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Domain registrar. The renewal price is the one that matters.

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Counts, not a score. 7 of 8 things we look for are published by Namecheap, and 1 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Stellar shared hosting is listed at $5.88/month, for 3 hosted domain names and 20 GB SSD.Stellar entry price · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.Money earned from selling a domain needs a $100 balance before it can leave for PayPal; moving it to Namecheap credit has no stated minimum.PayPal withdrawal floor · source · checked 2026-09-07

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.Once a transfer away is authorised, Namecheap has 5 days to release the domain under ICANN transfer policy.Release window · source · checked 2026-09-07

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?Handing a domain to another Namecheap account is free but irreversible; Namecheap will not undo it, only the new owner can hand it back.Change of ownership is final · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.A suspended domain is the exception: if it cannot be unsuspended, it cannot be transferred out at all.Suspended domains cannot move · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?Selling outside the Market is allowed: settle privately, then move the domain by change of ownership to any Namecheap user.Private sale · source · checked 2026-09-07

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.Miss the renewal and the domain leaves the account: about 30 days in the account, then redemption, then it is gone.Expiry timeline · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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