- Mar 21, 2013
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There have always been cases where the domain price changes between the time you search for it and the checkout.
Sometimes even registrations happen before you pay. All kinda fishy, but possible.
But recently I think the namecheap algorithm has gone totally nuts.
You find $1,88 domains and when you reach the cart it's U$ 15k or something. I just found a 3 letter word with a vanity gtld and it was like 11 bucks. When I got to the cart it was several thousand dollars.
Then I tested several other known words and it's doing it almost 100% of the time with gtlds. It's no longer a one-off happening, it's become part of the algorithm 100% of the time it seems.
I think the price should be correctly shown in the search. It's basically false advertising to show a much lower price in the search and then 100 x or more on checkout.
Interestingly, the opposite does not happen. You don't find a 10k domain on the search and then it's cheaper on checkout, it's always more expensive, which indicates that the algorithm isn't accidental.
Sometimes even registrations happen before you pay. All kinda fishy, but possible.
But recently I think the namecheap algorithm has gone totally nuts.
You find $1,88 domains and when you reach the cart it's U$ 15k or something. I just found a 3 letter word with a vanity gtld and it was like 11 bucks. When I got to the cart it was several thousand dollars.
Then I tested several other known words and it's doing it almost 100% of the time with gtlds. It's no longer a one-off happening, it's become part of the algorithm 100% of the time it seems.
I think the price should be correctly shown in the search. It's basically false advertising to show a much lower price in the search and then 100 x or more on checkout.
Interestingly, the opposite does not happen. You don't find a 10k domain on the search and then it's cheaper on checkout, it's always more expensive, which indicates that the algorithm isn't accidental.
