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# Namecheap

An American registrar founded in 2000 and based in Phoenix, Arizona. It is one of the largest retail registrars. It appears in domain news for its price competition and for challenging ICANN decisions, such as the removal of price caps on .org.

## related terms

- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)
- [retail registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/retail-registrar/)
- [price cap](https://tldlog.com/glossary/price-cap/)
- [IRP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/irp/)
- [retail price](https://tldlog.com/glossary/retail-price/)