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April 2011 Newsletter

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Posted by Tamar, Namecheap Community Manager on 27th April 2011

We’d like to thank old and new customers for joining our Namecheap family. These past few weeks have seen some of the biggest growth spurts yet for Namecheap, and before we dive into our newsletter, we want to thank each and every one of you for your support.

Save the Elephants

At the end of last month, it was brought to our attention that our elephant friends were being hunted and killed for sport. As you know, we’re champions of environmental causes and consequently launched our own $4.99 transfer promotion. We’re delighted to inform you that you helped us raise over $20,000 for Save the Elephants, an internationally-recognized conservation group — andon top of that, Namecheap will donate another $10,000. A big thank you to all of our customers for joining us and recommending us to friends and family.

We are still offering discounted transfers to Namecheap with coupon code SWITCH2NC. Please pass it on.

Lowest Priced .co Domains Ever

Namecheap is proud to announce that we are offering the lowest price .co domains ever. Get your first year of .co for $11.88 and enjoy owning a domain on one of the newest TLDs. This offer expires on April 30th.

web-hosting.com Affiliate Program

We’re delighted to inform you that the web-hosting.com affiliate program is now active. Make between $50 and $125 per sale by recommending customers to our web hosting service. We have everything from shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated servers.

Spotlight on Tamar, Community Manager

tamar.w.jpgI joined Namecheap in 2009 and focus on content development and social media marketing, among other duties. I have been a Namecheap customer since 2005 because of its stellar service and reliability, and I continue to be excited everyday to evangelize our brand to our customers while offering the best support our customers could ever expect of a company.

Use Your Free PositiveSSL Certificates

As a reminder, the free PositiveSSL certificate you may have received with the purchase of any product on Namecheap.com expires shortly. You have until the end of May 2011 to activate it on your domain. Don’t let it go to waste!

Coupon Codes for the Month

Want a discount on your Namecheap April purchases?

  • Coupon code ELEPHANTS will give you a discount new com/net/org/us/biz domain purchases.
  • Coupon code VPSX gives you 10% off your first month of VPS web hosting.
  • Coupon code HOSTU gives you 10% off your first month shared/business/reseller hosting.

Socialize and Schmooze

Hang out with Namecheap online by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter, and get to know Tamar a little more. ;)

Enjoy the rest of the month!

 

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  1. alan says:
    April 30, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Very good program, it seem many people use the coupon for migrating their domain to namecheap.

  2. Rob Reale says:
    May 2, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    Hello, the coupon code isn’t working, can someone update me?

  3. Tamar, Namecheap Community Manager says:
    May 2, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Just posted to our Facebook wall. Plus, our coupon code site is on the sidebar of this blog. :)

  4. Jessica Lee says:
    May 5, 2011 at 11:59 am

    I transferred my domain name from GoDaddy to NameCheap and have been very happy with the price and service here. I wish I transferred sooner.
    I used to have a shared hosting plan with GoDaddy but I migrated to another company as well.
    I loved the prices for your shared hosting plans and would have migrated my website to you guys. However, I found out that my website will be suspended if my account reaches monthly bandwidth limit or causes server overload which was really the only reason why I chose a different company for web hosting. :(

  5. Bye Bye, GoDaddy | Daxis Design says:
    May 5, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    [...] On April 9, I transferred my domain name to NameCheap.  NameCheap offered a nice discount to people who transferred their domain from GoDaddy.  They announced that they would donate $1 for every transfer to Save The Elephants.  After five full days of the promotion, they had already raised over $20,000 and even donated another $10,000 as a big thank-you to all of their supporters and new customers.  You can read more about this on their blog. [...]

  6. matt says:
    May 5, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    Hello Jessica. This is how cPanel is designed. You get warnings as your bandwidth usage nears its limit via email so you can get in touch and upgrade your plan.

  7. Jessica Lee says:
    May 6, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Hello, Matt. Thank you for the message.
    Yes, I am aware of that about cPanel. I also have learned and understand that most shared hosting plans have to suspend a website that causes server overload since it’s not fair for other account who share servers with you.
    My website is new so it’s not using much bandwidth, yet. However, I’ve seen some bloggers with a small shared hosting plan whose blogs received a great amount of visitors out of blue because their designs or articles were featured on popular, well-known blogs.
    Even if my website uses less than 60-70% of my bandwidth usage per day on average, my account will be suspended if my account causes server overload for just days…correct? What if this happens while I’m on a vacation and have no smart phone or access to my e-mail address? Will I get warnings via text messages or voice messages on my phone? Will I get to have at least a few days to purchase more bandwidth or upgrade my account before my it gets suspended?
    I will be more than glad to upgrade my hosting plan if my website has many visitors regularly but not if it’s just getting thousands of visitors for just a few days throughout the year.

  8. Jessica Lee says:
    May 6, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    Oh, by the way, in the las sentence I wrote, I meant to say…I wouldn’t want to upgrade my account if I only use about 40-60% of bandwidth on average and just get an unexpected bandwidth peak or overload for a few or several days out of the year.

  9. YêuHost says:
    May 13, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    I already had a SSL. But I don’t know I got it when I order a product. How to got another SSL (includes by register a product)?

  10. Tamar, Namecheap Community Manager says:
    May 14, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    Our free SSL promotion has expired. You can buy a new SSL via this link.

  11. Eden says:
    May 23, 2011 at 12:42 am

    Will
    Can relay this to you engineer? ,please
    Place in the freedns
    Add “Remove Domian” Features?

  12. Tamar, Namecheap Community Manager says:
    May 23, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Eden, please submit a support ticket with details of what you are looking to do. Thank you!

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