Namecheap was founded all the way back in 2000 by Richard Kirkendall. Over the past 18 years, they’ve reportedly racked up three million customers. Domain names are the name of Namecheap’s game (sorry, couldn’t resist), with over seven million under their control. But here’s the thing: We’ve seen this story before; Hosting A is good at X, so they leverage their brand name and deep pockets to muscle into new service Y. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re any good at it. So what’s the deal with Namecheap? Have they been able to replicate their domain name success in a new arena? Or are they simply trading on their name alone? (Pun definitely intended.) We signed up for their hosting service, purchased the least expensive plan, and set up a test website to track performance stats like uptime and speed. Is Namecheap good enough to get our recommendation? Read on to find out. Pros of Using Namecheap Hosting Namecheap starts strong with a free domain name, speed, uptime, migrat...