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Setup CNAME and MX records at Namecheap

Posted on October 31, 2014October 31, 2014

Namecheap offers free DNS hosting for all its customers. Here’s how you use it to setup MX records and CNAME records for your domain name.

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How to transfer a domain name

Posted on April 30, 2011

domain namesIf your current domain registrar is not providing you with the service you need you should consider transferring your domain name to another company. Domain registrars like namecheap will add an extra year to your domain name if you transfer it to them. Transfering a domain name is easy once you know how.

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Free Email Account at Your Own Domain Name

Posted on June 2, 2009April 8, 2016

Updated: April 8th 2016

How do you get free email hosting at your own custom domain name? It used to be so simple. You could sign up for Google Apps for domains or use Windows live but those options are no longer free. Let’s see what options are available now.
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Free email forwarding for your domain name

Posted on June 2, 2009September 27, 2011

Namecheap offers a free DNS hosting solution for your websites. You can use it together with your domain name to create any email address @yourdomain.com that is forwarded to another email account of your choosing.  Continue reading →

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Why a website’s domain name is so valuable

Posted on October 31, 2007

Recently I had to resurrect some of my high traffic sites after they were down for a few weeks due to hosting trouble. I was pleasantly surprised to find that they still had some traffic coming to them and I started earning immediately. This made me realise how valuable the domain name of a successful website is:

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