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Namecheap ups its prices 9% for .com and .xyz this fall. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Having just jumped from Google to Nameheap this is more than mildly frustrating.

edit: apparently this is the result of Verisign putting up their wholesale prices

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've been with namecheap a long long time now. They rarely raise prices and it's usually because upstream costs go up and everyone is raising prices. I'm a happy customer and ain't switching. I don't get bothered for endless upgrades. I only get emails when my domains come up for renewal or on the very rare occasion this happens.

[–] killeronthecorner 9 points 1 year ago

Upstream costs are indeed going up as you implied, and Namecheap has razor thin margins.

Part of the deal with services providing bare-minimum prices is that the consumer takes on supplier costs when they arise. Same in all thin-margin businesses.

[–] netburnr 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. And they always have that 20% off code too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the code?

[–] netburnr 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

COUPONFCNC, it's from Forbes if you Google namecheap 20 off, like the 3rd or 4th result

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks!