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Title: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: BasementMiner! on March 05, 2013, 03:40:46 AM https://www.namecheap.com/support/payment-options/bitcoin.aspx
Quote Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin We're delighted to inform you that we now accept the Bitcoin payment method, in addition to PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P currency that enables instant payments. Use Bitcoin to purchase domains, web hosting, SSL certificates, or WhoisGuard on Namecheap. Quote Why did you decide to take Bitcoin? Namecheap is a customer-focused domain name registrar and web host. For months, Bitcoin has been requested of Namecheap among the tech audience. We're pleased to announce that we've listened to your feedback. Namecheap continues to innovate and respond to threats and challenges in the online space. In the last 13 months, we donated over $100,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to support online freedom. We consider ourselves the pioneers in the space in innovation and freedom. http://www.namecheap.com BUY BUY BUY Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Cyberdyne on March 05, 2013, 03:48:13 AM https://www.namecheap.com/support/payment-options/bitcoin.aspx Quote Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin We're delighted to inform you that we now accept the Bitcoin payment method, in addition to PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P currency that enables instant payments. Use Bitcoin to purchase domains, web hosting, SSL certificates, or WhoisGuard on Namecheap. Quote Why did you decide to take Bitcoin? Namecheap is a customer-focused domain name registrar and web host. For months, Bitcoin has been requested of Namecheap among the tech audience. We're pleased to announce that we've listened to your feedback. Namecheap continues to innovate and respond to threats and challenges in the online space. In the last 13 months, we donated over $100,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to support online freedom. We consider ourselves the pioneers in the space in innovation and freedom. BUY BUY BUY I wonder how EFF feels about their own bitcoin decisions now. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Cyberdyne on March 05, 2013, 03:54:18 AM The button takes you to a page with this on it:
Quote Add Funds Using Bitcoins Please enter the amount (in USD) you want to add to your account. You will be redirected to the BitPay website with Bitcoin payment instructions. It may take up to one hour (24 hours in some rare cases) for the amount to be credited to your account. We will send you an email once the funds are credited. You can also go Add Funds History page to get more information about your add funds activity. Amount to Add: * $ (tip: remember to add sufficient funds for your purchase including the 18¢ ICANN fee) Minimum $0.01 / Max $500.00 / Total Max Per Day $500.00 / Today $0.00 Note: Please contact support to increase your limits [Proceed to Bitpay] (Emphasis mine) Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Severian on March 05, 2013, 03:55:51 AM I wonder how EFF feels about their own bitcoin decisions now. Their position as a mainstream DC thinktank is secure as long as they keep hating on Bitcoin. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Cyberdyne on March 05, 2013, 04:03:25 AM OP, how did you find that link?
Searching their knowledge base doesn't turn up any results. They're going to have a lot of different pages to update for this news: How can I add funds to my Namecheap account? You can add funds using your credit card (Visa, MasterCard or AmEx), PayPal or Google Checkout. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: DPony13 on March 05, 2013, 04:08:13 AM Well that's great!
Namecheap's a good domain registrar and it's pretty awesome for them to have accepted bitcoins :3 Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: dave111223 on March 05, 2013, 04:49:08 AM Too bad they don't accept it directly at the checkout, instead you've got to go through that process of funding your account first, then pay using your account funds.
Still a great thing though Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: bbit on March 05, 2013, 04:53:54 AM All the news today is making my head dizzy! ;D
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Cyberdyne on March 05, 2013, 04:58:15 AM On this page: https://manage.www.namecheap.com/myaccount/addfunds/
Bitcoin is listed at the TOP! Above PayPal, above Google Checkout. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Melbustus on March 05, 2013, 06:22:53 AM Awesome. I just went to log-in to my namecheap account to create some email addresses and obviously noticed the big bitcoin logo on their homepage. I knew they were in the process of implementing bitcoin acceptance, but this was a nice surprise nonetheless (like when I found out my auto-mechanic takes bitcoin).
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Cyberdyne on March 05, 2013, 07:11:20 AM Awesome. I just went to log-in to my namecheap account to create some email addresses and obviously noticed the big bitcoin logo on their homepage. That's new! Wasn't there an hour ago. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: bitdragon on March 05, 2013, 07:20:03 AM that is absolutely grandiose :) massive publicity as well.
