Namecheap

Connect your Namecheap account to sell domains and let customers manage their domain settings through WISECP.

Accessing the Screen

Open Products → Domains → Domain Name Registrars → All Modules → Namecheap: {admin}/module/registrars?module=Namecheap.

What Is on the Screen

Module Settings contains account settings. Import lists existing domains; Import Extensions lists registration, transfer and renewal costs.

Preparing the Provider Account

1. Create a Namecheap account. Open Profile → Tools → Business & Dev Tools → Namecheap API Access → MANAGE and enable API access.
2. Production access requires 20 domains, a $50 account balance, or $50 spent within two years. Contact Namecheap if your account does not qualify.
3. Under Whitelisted IPs → Edit → Add IP, allow the WISECP server’s outbound IPv4 address and click Save Changes.
4. Create a separate sandbox account and enable its API access. Keep its username and key separate from production. See the API setup guide and eligibility and limits.

Settings

Tasks

Connecting and Testing

1. In Module Settings, enable Test Mode and enter the sandbox credentials.
2. Click Test Connection beside Save Changes. It requests the domain list without purchasing a domain.
3. After a successful response, click Save Changes. Reopen the form to check the saved mode. No separate server record is needed.
4. For production, disable Test Mode, enter production credentials, test and save. Fund the Namecheap balance before purchases.

Importing Extensions and Domains

1. Open Import Extensions, select extensions and click its Import button.
2. Under Products → Domains, check registrar assignments and selling prices. Importing can update existing extensions using the configured profit margin.
3. For domains already in Namecheap, open Import. Assign customers, check dates and click Import.
4. Check each resulting service’s customer and expiry date. Import creates local services without registering or transferring domains.

Registration, Transfer and Renewal

Assign sold extensions to Namecheap. Complete owner details, extension requirements and nameservers before registration. Inbound transfers require the current registrar’s unlock and EPP code. WISECP monitors accepted transfers and sends renewal requests for the selected number of years. Before repeating a failed purchase, check the provider order and expiry date.

Managing a Domain

Open the domain under Orders → Services. DNS provides nameservers, child nameserver creation/editing/deletion and DNS records. The child nameserver list contains entries stored with the WISECP service. Host record editing requires Namecheap DNS. See DNS service requirements.

DNS record types: A, AAAA, ALIAS, CAA, CNAME, MX, MXE, NS, TXT, URL, URL301 and FRAME. URL types provide web forwarding through DNS records. Namecheap accepts TTL values from 60 to 60000 seconds.

WHOIS reads contacts and updates the owner profile. Transfer manages the transfer lock. Get Auth (EPP) Code returns an unsupported-operation message. In Namecheap, open Domain List → Manage → Sharing & Transfer → Transfer Out and request the Auth Code. It is emailed to the domain’s registrant address. See the outgoing transfer guide.

Customers manage their own service according to permissions and active addons. DNS management and privacy may require an active addon. Privacy also depends on the extension. Status and expiry synchronization are available. DNSSEC, separate forwarding screens and expired-domain recovery are not provided by this integration.

Things to Consider

Required Permissions

Setup requires Domain Name Registrars permission. Service operations require their corresponding service permissions.

Related Guides

• Registrar Configuration
• Domain Extensions
• Service DNS Management
• Service WHOIS Records
• Service Transfer