CVC acquires majority stake in Namecheap for $1.5B

Posted by ajdude 1 day ago

CVC acquires majority stake in Namecheap for $1.5B(webhosting.today)

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donperignon 1 day ago|

Soon they will change their name to namexpensive… time to move on to other options not managed by vampires

SilverElfin 1 day ago||

Are there guides on how to move domains from Namecheap to whoever the new recommended provider is?

blahyawnblah 1 day ago|

Typically you just need to unlock the domain, obtain an authorization code from your current registrar, and then initiate the transfer process with the new registrar.

dismalaf 1 day ago||

Ugh, all my domains are with Namecheap, since Google stopped dealing with domains and CloudFlare and GoDaddy seem more evil. Also I appreciated Namecheap's support of Ukraine.

Hopefully it's not too predatory and the owner just wanted to cash out some chips; some corps do okay under private equity (Suse for example) but lots get ripped to shreds...

gavinsyancey 1 day ago||

Shit I have domains there. Anyone have recommendations for a good cheap registrar that supports .io?

Havoc 1 day ago||

Porkbun

mdesq 1 day ago||

namesilo has been decent for me

justsomehnguy 1 day ago||

> Richard Kirkendall, founder and CEO of Namecheap, will remain with the company, retaining a significant shareholding and continuing to oversee its operations.

I hope Mr. Kirkendall would continue to oversea its operations and continue to pay its employs a good salary.

https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salary/Namecheap-Ukraine-Salarie...

nathanaldensr 1 day ago|

Another private equity acquisition. Hooray!

kristopolous 1 day ago||

So looks like I should move my domains, what's the recommendation

jonah-archive 1 day ago|||

I advise people to use porkbun generally. Personally I use and like EasyDNS, though their UI is a little quirky.

anonym29 1 day ago|||

njal.la! famously founded by a co-founder of TPB. great prices, great privacy. probably among the least likely registrars to ever sell out to PE

DrewADesign 1 day ago||

Do you think they have an enshttifying strategy before hand? Or do you think they just get in there and McKinsey their way to a worse product on the fly?

tensor 1 day ago||

It can be either, but in both cases the ultimate goals are the same: increase efficiency. So if they buy multiple domain registrars then they can share infrastructure and staff and become more efficient.

Or, without merging companies they can simply change the goal from growth to efficiency and "make do with less" and then that naturally leads to enshitification.