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One click migration is not out of the question. Super early days for Spaceship. There’s no shuffling happening here, I’m simply letting you know about a new platform we’re excited about.

It’s an entirely new brand and platform that’s been in the works for a while.

How would you call this ripping you off? Seems like quite the stretch here. Namecheap is a business — we can choose to take a markup on registrations, which by nature is transparent given that wholesale prices are public.

Spaceship has been in the works for years and it’s something we’re excited about, hence why I’m letting you know about it.

Well fair but I welcome you to at least check it out! It’s an entirely new codebase and platform.

We are committed to having competitive pricing at Spaceship for the long term. If you’re concerned, you can also lock in current pricing with multi-year registration.

Fwiw, you could say the same about anyone else in the market. Wholesale pricing is controlled by the registry, retail pricing can be updated by the registrar at any time.

What are you talking about specifically? Namecheap has always been vocal and active with advocating for issues like net neutrality and SOPA.

Ted from Namecheap here. We have launched a new beta registrar, Spaceship.com, which has wholesale pricing on most extensions. A reminder that wholesale pricing is set by each TLD’s registry, not us.

Would love your feedback on this early version of Spaceship.

Congratulations on the launch. What is a good email to reach you at?

Google does not own .web. They were in the running to acquire it but it will ultimately go to Verisign (who runs .com) after a ~5 year legal dispute.

Will pass on the request.