Namecheap was founded all the way back in 2000 by Richard Kirkendall. Over the past 18 years, they’ve reportedly racked up three million customers. Domain names are the name of Namecheap’s game (sorry, couldn’t resist), with over seven million under their control.

Pros

CloudFlare Partner
Unlimited transfer and free site migration
SSD servers up to 20 times faster
Free automatic daily backups and Server Rewind tool
Money back guarantee at any time

Cons

Lackluster Customer Support

Namecheap at a Glance

Bandwidth: Unlimited

Storage: 50 GB

Uptime: 99.95%

Support: 24/7 Live Chat

Money-back guarantee: 30-day

Namecheap Prices, Hosting Plans:

Stellar: Starting At $1.44 /mo*

Stellar Plus: Starting At $2.44 /mo*

Stellar Business: Starting At $3.88 /mo*

Conclusion

They started out pretty well. Existing customers seem to like them, and the fact that their cheapest plan compares favorably to most other company’s upper-tier ones looked promising. Despite that, the fact that your renewal rates will rise over 200% is tough to stomach. Especially, when you consider the poor uptime and borderline lazy customer support.