Namecheap

Namecheap, Inc.

Type of business Private

Founded 2000; 23 years ago

Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona

United States

Area served Worldwide

CEO Richard Kirkendall

Key people Richard Kirkendall (CEO)

Hillan Klein (COO)

Sergii Smirnov (CTO)

Industry Web service

Services Domain Name Registration, Web Hosting, VPN

URL namecheap.com

Namecheap is an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar[1] and web

hosting company, based in Phoenix, Arizona. The company was founded in 2000 by
Richard Kirkendall[2] and has since grown to become one of the largest independent
domain registrars in the world, with over 10 million customers and over 77 million
domains under management.[3][4]
Namecheap offers domain name services, including domain registration, transfer,
and renewal, as well as domain privacy protection and other value-added services.
In addition, Namecheap also offers web hosting solutions, including shared hosting,
VPS hosting, and dedicated servers.
Namecheap is a supporter of various non-profit organizations and causes, such as
the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Fight for the Future.
Namecheap has been accepting Bitcoin as a payment method since March 2013.[5]

Advocacy[edit]
ICANN price caps decision[edit]
In July 2019, Namecheap was one of the organizations that filed a reconsideration
request to ICANN asking for a review of the decision to remove price caps on .org
and .info TLDs.[6][7] As of September 2019, ICANN has ignored such requests.[8]
Termination of service to Russian accounts[edit]
In February 2022, Namecheap announced that they would terminate services to
Russian accounts due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, citing "war crimes and
human rights violations". Existing users were given a one-week grace period to move
their domains.[9] The company also announced that it would be offering free
anonymous domain registration and web hosting to all protest and anti-war websites
in Russia or Belarus.[10] Namecheap at the same time said it had over 1,000
employees located in Ukraine, comprising most of its support staff, mostly in Kharkiv
(which was a major location of fighting).[11]