I would like to ask you one short question. Which one looks more professional?
1.www.YourOnlineRevenue.com OR
2.www.YourOnlineRevenue.Wordpress.com
The answer is obvious. With Namecheap, you can get the first version starting for less than $1/year.
I am very happy to share today my experiences with Namecheap and answer all your questions. When you are buying something online is always worthwhile to ask yourself, “Is Namecheap reliable?” or even a more serious question, “Is Namecheap a scam?” Is it the best place to get your own domain name?
You will find an answer to these and other questions in the next 2 minutes by having a quick look on my honest Namecheap Review.
NOTICE: This review is based on my personal experience. If you have different kind of experiences about Namecheap, I would love to hear in the comments below! 🙂
Namecheap Review
Name: Namecheap
Website: www.Namecheap.com
Founded: In 2000 by Richard Kirkendall
Field: Domain Names and Domain Hosting
Overall Rank: 95 Out of 100 (Check Out My #1 Recommendation, 98 Out of 100)
What Is Namecheap?
Namecheap is a website and a company that provides domain names for a cheap price and with high quality (Domain name = a name of the website, for example, YourOnlineRevenue.com). Many times if you are willing to buy cheap and good, you need to get two different products. One good and one cheap. But if we are talking about Namecheap, you get those two in the same package.
I have used their service already for a relatively long time so I am talking from experience.
You don’t want your website to look like, www.YourWebsite.Blogspot.com. It’s much better to have it like this: www.YourWebsite.com. I guess you agree?
1 year and 4 months ago I already wrote step-by-step instructions on how you can get your own domain name in Namecheap. It’s very easy and takes something like 5 minutes or a bit more if you don’t have prior experience.
Here is a video where I also give simple instructions on getting a domain name on Namecheap. I also discuss how satisfied I have been with their service.
If you want to know how you can build a high-quality website (in LESS THAN 30 SECONDS), then I recommend having a look at these simple steps.
How Does Namecheap Work?
1.You go their website and write what kind of domain name you would like to have. (see the image below)
2.Register the domain name for you. Get a domain hosting. And that’s it.
Not very complicated, huh?
When you make a search, you will see what kind of domain names are available. I searched if I could have a website called “VeryGoodDomainName.com”. Let’s see if it’s available.
As you can see in the picture above, VeryGoodDomainName.com is available for us. We could have it for €9,78/year. If someone else is faster, then we can’t have and it’s already gone. If you want to be very frugal, you can have a website name VeryGoodDomainName.club for €0,81/year.
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However, I recommend that you always have .com ending. The only exception is if you are using it in a specific country, for example, Amazon.de or Amazon.co.uk. You know that these Amazon websites are country-specific so they have a different ending than .com.
.com is the most common one and it gives you the most authority. It’s also the best in the eyes of Google so it will help you to get ranked higher. Other reasonable options are .org and .net but they are not as good as .com.
How Do the Payments Work in Namecheap?
When you buy a new domain name in Namecheap, you will be billed once in a year if you agree so. Of course, it will remind you when the new payment comes closer. If you don’t, for example, need your domain name anymore you can just let it go and you will not be billed anymore.
Prices are extremely low. As you saw above, you can get a domain name for €0,81/year. That’s cool! I have paid for my high-quality domain names only around $10/year. It’s only a price of a pizza or kebab in many countries. Think about it for a moment. You can get an own name for your website only for a price of one pizza.
You can pay with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express or with PayPal in Namecheap. I have always used a credit card and it has worked very well.
Did I Have Any Problems with Namecheap?
I have already used Namecheap a lot and it has always worked without a single problem. I haven’t needed to contact the support even once because everything has run so smoothly.
Is Namecheap the Best Domain Name Provider?
Even though Namecheap is very easy and I have nothing to complain, I bought the latest domain name from Wealthy Affiliate. Why? Because in my opinion, WA is the best online business service on the Internet. It’s like an all-in-one tool for building your online business.
I have my domain hosting, new domain names, training, community, keyword tool and literally everything I need to run a successful online business. Why wouldn’t you try it as well?
The best thing in WA is the price quality/ratio. It’s 100% free to get started and less than $1 per day for a yearly membership. And everything is included in that price.
Pros & Cons
Pros:
- You can buy a domain name for a very cheap price (Starting from $1,88/year)
- It’s easy-to-use (even I learned to use it first time when I didn’t have any experience of domain names or websites)
- It’s reliable
- Namecheap is already 17 years old
- Many successful and reliable Internet marketers have used and recommended it
Cons:
- I have personally nothing to complain. However, I found a few negative reviews on the Internet about Namecheap.
Conclusion – Is Namecheap Reliable?
Yes, it is. I personally haven’t had any kind of problems. They have always delivered everything that I have needed for domain names. It’s also very easy to use their search tool to see if some domain name is available or not.
The only reason why I don’t rank it #1 is because Wealthy Affiliate is even better. Before I have always bought all of my domain names in Namecheap but nowadays I use WA for that.
If you are also interested in making money with your websites, I recommend having a look at Wealthy Affiliate step-by-step training for free. I know many people who have started their training without any prior experience but now they are making a full-time income online and never going back to 9-5.
Isn’t it an exciting idea?
Namecheap at a Glance…
Name: Namecheap
Website: www.Namecheap.com
Founded: In 2000 by Richard Kirkendall
Field: Domain Names and Domain Hosting
Overall Rank: 95 Out of 100
Are you thinking about trying Namecheap?
Have you already bought own domain names? Where did you buy them?
Let me know in the comments below! 🙂
It makes my day to read new comments from our visitors. That’s why I promise to reply to all of your comments personally within 24 hours.
Feel free to ask also any question that you have. I will be more than happy to help you out.
With the pricing and other good features of Namecheap, I feel that it is a nice choice for some of us that are starting out as webmasters. This is not to deny the fact that Wealthy Affiliate is going to offer a much more better option out there, but with the comprehensive review, this is a nice option to try out as well considering that it works efficiently for people like you.
Using a top level domain is vital nowadays for websites because no one is going to take your website or blog seriously if you have a free domain that has .wordpress.com in it. It also makes the domain a lot longer to remember so people may not visit your site after the first time.
I have used Namecheap several times to buy domains and I have been extremely happy every single time. They’re domains are cheap, although their are some times much better deals on other domain sites (I would search around if you are looking to buy a domain). They were however the only place that offered .xyz domains for cheap.
Good customer service as well, they answered my questions extremely quickly.
Hi Kingcool,
I am happy to hear that you have also been greatly satisfied with Namecheap. I have never bought .xyz domains but it’s good to hear that you can also get them from Namecheap.
I have never had any issues with their domain name service. Great product and service.
Cheers,
Roope
I didn’t hear about this website since now. Did we get any protection for this platform ? I mean, will out websites be protected, from viruses and many other things ?
Or its just a simple service where we can get a brand new website domain for cheap price ?
Hi Williams,
For sure their service is safe and secure to use. Then you also need a domain hosting for your website. You can read here what is my #1 recommendation for domain hosting as well.
Namecheap is a service that offers domain names for a cheap price.
Roope
Your website can’t get viruses on it unless you upload some sort of dodgy software onto the site or if your hosting details get hacked and someone uploads a virus onto the site. The domain name doesn’t really have anything to do with that. Their service is extremely secure and safe to use but they are just a website domain service. If you want to make your site secure then you may have to get an SSL certificate and protect your hosting account.
That’s exactly right. It’s impossible to get viruses by buying a domain name.
By the way, Wealthy Affiliate provides SSL certificate and hosting (up to 50 websites) for free in their membership account.
Great post on is Namecheap reliable Roope!
I must admit that personally, I have found Namecheap very reliable when purchasing some of my domains. I have also used GoDaddy, and I much prefer Namecheap than that platform.
While I do like Namecheap, I now buy my domains through Wealthy Affiliate, as this has taken the domain service to another level!
There are so many other benefits with WA as well, that means I will be buying all my domains with them going forward!
Thanks 🙂
Hi John,
you are right that Wealthy Affiliate has taken the domain service to the next level 🙂
They literally offer “all-in-one” online business tools. You’ve got everything you need and the price is so cheap compared to many other services.
Cheers,
Roope
I bought my domain name through Namecheap and found it ver easy to use. That was important to me because I am not an internet guru and would have been lost with anything complicated. I have found them very easy to deal with and would recommend them to anyone just starting out with their first website.
It did take me a little more than 5 minutes because it was my very first website and I didn’t want to mess it up with the wrong domain name. Great post and I agree with how easy Namecheap is to use.
Hi Margaret,
thank you very much for sharing your experiences with Namecheap. It’s a great service and I can honestly recommend it for anybody. I never had any difficulties with them.
The only reason it’s not my #1 recommendation is that Wealthy Affiliate is even better 🙂
Cheers,
-Roope
Hi Kendrick
I have a few domains registered at NameCheap myself, and have never had any problems with them.
I transferred a domain from them to another domain registrar, and had to contact their help desk: which had great service.
The only thing I have never liked about NameCheap is that their website is too complicated to use. I like everything to be really simple without pushing a lot of buttons and wondering if this is the right one — or not?
That’s one thing about domains at Wealthy Affiliate, they are super simple to use and to change settings when you want to.
Thanks
Hi Mike,
you are right that buying a domain name in Wealthy Affiliate is even easier than in Namecheap. However, I don’t find Namecheap too complicated either. Even though I was a total beginner when I first time bought a domain name, I was able to use it well. But I totally agree with you that there is always a room for improvement 🙂
-Roope
Hey,
Namecheap is really reliable. I have be using them for the past several years and I have not encountered a problem yet myself.
I am glad that it is super easy to set up an account and register your domain. After that all you have to do is point your DNS towards your hosting. Then you are all set to go.
Thanks for the information. I did not know that they were around for 17 years.
Hi Kendrick,
yeah, and setting DNS only took like 30 seconds even without any prior knowledge of this kind of things. First time when I used it, I just went through the instructions on Wealthy Affiliate. So, if one doesn’t any any former experience of using these things, it’s totally not a problem.
Anyone will learn these simple domain things because the Internet is full of step-by-step instructions that explain everything in a simple way.
Cheers,
Roope