I discovered bitcoin thanks to the donation button on EFF, this namecheap will show bitcoin to quite some number of people. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: whizter on March 05, 2013, 08:08:02 AM I'm very happy about this, namecheap is my domain registrar of choice for several years now. I instantly deposited some coins using bitpay to my account.
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: blockgenesis on March 05, 2013, 08:15:30 AM Awesome! :-)
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Herodes on March 05, 2013, 12:03:38 PM No more GoDaddy for me, moving to namecheap.
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: ThiagoCMC on March 05, 2013, 12:18:52 PM This is HUGE!!!
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: John (John K.) on March 05, 2013, 12:45:33 PM Bye-bye GoDaddy.
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: addi on March 05, 2013, 01:38:32 PM This is another huge step forward for the bitcoin community! I probably will move all my domains to namecheap soon :)
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: BIGMERVE on March 05, 2013, 01:43:55 PM Can anyone vouch for their hosting?
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: TangibleCryptography on March 05, 2013, 01:46:29 PM I think I found our new registrar. Have a couple dozen domains to transfer. Always glad to support another business who supports Bitcoin.
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: epetroel on March 05, 2013, 03:16:56 PM This is great! I've been using namecheap for years and was waiting to renew a few domains after hearing they were going to be accepting bitcoins soon.
Just added $90 worth of coins a few minutes ago - seems to be working flawlessly. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Elwar on March 05, 2013, 04:30:35 PM OP, please put a link to http://www.namecheap.com in your post so that those wanting to switch over can connect from here. That will show them the large amount of traffic they are getting from switching over to Bitcoin.
I will be moving all of my domains over from godaddy and hostmonster. I cannot access their site at work, how is their hosting service? Do they allow java and JVM? I was about to sign up for rimuhosting.com which allows this with shell access but I asked them if they supported payments with Bitcoin and they said "We do not have any plans to accept bitcoin as payment method at the moment.". The more things that I usually pay for with $ that now accept BTC the better. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: DBordello on March 06, 2013, 02:38:02 PM This is great news.
I am transferring all of our domains to them now. How are they handling confirmations? They appear not to accept zero-confirmation, but do they require 1, 3, 6? Dan Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: ivanol on March 06, 2013, 10:46:14 PM It seemed to be six when I did it yesterday. Until 6 confirmations the transfer doesn't show up at all in your account.
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: bytedisorder on March 07, 2013, 06:45:52 AM If anybody wants to support a domain registrar native to bitcoin, consider Bitronic Technologies! I'm creating a promotion for people looking to transfer their domains to a bitcoin domain registrar (we have been accepting bitcoin for a year already).
I'm going to beat namecheap's price too. Use the promo code 9btc to transfer or register and .com/.net./.org domain name for only 0.22BTC($9.50) vs namecheaps $9.69. Or get a free domain name with any annual hosting purchase using the promo code freedom Support the little guy ;) Buy/Transfer Domain Names with Bitcoin (https://bitronictech.net/buy-domains-bitcoin.php) We don't require you to credit your account, just pay at checkout using bitcoin. Also we activate the order after the first confirmation. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: Elwar on March 07, 2013, 05:06:57 PM If anybody wants to support a domain registrar native to bitcoin, consider Bitronic Technologies! I'm creating a promotion for people looking to transfer their domains to a bitcoin domain registrar (we have been accepting bitcoin for a year already). I'm going to beat namecheap's price too. Use the promo code 9btc to transfer or register and .com/.net./.org domain name for only 0.22BTC($9.50) vs namecheaps $9.69. Or get a free domain name with any annual hosting purchase using the promo code freedom Support the little guy ;) Buy/Transfer Domain Names with Bitcoin (https://bitronictech.net/buy-domains-bitcoin.php) We don't require you to credit your account, just pay at checkout using bitcoin. Also we activate the order after the first conformation. Nice...and your hosting services appear to be cheaper than namecheap. Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: bytedisorder on March 07, 2013, 10:40:49 PM Indeed, we are a lean orange hosting machine!
Title: Re: Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin! Post by: imanikin on March 17, 2013, 11:44:39 PM Namecheap through Bitpay works great! The funds aren't credited instantaneously yet, but soon enough for that purpose.
Best wishes to all BTC merchants! :) |