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Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by cheald »

randallsquared wrote: post #62
swalsh wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May I inquire why cheald was downvoted? His post seemed reasonably well written, and, at least in my opinion, contributed to the conversation. I was to be under the impression down-voting in regards to disagreement was discouraged.

Perhaps his implication that those who disagree with IP are insane offended some folk.

Re-reading that this morning, I see how I communicated that. Sorry.

I meant to say that while you have to be insane to support legislation like SOPA, most normal people who don't live in castles made of double-platinum records aren't opposed to much more moderate and appropriately-scoped legislation. Some very sane people are opposed to it, and that's okay.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by ComputerGuru »

jtreminio wrote: post #71
Legion wrote: post #48

That's nice. But I prefer my registrar have freedom and anti-censorship be a core everyday value, like NearlyFreeSpeech, rather than something to embrace as a marketing opportunity. Maybe that's unfair to Namecheap, but at any rate, all these issues with GoDaddy that people seem to suddenly care about just now are the reasons I have given NFS all my domain registration business for years now. Just being anti-SOPA isn…

I like NFS, but apparently they have some caveats, such as you cannot set up a domain to use its' own nameservers (buy foo.com, setup nameservers as ns1.foo.com ns2.foo.com with dedicated IPs) without them charging you $50 (?) /hour in tech support... PER nameserver. Sorry NFS, I'm moving away.

Thanks for pointing that out. I had no idea that this wasn't a "standard" registrar feature. I'm with 1&1 and have been dying to switch forever, but this will make me look twice at any alternatives.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by telemekus »

simonsarris wrote: post #43
brianbreslin wrote: post #42

Do any non godaddy registrars offer bulk discounts?

Ask! Many do not advertise it but will do a bulk discount if you ask. I'm pretty certain Namecheap is one of them (if you have more than 50 I think).

Contacted a help person @namecheap. when I asked for 50+ domains, was told, there is no bulk discount other than the current SOPASuck type deal. The current SOPASucks is limited to 10 domains.

I Wish there was a bulk discount. Pity namecheap couldn't come up with tiered bulk domain transferring pricing.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by soult »

jtreminio wrote: post #71
Legion wrote: post #48

That's nice. But I prefer my registrar have freedom and anti-censorship be a core everyday value, like NearlyFreeSpeech, rather than something to embrace as a marketing opportunity. Maybe that's unfair to Namecheap, but at any rate, all these issues with GoDaddy that people seem to suddenly care about just now are the reasons I have given NFS all my domain registration business for years now. Just being anti-SOPA isn…

I like NFS, but apparently they have some caveats, such as you cannot set up a domain to use its' own nameservers (buy foo.com, setup nameservers as ns1.foo.com ns2.foo.com with dedicated IPs) without them charging you $50 (?) /hour in tech support... PER nameserver. Sorry NFS, I'm moving away.

That's because they are a webhosting company, not a domain registrar. They offer domains at a cost-covering price as a service for their webhosting customers. Technically ns.phx1.nearlyfreespeech.net works just as well as ns1.yourdomain.example, but the latter one requires manual work (adding glue records) because their control panel does not support it.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by pbreit »

cdr wrote: post #14

Note that while Namecheap doesn't support SOPA, they clearly do support some form of new IP legislation: "not in favor of SOPA as it has been proposed", "... only a surgical strike is necessary." Whatever comes after SOPA/PROTECT IP - assuming they're defeated - Namecheap may well endorse.

Yeah, I don't get why they have to hedge with the "as it has been proposed". Which of its constituents is looking for that hedge?

Why can't they just say they do not support the bill. Or, better, that they oppose the bill? Does "as currently proposed" add anything?

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by brianbreslin »

telemekus wrote: post #83
simonsarris wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ask! Many do not advertise it but will do a bulk discount if you ask. I'm pretty certain Namecheap is one of them (if you have more than 50 I think).

Contacted a help person @namecheap. when I asked for 50+ domains, was told, there is no bulk discount other than the current SOPASuck type deal. The current SOPASucks is limited to 10 domains. I Wish there was a bulk discount. Pity namecheap couldn't come up with tiered bulk domain transferring pricing.

yeah with almost 100 domains, I'd love to move them all at once and save some coin.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by yourapostasy »

krober wrote: post #66
jqueryin wrote: post #63

If anyone here works at NameCheap, can I catch a break somehow if I try to transfer all of my domains over? I've got 20+ and hate spending extra money if they aren't up for renewal anytime soon.

A manager from Namecheap said that there's a deal when you transfer 50+ domains. You might be able to work something out with them for 20+, but the manager didn't respond to a request for a 43 domain transfer, so it seems unlikely. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nmnie/godaddy_supp...

Someone could ask Namecheap to allow people to "bundle" a transfer to hit their discount levels. Enable customers to get together and transfer all their domains from a single registrar like GoDaddy all on the same day. Customer Foo has 43 domains, customer Bar has 7 domains, they both transfer all of these domains on the same day and both key in a bundle code. They both show up in the same transfer bundle, so both get the 50 domain discount.

The bundle code could be an extension of the discount code, like Foo would enter BYEBYEGD:Email-addy-of-Bar while Bar enters BYEBYEGD:Email-addy-of-Foo. That type of structure would limit the bundling to two customers coordinating with each other (so Namecheap doesn't lose out on handing out too many discounts). Other structurings of bundles are possible, of course, depending upon Namecheap's internal sales and marketing goals.

Re: Namecheap.com: We say no to SOPA

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Post by FooBarWidget »

ohashi wrote: post #78
Legion wrote: post #48

That's nice. But I prefer my registrar have freedom and anti-censorship be a core everyday value, like NearlyFreeSpeech, rather than something to embrace as a marketing opportunity. Maybe that's unfair to Namecheap, but at any rate, all these issues with GoDaddy that people seem to suddenly care about just now are the reasons I have given NFS all my domain registration business for years now. Just being anti-SOPA isn…

Actually, NameCheap has had one of the best records in terms of defending domain registrant rights out of almost any registrar. For example, http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/namecheap-sued-domain... Good or bad, they aren't giving their customers up until the law orders them to do so. They've never acted as if they were the law as far as I know. So if you want to talk about walking the walk and core values, Nam…

I too have been a satisfied customer for years. After reading that article about the court case I think even more highly of them now.
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