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I consolidated my domains on Namecheap, but this behavior pisses me off enough to move ALL of them. And I have dozens. Right after I post this screed I'm going to deactivate auto-renewal on every goddamned one.

Don't rip us off and then launch a new service and point to it saying, "Hey look, since you caught us ripping you off, try this one!"

Unbelievable.

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How would you call this ripping you off? Seems like quite the stretch here. Namecheap is a business — we can choose to take a markup on registrations, which by nature is transparent given that wholesale prices are public.

Spaceship has been in the works for years and it’s something we’re excited about, hence why I’m letting you know about it.

You've been called out right here for pretending that the price increase is out of Namecheap's control, when in fact the vast majority of it is Namecheap's markup.

So that's how I call it ripping us off.

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