Comments on: Namecheap.com is sneaky http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/06/01/namecheapcom-is-sneaky/ Thoughts from a web designer, writer and cat lover. Fri, 27 May 2011 07:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heidi http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/06/01/namecheapcom-is-sneaky/comment-page-1/#comment-8229 Heidi Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:25:14 +0000 http://www.dragonsheep.com/?p=452#comment-8229 P.S. Here's question that I would like to know the answer to: If you register a new domain name at Namecheap and choose the duration as 5 years, does the protection provided "with every new domain registration" last for all 5 years -- or does it still stop at one year? If it still stops at one year, then I would dare to call it false advertising. But like I said, I don't know the answer. P.S. Here’s question that I would like to know the answer to: If you register a new domain name at Namecheap and choose the duration as 5 years, does the protection provided “with every new domain registration” last for all 5 years — or does it still stop at one year? If it still stops at one year, then I would dare to call it false advertising. But like I said, I don’t know the answer.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/06/01/namecheapcom-is-sneaky/comment-page-1/#comment-8228 Heidi Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:18:59 +0000 http://www.dragonsheep.com/?p=452#comment-8228 Jeff, I wouldn't call it "clearly" stated, since they don't come out and say "for the first year." You'd think it'd be a selling point to get people in the door for them to say "FREE Whois Guard for your first year!" But they never even use the word "free." They merely state that it is provided. To sound sneaky about what would otherwise be a selling point tells me that they're being intentionally vague. Jeff, I wouldn’t call it “clearly” stated, since they don’t come out and say “for the first year.”

You’d think it’d be a selling point to get people in the door for them to say “FREE Whois Guard for your first year!” But they never even use the word “free.” They merely state that it is provided. To sound sneaky about what would otherwise be a selling point tells me that they’re being intentionally vague.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.dragonsheep.com/2008/06/01/namecheapcom-is-sneaky/comment-page-1/#comment-8226 Jeff Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:27:43 +0000 http://www.dragonsheep.com/?p=452#comment-8226 Not sure what it said a year ago, however it clearly states the whois is free for one year only. It applies to transfers and new registrations. Not sure what it said a year ago, however it clearly states the whois is free for one year only. It applies to transfers and new registrations.

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