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Does Namecheap sell your information?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by Drumrocker365, Jun 30, 2014.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I always buy my domains from Namecheap.com, and it seems I get spam mail after purchasing (not directly after, sometimes months after) with subjects such as "CONGRATS ON REGISTERING <domain>." So, I'm wanting to get to the bottom of this. Is Namecheap selling my information to other companies, or is this the nature of buying domains with any registrar?

    What are your ideas?

    Thanks,
    Christian
     
    Drumrocker365, Jun 30, 2014 IP
  2. sweetpea69

    sweetpea69 Active Member

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    That's the nature of it. Unless your buying privacy (to whatever degree that is...), your info is public to anyone. It's not so much the registrars, as it is the 3rd party sites/software that tap into the info, and your now on some losers mailing list. If your only buying a few domains, than get the privacy. If your buying a lot and don't want to spend the extra couple of bucks, expect lots of messages and phone calls daily from people you can't understand lol
     
    sweetpea69, Jun 30, 2014 IP
  3. Drumrocker365

    Drumrocker365 Member

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    True, I now realized I just get spam mail for domains that don't have Whois Protection. Lol didn't realize it was that simple.
     
    Drumrocker365, Jun 30, 2014 IP
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    mlmleads Member

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    #4
    There are feed collectors stripping all the whois on a daily basis.

    I just use a dump address for the domains I don't care much about and leave the names I do on auto-renew.
     
    mlmleads, Jul 5, 2014 IP
  5. DjCezar

    DjCezar Member

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    I don't think a company with such a big name like NameCheap would ever sell your information, at least not in such a stupid way. I've been with them since they have proven to be huge protectors of internet freedom. Never had any problem. Use them without fear, activate whois prptection after domain purchase.
     
    DjCezar, Jul 5, 2014 IP
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    kalseo Active Member

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    Short answer is no. They don't sell domain names. Offer you received are probably from contacts scraped from Whois database.
     
    kalseo, Jul 5, 2014 IP
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    WebScavenger Greenhorn

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    #7
    Nobody really knows what these big companies (or small) do. I don't believe and hope Namecheap isn't selling info because I have a handful of domains with them. I keep mine on private and never really had too big of an issue with spam that I thought was tied to to Namecheap.
     
    WebScavenger, Jul 6, 2014 IP
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    GT6 Well-Known Member

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    Never purchased a domain without whois protection. Its a must for me and I think it works like firewall for domains.
     
    GT6, Jul 20, 2014 IP
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    Rizy Well-Known Member

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    I've always used Namecheap and I do regularly get the spam email offering some sort of service related to an online service. I do however; see the same thing happen with many other registration companies. I don't believe this is a problem on Namecheaps' end.
     
    Rizy, Jul 24, 2014 IP
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    WebHostDog Banned

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    Once your email in on the domain WHOIS it is easy to be grabbed. So better use WHOIS privacy protection in future (may be this one is lost already).
     
    WebHostDog, Jul 25, 2014 IP
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    FPForum Notable Member

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    Just wait until you own enough good domains that you start getting emails from lamers trying to sell you domain names that you already own!
     
    FPForum, Aug 9, 2014 IP
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    I use namecheap and I never got any spam emails from them, they are legitimate registrar.
     
    maddenitrous, Aug 21, 2014 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #13
    This. I get the same emails with domains not regged at namecheap.
     
    dcristo, Aug 21, 2014 IP