Re:Namecheap to Donate $1 to EFF for Every Domain Transfer o...
by ck2 on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @02:15PM
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Bulk discounts begin at 50 domains. That's far from the average person.
(and if you have that many domains you can do better than NameCheap prices too)
Re:Namecheap to Donate $1 to EFF for Every Domain Transfer o...
by Terretta on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @05:25PM
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You'd said "NEVER", which wasn't correct.
I'm generally only renewing a few at a time. They've given me a coupon to renew just one, and they were doing that before I had more than 50 with them.
While there are cheaper options, I like Namecheap's bulk management tools, free DNS hosting with records management for all types of records, etc.
After leaving Internic, I stayed with DirectNIC for years because of their reliability (even during Katrina!), no hassle interface, and pro customer practices, but after crossing the hundred domains mark, that started to feel expensive even with their bulk wallet discount system. I'm still using DirectNIC for a few, but Namecheap for most.
This comment is flat wrong.
I have a couple hundred domains with NameCheap. I always get a discount on renewal.
No, you can't just Google "Namecheap Coupon %thismonth%" but you can hop on chat, ask politely, and be given one. It's not the same full discount, but it's a discount nonetheless, and takes but a few seconds.
The problem with expecting to pay the same for renewals as the initial term is that the annual rates are raised to the registrars, so their costs go up year to year, leaving pennies per domain at the rates you pay Namecheap and eventually putting them in the red if the rate to you didn't rise.