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So it seems, if rumor is true:

Namecheap considering Bitcoin (http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/197h9g/namecheap_considering_bitcoin/)

huge if legit. can anyone confirm that is a legit namecheap reddit account?

"Learn why over 800000 customers trust us with a total of over 3000000 domains"


i've spent thousands there over the past 5 years. love the company and this will just add to it

Well, by the looks of it it does not seem too unlikely.

There have been posts by namecheap staff in the forums:
Source: http://community.namecheap.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4287

namecheap is the best!

They've got a great service and tons of visibility, this is excellent news!

I spoke to a customer service rep in live chat.  At first I was given a script answer but after asking directly about the Reddit link I was told, "At the moment we are working on implementing this feature".

Very cool.

Holy shit, this is almost bigger than Wordpress adoption! Really hope it's true. Oh yeah, btw, BUY & HOLD :P

If namecheap's on board, GoDaddy can't be far behind.

I'd like it better if they refused to accept bitcoins and went out of business because of it. Unfortunately, that dream may never come true. :(

I will certainly move all of my domains to namecheap if they accept Bitcoins.

sweet!  last month I asked if I could renew one domain paying in bitcoins... nice to see this !

Great news  :o

Great news indeed! Sweet!

I saw this and just had to check with their live chat. It's legit! This is such exciting news.

I really feel that bitcoin start taking over the internet!

#namecheap: please sent a email to all your existing customers and tell them that you accept bitcoins
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and don't forget to add the little bitcoin logo at the bottom of the front page :D

awesome news

I renewed my domain and SSL certificate with CC.
Next time I'll be using Bitcoin! Awesome!

lets ask godaddy about bitcoin payment. tell them about namecheap!

i just realised though, godaddy still has one thing over namecheap (unfortunately)... gift codes

i don't know why namecheap continues to drag it's feet in that area

Awesome, i've been transferring my domains over to namecheap from godaddy as they expire anyways.

I have well over 100 domains with Godaddy and Directnic.

I will consider moving them all if this is true. Moving domains cross registrars can be a lot of hassle though.

Takes less than a couple of hours for domains to move from Godaddy to Namecheap as long as you approve the request from both ends.

Awesome!  :D

FREAKING AWESOME!! I'm a Namecheap user!!   YAY!!    :-D

I wish I wasn't already a Namecheap customer so I could transfer my domains again. Very curious to see what happens once we get an official statement!

Once they've implemented this, someone should ask them to put up a page with step-by-step instructions on how to switch domains from, say, GoDaddy to Namecheap. I have several domains with GD and will gladly switch them over if Namecheap accepts BTC. But I'll need someone to show me how as if I was a six year old  :D

It's true, GoDaddy got burned last time they let Namecheap out-net-credibility them, and they may be scared of it happening again.

Everybody forgot that namecheap.com is run by Zhou Tong, the embezzler of bitcoinica?

Edit: sorry, I got confused memory.

Nope.
https://www.nameterrific.com/ (https://www.nameterrific.com/)

Oh, I stand corrected.

Yes Namecheap did very well with their SOPASucks promo code to take customers away from GoDaddy. http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/namecheap-offers-discount-for-domain-transfers/ (http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/namecheap-offers-discount-for-domain-transfers/). The margins in this industry are very thin on single domain registrations so Bitcoin can allow Namecheap to be a fierce competitor against GoDaddy simply by eliminating credit card merchant fees and chargeback risk.

Namecheap is also against CISPA, awesome

unfortunately though, you will get 100 emails which require 100 manual 'approval' clicks.


here is the best guide i know of on the subject:

http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-guide-to-transfer-domains-out-of-godaddy

Go Daddy sucks, they do not support a free internet and even if they accepted Bitcoin (which is highly unlikely but I suppose possible if they wanted to cash in on it) they'd never get any of mine!

There were also rumors of GoDaddy snatching nice domain names if you have searched for them on their website. I haven't heard anything like that about NameCheap, they really seem to be an awesome company in many ways.