First off, I'm curious whether folks go to namecheap to buy a portfolio domain? Or do you go straight to squarespace (or your preferred host) to buy?

My main question though is about hosting a professional email address. Not sure the best way to set one up. Is that best done through your hosting site or through namecheap? I'd really like it to have those email funnel into a separate mailbox than my existing gmail.

I've been googling and trying to find answers for this, but every time I search it gives me tips on how to set up a google workspace/domain/email (no shocker, especially considering I used google to search).

Curious to hear what others have done for professional emails! TIA

Hi guys,

I would like to buy a domain name. It is cheaper on Namecheap, but I´ve heard mixed reviews about the company. Should I rather go with Cloudflare even though it is more expensive? The domain name is the same.

I am buying it for an NGO, so price is an important consideration...

Thank you.

I'm in the process of setting up a business, got a domain on namecheap, and went and got myself an @domain email via Office 365 (I really need Office for my business, can't be done in Gsuite).

After that, I discovered that namecheap offer email hosting and it would save around 80 bucks per year. Not huge money, but I am thinking to switch since I am still in a free trial.

Anyone used namecheap email and would give me any advice or thoughts about how well it works? I just need a solid email hosting for business, don't need advanced collaboration features or what have you.

Thanks for any help!

Hi guys

I have always been used to buying a domain, hosting package, and then creating my email accounts through cPanel directly. Now I see a lot of these hosting providers are pushing these "Professional Business Email" plans, like "Starter, Pro Ultimate, etc", which cost extra over the regular hosting package.

I'm having trouble finding the info, but are these now required add-ons to create an email for a domain through cPanel, or is that still possible without buying these extra add-on plans?

I haven't used Namecheap in a while. I'm just building a basic website with 1-3 emails.

Hi all, I am not the most savvy with these things... I have a Namecheap domain and set up Gmail for email. I can send emails but not receive them.

I believe there are some configurations within Namecheap that I might need to adjust? Or is this a Gmail problem?

Can anyone direct me to help trouble shoot or any screenshots I can share that can solve the problem?

Many thanks in advance!

I want to create a business email with my domain name instead "@gmail.com" for my business. My domain name is currently hosted by namecheap.com. Should I host my business email with namecheap? I am reading very mixed reviews. If not namecheap would google hosting be ideal? as I mentioned I need my business email with my domain name only. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

I migrated all my domains last month to namecheap.

I use unique e-mail aliases for all services to know if they sell my e-mail or get compromised so I can easily swap them out If I get a ton of spam.

I did not register to any newsletter with the given e-mail and also privacy protection is on for each domain so it is not leaked via whois information, I double checked that.

Starting today I already got 3 spam e-mails.

I also checked the mail source, the e-mails where directly send from a hijacked aws ses account. They are not coming from the privacy service.

Very unhappy with that outcome given that I paid more then 200$ for renewals, whish it had gotten another registrar which respects my privacy.

edit: found related news: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/namecheaps-email-hacked-to-send-metamask-dhl-phishing-emails/

What email service does everyone use with name cheap? I would like to find something with a tutorial.

I’ve tried cloudmailin, and now Im trying mailtrap. However, I can’t get these MX records set up to save my life. So I’d like a tutorial or something.

I have been using Namecheap's e-mail hosting for about 3 months. Since I exclusively use them for all my domains, I figured I'd use their e-mail for my business, as I've always been satisfied in the past. It's pretty affordable, one mailbox runs about $10/year, so it seemed like a great deal.

Complaint 1: Their web-based e-mail client is shit. It's based on Open-Xchange and feels stuck in the early 2000s. They do not offer a mobile app for iPhone, despite advertising "Mobile Support". This really just means IMAP support for a mail client. I have used Zoho before and their app is very nice, this is what I was picturing. I don't like using my phone's built in Mail app, as the refresh rate is too slow.

