at the regular price. I forget the exact number, but it's a set number of days, and gives registrants about two extra weeks to renew vs. Namecheap.
Pretty slimy to me! It seems like Namecheap gets a lot more love around here than GoDaddy, which is ridiculous. They're too cheap to even offer phone support!
So in the end, **** Namecheap. Thankfully I don't even care about this particular domain; it's the principle of the matter.
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Exactly the same problem today with one of my best domains, apparently stolen by "t clayton"
