Why couldn’t you use LetsEncrypt with them? I’ve been using and recommending Namecheap for years and I’ve never had a problem setting up LetsEncrypt on any domains through them.

> Only minus is I couldn't use Let's Encrypt with them.

If you mean namecheap doesn't support letsencrypt DNS-01 challenge, you can still buy your domain in namecheap but point your NS somewhere else that support DNS-01 challenge (e.g. cloudflare, Route53, or even Google Cloud DNS).

Most letsencrypt clients uses HTTP-01 challenge though, which doesn't care about who's hosting your dns.

I am also a Namecheap customer. But unfortunately I stopped trusting the company after I tried to register a domain and they prevented it, claiming that it is a 'premium' [5 letters] domain. Note: I created the domain from scratch and with 100% certainty that it is (was) unpublished [aucky.com, for an auction site].

I tried to reason with Richard [CEO who says to be 'open' to user input], but I didn't even get a robotic response.

The truth is that the web environment is totally corrupted and the domain registration process seems like something under the control of the mafia. A refoundation of the network is in order.

Disclosure: The domain is registered on the excellent and unbiased Registro.br [unfortunately below the top level .com]. Namecheap allowed me to create aucky.live and aucky.app. I want my aucky.com. (*)The service proper is in the making.

they've cancelled their Russian and Belarusian customers. and while I personally couldn't care less about either of the three countries involved in a war half a world away, I would prefer not giving my personal details and stewardship of my valuable assets to an activist company if I had any choice, and there are plenty to choose from