[andyking]

Why so much love for Namecheap on here? As far as I can tell, they've simply been in the right place at the right time and done some clever marketing in response to GoDaddy's general idiocy.

But for a few days now, HN has almost read like a long ad for one domain registrar that doesn't look like anything particularly special. Every other link seems to go to Namecheap's blog, or some other page on their site.

Genuine question - I'm not trying to be a self-appointed site moderator or cheerleading for some other company (although I do use Gandi myself), I'm just genuinely interested as to why Namecheap, and not some other registrar, other than the fact that Namecheap have jumped on this particular bandwagon.

[benologist]

Namecheap won the lottery that is blogs spewing out content as fast as HN, Reddit etc can vote it up.

[swalsh]

The protest wouldn't work if there was confusion on where to go. I assume a large reason people went to go daddy was because of the recognition. People knew (or at least assumed due to its wide use) they were a trustworthy source. Without the movement designating an alternative, there'd probably be a lot less traction since people might want to spend more time gaining confidence in a new company.

[stevenwagner]

simply because they do not support SOPA, are actively listening to the demand, they are cheap, and they have a good interface. That beats all the other options I looked at. I considered gandi.net, but couldn't justify the extra cost. The only feature I am missing right now is a registrar that accepts bitcoins.

[ThaddeusQuay2]

"That beats all the other options I looked at."

Then you haven't seen all the options.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3388223