It may interest you to know that Namecheap, just a few days ago, banned a few domain names purely based on an ambiguous tweet that got 8 likes, that didn't even ask for those domains to be banned or cite any ToS violation.
Namecheap then reverted that decision when they got ratioed (with no tweets supporting their decision). I've never heard of these domain names and don't keep up with crypto, but it doesn't seem like they did much research before banning them.
I was thinking of switching everything to Namecheap just a week ago, because of a friend's recommendation based on their ease-of-use.
Because of this Twitter story, and the Russian suspension, I'm now glad I didn't. You can't cancel users' service, that they paid for, and give them only a week's notice. I'm not Russian but this volatile style of customer relationships totally destroys any trust I could have in them.
Can anyone explain to me what the @UoT_Foundation is?
[Twitter User B]
Track the wallets. Where do they go? They all sound like pretty catchy marketing names to me [...]
All registered on Namecheap within 5 days of each other. All from Iceland (IS). Two of them using pretty much the exact same AWS nameservers. Hmmm. This isn't even tracking wallets.
[Namecheap.com]
Hello! We have suspended the abusive services
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Wow! To be able to terminate someone's domain with a few tweets. This is absolutely insane! I have many domains with Namecheap. I might reconsider my domain provider after this.
I am moving my domains off NameCheap too. This is ridiculous behaviour from a for-profit organisation; the only transaction I am interested in with Namecheap is I give you money and you act as the middle man in registering my domain.
Spare me the political and social grandstanding. I am not interested in your views on either topic.
The taxes of those citizens are being used for the bombs being dropped on the homes of namecheap employees. Continuing to provide services for their profit is not harmless.
Reminds me of the time they flagged my account as fraudulent and locked me out of my domains. They ignored me until I blew them up on social media, then they said it was a mistake. I am a US citizen and do not do anything out of the ordinary. This was back in 2016. I immediately moved my domains away.
Me too. I was feeling pretty bad seeing this announcement, but after seeing several examples of how this is a cowboy operation, I'm finding it hard to take them as seriously now. Move on, avoid, and remind people why I do so in the future when this has blown over.
https://twitter.com/Namecheap/status/1489485337885921284
Namecheap then reverted that decision when they got ratioed (with no tweets supporting their decision). I've never heard of these domain names and don't keep up with crypto, but it doesn't seem like they did much research before banning them.
I was thinking of switching everything to Namecheap just a week ago, because of a friend's recommendation based on their ease-of-use.
Because of this Twitter story, and the Russian suspension, I'm now glad I didn't. You can't cancel users' service, that they paid for, and give them only a week's notice. I'm not Russian but this volatile style of customer relationships totally destroys any trust I could have in them.