Namecheap Domains for $0.98 and coupon codes
 

Just got this by email

Well, the year is half over and we at Namecheap are eagerly awaiting the start of the Olympics! We're kicking off this summer with a social media contest and details about our new business hosting package. Want to know more? Keep on reading!
Register or Transfer for $0.98 through our Twitter Retweet Promotion

We're currently in the midst of an awesome Twitter promotion that will enable you to register or transfer any com, net, or org domain for our lowest price ever: $0.98! This promotion includes free WhoisGuard and one year of free OpenXchange Personal Email. If we reach 30,000 valid retweets of a designated tweet from the @Namecheap Twitter account before July 15th, 2012, we'll activate the special $0.98 price for a 24 hour period beginning July 16th, 2012.


Coupon Codes for July 2012

In anticipation for the upcoming London Games, we've got a discount on our standard TLDs (com/org/net/biz) for one year registrations and transfers in addition to a discount on one year registration and transfers of .TV domains to $21.99 using code OLYMPICSUMMER. This code is limited to 30 domains per account.

We're confident that our hosting would win a gold, so take off 20% off your billing cycle for any shared hosting package using code GOLDMEDAL.


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thanks, i'll get back on july 16th!

Their whois protection is a fucking scam.

eh? care to elaborate?

The offer is limited to 1 per household entity or business. :321GFY

I'm not joining twitter just to get a fucking domain.

Pfffft!!

every single $1 domain from every company is limited to one per person. They have to pay almost $8 to verisign for a .com.


you don't have to, once they get the retweets they'll release the coupon publicly for everyone.

it eventually costs money.

Lots of negativity in this thread.. U cant please everybody I guess

Thanks for sharing, You'z a good man son! A good man!

Well they clearly state it's free for one year and it is. That's not really a scam.

i will use it i love namecheap

The premise of charging for what is given to them free by enom is. I've had thousands of domains with them. They would get a lot of respect by making that outright free.

shouldn't have called it a scam though rookie

Less than 700 to go (they lowered the threshold to 15K). Looks like $0.98 domain names tomorrow!

yeah collect it tomorrow :)

You're an idiot. :1orglaugh

you can get the coupon now :thumbsup

Can't moan at .coms for under a $1, got my code

Maybe I did something wrong, but Namecheap wouldn't give me my coupon code until I at least "followed" them on Twitter...until I did that it would say I didn't meet the requirements.

this code is just for those with twitter accounts

Rules

1.Twitter accounts must NOT be protected so that we can see your (re)tweet.

2.Please follow @namecheap while participating

3.You can only retweet once every 6 hours. If you fail to follow this rule, these retweets won't be counted. Additionally, accounts caught doing so might be disqualified from the promo.

4.The retweets published after 11.59 p.m. (EST) on July 15, 2012 will not be taken into account

im going to get a mainstream domain :evil-laug

No you are right, charging for something offered free elsewhere isn't a scam, it's an inverted bargain!

Sure thing moron.

So if some restaurants will give you free coke with your meal you would call other restaurants charging you for coke scammers?
Some registrars charge for whois, some don't its as simple as that. Also other things should be considered, 10$ domain + 3$ privacy is better than 14$ domain and "free" privacy (just a random example, not based on true facts)

mineistaken, there is no inherent cost to allowing ghost whois info to be used in place of the real information. None. That's why it's uncommon to see it being charged for. It's called gouging. They are not providing a service of any monetary value but are charging money for it. You are not going to want to debate me with those straw man arguments. You are also going to want to learn the difference between products and "services". It's freely available elsewhere as in free.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh then dont buy it

i got mine and im happy

Where do you get the idea that its uncommon? Most of the registrars charge for whois protection. So its pretty common.
So what that its "free"? Handjobs are also free, but some women charge for it, lol.

Whois privacy is additional and very good service for some people so its natural that service that is good and needed is being charged for. Even if that service takes few seconds of labor resources for registrars to implement.

I thought it was standard to charge for it, namecheap is the only place I get it. I have domains at godaddy, lcn and 123-reg who all charge for it.

yeah tried tonight and its gone. too bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket

:)

people got crazy just for 1 domain? LOL...

way better the christmas or eastern competition at namecheap, on last one I won 200 dollars in domains and I was barely competing, one of my friends won the ipad.

and i dont see people here going crazy for those competitions.