My first impression was "Are they pivoting to become a social network?"
:( I need to stop thinking pivots.
Namecheap has rebranded
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Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#42Happy NameCheap customer with 35+ domains here.
This is the worst redesign I've seen in a long time but has a really well redesigned logo. Sorry. Looks like they're trying to fit their content in one of those Generic Fad Layout Templates you find on ThemeForest. The LOGO is awesome though.
● Registering a domain is now harder. Before I could select a dropdown menu and see all the TLD options. Now I can't.
● Did you know that NameCheap sells .es domains? Guess how many screens you have to click through to find that out.
● Did you know NameCheap .coms are only $10 while other sites sell them for $14. Because this design doesn't tell you anything.
● I have to scroll so much to get so little. White space is good in moderation but this is just overdone. There's so little content and so much white space and meaningless grey elements and slideshows and giant icons that it makes the site look sterile.
● There's a slideshow with only 2 slides, one of them talking about Web Hosting (to sell web hosting plans), the other about Security (to sell ssl certificates). No other data. No other info. How many people do you think are going to click the second slide and find out that NameCheap sells really cheap ssl certificates.
● Lots of garbage information is taking up space.
● Less functional than the previous design.
● Some of the worst copywrite I've seen. "The internet needs people" and "Getting your site online is easier than you think."
● It tries to advertise NameCheap (poorly) and what it does (poorly) rather than letting me do it. Look, you guys won, I'm already ON your site. Stop selling your "image" to me and start selling your products and services.
Hopefully when their sales drop they'll revert to the previous layout and work off of that.
Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#43I think "Register your domains from just $3.98 a year" was better than "The Internet Needs People. To tell stories, open stores and share what matters."
Yup, so much better. As someone who knows namecheap and what they offer very well, I know all the features are there, and with that knowledge the redesign doesn't look to bad. But this is a very ambiguous homepage to a new visitor. The old homepage may have been cluttered but you could just FEEL what they were offering. I don't think this flat design trend applied to all industries.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dirty little secret of the domain registration industry: all the money is in upsells to email, shared hosting, pre-rolled $30 a month shopping carts, etc. Domains themselves are cheap and fairly low margin. You know who buys those comparatively expensive high-margin services? SMB owners and people planning to be one. Suffice it to say that Oprah is slightly more well-known than (pick a tech personage) in that demogra…
That fact of GAAP accounting actually makes sense. Suppose after 1 year, GoDaddy screws up and botches your registration. Your domain is permanently gone. Now GoDaddy owes you $800. So yes, booking it as debt GoDaddy owes you which they pay down in services actually does make sense. It's extremely low risk debt, but debt nonetheless.
Thanks. Accounting isn't my thing at all. I recently heard that a previous employer of mine was begging staff to take some leave as all the leave on their books is somehow counted as a debt and it makes the books better if people burn off some of their accrued leave. People were forced to take 2-3 month holidays to clear their 10+ years of leave they had saved up. Quite how the workplace functioned with so many on leave at the same time is beyond me.
Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#45I like the new design, but they should have done it progressively. ( not jumping from 95 design to 2014 design at once )
Seriously? You want them to spend thousands of dollars to show you a site that looks like it's from 2000 for the next six months, only to redo it more modern?
Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#46The menu on the right cuts off at the bottom of my screen and there is no way to scroll it down. Also, the default font size is too darn big, zoom out to 75%, thats how it should look.
They haven't rethemed the manage pages yet, looks hilariously out of place x)
Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#47Hopefully, they get higher quality support reps with better understanding of English. I'd also like the ability to be able to call someone, that's something that GoDaddy does better. I guess they take advantage of the cheaper technical salaries in Eastern Europe though so that's why customers aren't able to talk to someone.
Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#48Happy NameCheap customer with 35+ domains here. This is the worst redesign I've seen in a long time but has a really well redesigned logo. Sorry. Looks like they're trying to fit their content in one of those Generic Fad Layout Templates you find on ThemeForest. The LOGO is awesome though. ● Registering a domain is now harder. Before I could select a dropdown menu and see all the TLD options. Now I can't. ● Did you k…
I kinda sorta agree, at default zoom level, everything is way way way oversized, the logo rocks though.
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#49Just a heads up if you're planning on using namecheap. I transferred a bunch of domains (around 70 or so) and they just refused to provide me with an invoice, so I couldn't deduct the expenses from my company's taxes. They will only sent you receipts, which are completely useless if you're in EU (and I think refusing to provide an invoice is even illegal here).
You don't need an invoice for a company expense. How do you think people claim back for things bought in a shop?
In some(? european?) countries you can't deduct stuff bought in a shop from taxes unless you have an invoice.
Re: Namecheap has rebranded
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
That fact of GAAP accounting actually makes sense. Suppose after 1 year, GoDaddy screws up and botches your registration. Your domain is permanently gone. Now GoDaddy owes you $800. So yes, booking it as debt GoDaddy owes you which they pay down in services actually does make sense. It's extremely low risk debt, but debt nonetheless.
Thanks. Accounting isn't my thing at all. I recently heard that a previous employer of mine was begging staff to take some leave as all the leave on their books is somehow counted as a debt and it makes the books better if people burn off some of their accrued leave. People were forced to take 2-3 month holidays to clear their 10+ years of leave they had saved up. Quite how the workplace functioned with so many on le…
Prepaid services are technically a debt, but a very low risk one. In contrast, paid leave is a high risk liability - an employee with 4 months accrued leave can quit at any time and they are owed 4 months of pay when they do.
(I think the company can opt to pay out their 4 months of leave over the course of 4 months to smooth cash flow issues, but I'm not sure of this.)