Namecheap has rebranded • Hacker News Board

Re: Namecheap has rebranded

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Post by ChrisNorstrom » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 2:03 AM UTC

MichaelGG wrote: post #34

I was hoping it'd be a new name. While Namecheap seems like a great registrar, the name alone seems to put people off when I recommend them.

You know what that's so true. I avoided NameCheap the first few times specifically because of the name. Sounds like a guy running a company out of his basement. And with domain names being worth $2,000+ and on rare occasions getting hijacked and stolen, "cheap" doesn't sound like a good thing.

"I'm looking for a construction company, anyone know a good one.", "Oh yeah I use Cheap Construction Co. they're great!"... "Yeah no thanks."

Re: Namecheap has rebranded

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Re: Namecheap has rebranded

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Post by patio11 » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 7:43 AM UTC

tamar wrote: post #59

patio11 wrote: post #30

Earlier 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…

Let me tell you a dirty little Namecheap secret: We're the company that most people go to because there aren't any upsells. see you soon? ;)

I am currently at a cafe writing on my iPad, but given that you have just tapped me in the face with an Internet glove, I am going to walk back to my apartment so that I can access a machine which will let me do image editing. One moment please.

Re: Namecheap has rebranded

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Post by patio11 » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 8:12 AM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #73

tamar wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me tell you a dirty little Namecheap secret: We're the company that most people go to because there aren't any upsells. see you soon? ;)

I am currently at a cafe writing on my iPad, but given that you have just tapped me in the face with an Internet glove, I am going to walk back to my apartment so that I can access a machine which will let me do image editing. One moment please.

To assist you in identifying the parts of your company's checkout flow which are typically referred to as upsells, I have taken the liberty of taking a screenshot and highlighting them for you. The green highlights are what I expressed desire to buy, the red are the suggested upsells / cross-sells. Namecheap no-confirm opts me into one of them.

http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/i-found-y...

Steps to reproduce:

1) Go to Namecheap.com

2) Enter any arbitrary string in the central search box. I used "patio11testregistration." Trigger the search.

3) A list of domains pops up. The .com was available (fancy that) so I clicked Add To Cart then View Cart.

4) The screenshotted web page pops up. I reduced to 50% screen resolution to get it all on one page, and cropped to only show the central column, then added the green/red highlighting and my comments. It is otherwise unedited and had no user input applied to it.

Re: Namecheap has rebranded

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Post by xref » Mon, Jan 20, 2014, 9:36 PM UTC

Oh man, it looks like iOS threw up all over this redesign. What's the extra popout menu on the right for? it's all the same stuff from your navbar. And why are all the account management tools shoved in a tiny menu in the corner of the screen even when I'm logged in?

Re: Namecheap has rebranded

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Post by mdpopescu » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 3:41 PM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #74

patio11 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am currently at a cafe writing on my iPad, but given that you have just tapped me in the face with an Internet glove, I am going to walk back to my apartment so that I can access a machine which will let me do image editing. One moment please.

To assist you in identifying the parts of your company's checkout flow which are typically referred to as upsells, I have taken the liberty of taking a screenshot and highlighting them for you. The green highlights are what I expressed desire to buy, the red are the suggested upsells / cross-sells. Namecheap no-confirm opts me into one of them. http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/i-found-y... Steps to…

I was so hoping for a reply to this... I guess it was too much of a slam-dunk.