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What the big registrars are doing — seizures, price hikes, and terms-of-service changes, tracked.

Seizures, price hikes, terms-of-service changes. When a registrar misbehaves, it lands here.

What Happened With Namecheap in October 2026

A 12-year Namecheap customer missed a 72-hour ID verification email. Namecheap seized every domain he owned. Here's the full timeline.

The Namecheap Trust Timeline: 2025–2026

From the $1.5B buyout to three price hikes to seized domains: the complete eighteen-month timeline of Namecheap's trust collapse.

Namecheap Raised .com Prices Three Times in 2026

Three separate .com price increases in a single year: what happened, how the intro-vs-renewal gap works, and the PE context behind it.

GoDaddy's 2026 Terms Change: What 'You're All Business Customers Now' Means

In February 2026 GoDaddy reclassified every customer as a business customer, stripping EU consumer protections. Here's what changed and what to do.

CVC's $1.5B Namecheap Buyout, Explained

Private equity bought Namecheap in 2025 for $1.5B. What the deal was, why registrars attract PE, and what it means for domain owners.

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