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ted0

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About ted0

https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodorew

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    Comment #37216399

    One click migration is not out of the question. Super early days for Spaceship. There’s no shuffling happening here, I’m simply letting you know about a new platform we’re excited …

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    Comment #37216382

    It’s an entirely new brand and platform that’s been in the works for a while.

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    Comment #37216367

    How would you call this ripping you off? Seems like quite the stretch here. Namecheap is a business — we can choose to take a markup on registrations, which by nature is transparen…

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    Comment #37216198

    Well fair but I welcome you to at least check it out! It’s an entirely new codebase and platform.

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    Comment #37216157

    We are committed to having competitive pricing at Spaceship for the long term. If you’re concerned, you can also lock in current pricing with multi-year registration. Fwiw, you cou…

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    Comment #37215536

    What are you talking about specifically? Namecheap has always been vocal and active with advocating for issues like net neutrality and SOPA.

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    Comment #37215509

    Ted from Namecheap here. We have launched a new beta registrar, Spaceship.com, which has wholesale pricing on most extensions. A reminder that wholesale pricing is set by each TLD’…

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    Comment #30767204

    Congratulations on the launch. What is a good email to reach you at?

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    Comment #29770598

    Google does not own .web. They were in the running to acquire it but it will ultimately go to Verisign (who runs .com) after a ~5 year legal dispute.

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    Comment #29408056

    Will pass on the request.

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    Comment #29408042

    Still in limbo but looks like Verisign will be able to launch it at some point: http://domainincite.com/27180-verisign-boss-talks-web-launch...

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    Comment #29407228

    Passing all of your helpful feedback to our Domains PM. Thank you. As I mentioned in another comment, we're developing a new dashboard experience among other things, which we're re…

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    Comment #29407214

    coupon code "BYEBYEGD" works for .com transfers ha

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    Comment #29407194

    Support is core to our business and always our main focus but so is UX. We are admittedly a bit behind in improving our dashboard but can promise you that we have already started d…

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    Comment #29407016

    Thank YOU!

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    Comment #29407012

    Thank you! Bummer re the premium cost on the name that expired.

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    Comment #29407001

    Not familiar with any .sh price increase but it's certainly possible.. If you can swing it, you can add years to your registration(s) now to lock in the current price before any so…

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    Comment #29406816

    We would love to and we are always striving to get as close to wholesale as possible but we do have operating costs — domains are essentially our core business and we have 1,000+ C…

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    Comment #29406687

    Music to our ears.

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    Comment #29406662

    So happy to hear that!