Namecheap
By Namecheap, Inc.
Namecheap is a domain registrar and web hosting company known for competitively priced domain registration, free WHOIS privacy, and shared, VPS, and managed WordPress hosting plans.
Definition
Namecheap is a domain registrar and web hosting company known for competitively priced domain registration, free WHOIS privacy, and shared, VPS, and managed WordPress hosting plans.
Overview
Namecheap started primarily as a low-cost domain registrar and has become one of the largest registrars in the world, known for aggressive introductory domain pricing and including free WHOIS privacy protection on most domain registrations at no extra cost — a feature many competitors charge for separately. It has since expanded into shared hosting, VPS, managed WordPress hosting, SSL certificates, and email hosting. Beyond domains, Namecheap operates EasyWP, a managed WordPress hosting product built on cloud infrastructure, and offers a traditional cPanel-based shared hosting lineup for general-purpose websites. The company has also positioned itself around privacy and independence, including running its own VPN product and publicly supporting causes related to internet freedom. Namecheap is commonly the default choice for developers and small businesses registering domains due to its pricing and privacy defaults, independent of whether they choose Namecheap for hosting as well.
Key Features
- Competitive domain registration pricing across hundreds of TLDs
- Free WHOIS privacy protection included by default on most domains
- EasyWP managed WordPress hosting on cloud infrastructure
- Traditional cPanel-based shared hosting plans
- SSL certificate sales and free options with some hosting plans
- DNS management tools including free DNS hosting
- Domain transfer and bulk domain management tools
- Bundled business email hosting