Namecheap doing a scam now

Capo Dei Capi · Oct 7, 2016

It seems that .xyz domains are now all considered purchased on namecheap and they are redirecting to Domain Agents to make you submit a higher offer.

I put in some random thing and on Namecheap and then tried it on godaddy and whois, both whois and godaddy showed the domain as available.

http://imgur.com/a/viTW2

Banned member 185991 · Oct 7, 2016

why the fuck are you buying a .xyz?

This is namecheaps way of stopping you from making a mistake.

Capo Dei Capi · Oct 7, 2016

Ste Fishkin said:
why the fuck are you buying a .xyz?

This is namecheaps way of stopping you from making a mistake.

Because it was for a churn and burn site that I was planning on making

bossofthebosses · Oct 7, 2016

Capo Dei Capi said:
It seems that .xyz domains are now all considered purchased on namecheap and they are redirecting to Domain Agents to make you submit a higher offer.

I put in some random thing and on Namecheap and then tried it on godaddy and whois, both whois and godaddy showed the domain as available.

http://imgur.com/a/viTW2

It may take some time to update the system, when did u buy that domain? Also, I think if u ve already bought that domain on namecheap, paid them and recieved the confirmation letter, then if u try to buy the domain on GoDaddy, even if it is showing 'available' - at the end u will recieve a message which says it is not available. I am using namecheap services for 2 years, never had a problem with them yet.

Capo Dei Capi · Oct 7, 2016

bossofthebosses said:
It may take some time to update the system, when did u buy that domain? Also, I think if u ve already bought that domain on namecheap, paid them and recieved the confirmation letter, then if u try to buy the domain on GoDaddy, even if it is showing 'available' - at the end u will recieve a message which says it is not available. I am using namecheap services for 2 years, never had a problem with them yet.

I was looking to buy a domain on namecheap since I already have money in my account there. Every single .xyz I tried all came back with that, even when you put a bunch of random letters and numbers

http://imgur.com/a/I2caV

LaNet · Oct 7, 2016

Namecheap doesn't sell .xyz domains anymore.

Capo Dei Capi · Oct 7, 2016

LaNet said:
Namecheap doesn't sell .xyz domains anymore.

If they don't sell them anymore, they shouldn't make a claim that the website is already owned and redirect to a somewhere else where they are suggesting $200+ bids.

bossofthebosses · Oct 7, 2016

Capo Dei Capi said:
I was looking to buy a domain on namecheap since I already have money in my account there. Every single .xyz I tried all came back with that, even when you put a bunch of random letters and numbers

http://imgur.com/a/I2caV

hnm that's strange, i also tried with some randome domains, got the same result.

jh0w4n1z · Oct 7, 2016

weird - i used to buy burn domains from them also - same issue as op

Checkmate · Oct 7, 2016

LaNet said:
Namecheap doesn't sell .xyz domains anymore.

This is correct, xyz domains are not listed as one of the extensions they sell: https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/gtld.aspx

They still list it probably because they make a lot from idiots who do not know what they're doing. It's business, not a scam.

plugmaster · Oct 7, 2016

i talked to a rep last week they no longer offer them. i have a bunch! they are great for parasite sites!

Automation247 · Oct 7, 2016

They offer $0.88 domains.

I bought a .top domain a few days ago.

Capo Dei Capi · Oct 7, 2016

Checkmate said:
This is correct, xyz domains are not listed as one of the extensions they sell: https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/gtld.aspx

They still list it probably because they make a lot from idiots who do not know what they're doing. It's business, not a scam.

Its a scam when they mention "Your offer will be presented to the owner." when the domain isn't even owned by anyone, and you need to put $199 minimum to purchase it from a non existent owner.

DrPorn · Oct 7, 2016

Over the 10 years I've purchased domains I've never purchased anything other than: .com, .net and .co.uk ... I do not see any purpose in the others. Even for churn and burn domains .xyz looks shifty as fk. I've also never used any registrar other than namecheap. Never seen a scam from them.

Capo Dei Capi · Oct 7, 2016

DrPorn said:
Over the 10 years I've purchased domains I've never purchased anything other than: .com, .net and .co.uk ... I do not see any purpose in the others. Even for churn and burn domains .xyz looks shifty as fk. I've also never used any registrar other than namecheap. Never seen a scam from them.

If a site gets big, I can always rebrand quickly and redirect to a good tld.

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