That aside, I'm still glad to pay a little more for the overall better service. If they were charging anything like the old Network Solutions prices, that'd be a different matter.
Once a domain is registered all they need to do really is process auto-renew payments, notify me if my card was declined for any reason, and make sure it's kept registered at the registry.
Unfortunately in any case though I've stopped at the gate, they don't appear to have an API
But an issue with whois privacy is that if you ever don't have it for a period (like you forget to renew/autorenew), then it's now saved in a number of DNS/whois history services.
As an aside, .us addresses cannot be registered anywhere with privacy controls enabled.
Ah, yes, its documented:
https://www.namecheap.com/security/whoisguard.aspx
>When you register an eligible new domain name or transfer an existing eligible domain into Namecheap, you'll receive the first year of WhoisGuard privacy protection absolutely FREE.
Free protection, no upsells, $19/yr for 1 yr of .com $13/yr for 5 years. TOTP 2FA as well. Never had a problem for the 15 years I've been with them.
They run their own TLD's .design, .ink and .wiki [1] so these guys really know their stuff. Support is not 24/7, but usual office hours, but those who pick up your phone/email REALLY know what they are talking. Plus really cheap domains, they mentioned somewhere that they are aiming for $1 mark-up for all TLD's.
https://wiki.gandi.net/en/contacts/privatewhois#this_service...
Other services do.
When I change whois privacy to enabled and press save it just says "Unable to update the contact."
This happens both with my .com and my .net domain.
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2017/d2017...
Given that precedent matters a lot in UDRP cases, I’m not sure that njal.la is a realistic option.