Complaint 2: Their e-mail servers very frequently get flagged for spam. I checked http://emailadmin.registeredsite.com/BlockDetails.php and found that the block had started a few weeks before I purchased my account, so I e-mailed Namecheap for help resolving the issue. My first e-mail to them was on December 10th on December 21st. It took nearly two weeks to resolve the issue, severely impacting my business. It was, however, fixed, and my e-mailing continued. Then, my e-mails started bouncing back again today with 553s. I checked the IP Address Block Lookup Tool again, to see the IP address has been blocked since Jan 11th. For a business like mine that relies heavily on sending e-mails (legit, non-spam e-mails) this is a serious issue.

Rant aside, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with decent e-mail providers I can transfer to. I really like Zoho, but I'm open to other suggestions.

Im currently looking for my first proper domain and namecheap currently looks like a good choice to me. But before I go and lock myself to them for many years to come I am very interested in your experiences with them. Currently I mainly hear about how bad GoDaddy is on this site so you seem to have strong opnions on the matter 😄

Hi everyone, I hope this is not too off-topic for this subreddit -- (I've seen similar threads come up in the search results of this subreddit)

I hate myself for having created accounts everywhere with two different custom domain email addresses and now I'm locked in to spending money on renewing both of them forever.
This means that I'm currently paying for two separate domains and two Private Mail subscriptions at Namecheap.
The domain renewals keep getting more expensive and the private mail subscriptions for both domains have also increased in price already, so I'm thinking: Is there a way to get rid of one of the private email subscriptions and let it handle the email for both of my domains or can they only be linked in a 1:1 fashion with domains?
Also, can I move to some other email provider, keep my domains at Namecheap and let that other service handle my email traffic from and to there two domains?
I know about Gsuite but I'm not sure if I can use one single Gsuite subscription for multiple domains. Are there any other email providers that can do what I'm imaging here?

Hi,

I have a domain on Namecheap and would like to have a domain email address like [email protected] to send mail from, using Amazon SES.

Anyone used namecheap email and would give me any advice or thoughts about how well it works? I read that mail always ends up in Spam. If true, are there any alternatives other than G suite? G suite is too pricey for me.

Thanks for any help :)

Hi,

I have a domain on Namecheap and would like to have a domain email address like [email protected] to send mail from, using Amazon SES.

Anyone used namecheap email and would give me any advice or thoughts about how well it works? I read that mail always ends up in Spam. If true, are there any alternatives other than G suite? G suite is too pricey for me.

Thanks for any help :)

If I purchase my domain from NameCheap, is it possible to create an email for free, or should I just buy the package deal for a tiny bit extra?

I am new to this.

I have a domain name via go-daddy and would like to have a custom email address for a small business (e.g, info@domaincom)

I have heard of NameCheap (~$10/per year), Zoho Mail (~$12/per year), but they don't seem to have an phone app.

What are other alternatives?

Thank you.

Hi.

TLDR: My emails from Namecheap-hosted account don't get through to some recipients, not even to spam. Apparently relates to the rate limit on recipient side and fact I'm sending from a shared server so effectively tarnished by other Namecheap-hosted email. Told by Namecheap I should get dedicated IP. Is this necessary and would I need to do the same if I was using another web-host?

Disclosure upfront that I am not particularly tech-savvy and this is my first experience buying domains / building a website, so I'm feeling my way. I have a couple of domains from Namecheap, one hosted on the Stellar package.

I'm finding that numerous emails I send don't reach the recipient. I can successfully send to Gmail (and Yahoo, when Namecheap checked out the issue) and the odd other org, but others (notably academic institutions) don't even get to the recipient spam let alone get through to their inbox.

Namecheap have said this is caused by "the rate limit on the recipient's side" and that there is no solution they can implement since they don't manage the rate limit and it's applied to all customers on a shared server. They recommend purchasing (from them) a dedicated IP address, which would be used solely by me so "its reputation will not depend on the activity of other users hosted on the same server". I understand this to mean that some organisations block emails from Namecheap-hosted email accounts because they detect the shared server sends a ton of traffic and therefore is judged as dodgy.

Does anyone have any similar experience or advice? Would I get the same if I switched away from Namecheap? (and how easy is that? I'm biased to stick at least for a while given sunk cost as I've already had to troubleshoot a few teething issues with Namecheap and not sure if I'd get better/more straightforward service elsewhere or have to deal with similar setup issues with switching).

Thanks for any advice!