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Onchain registrar selling real .com, .xyz and .io names as tokens on Optimism, paid by card, ETH or USDC on Optimism.
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Namecheap
Major domain registrar and hosting provider with long-standing cryptocurrency payment support.
Domain Names namecheap.com Last reviewed
At a glance
- Accepts stablecoins?
- Yes — availability varies (payment availability may vary)
- How you pay
- Top up account credit, then spend it
- Payment provider
- BitPay
- Verified
- · 2 source s · see evidence
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Payment readiness
Every line from the record; gaps are stated, not filled.- Confirmed coin and network pairings
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- USDC — network pairing not documented
- USDT — network pairing not documented
- DAI — network pairing not documented
- PYUSD — network pairing not documented
- USDP — network pairing not documented
- GUSD — network pairing not documented
- EURC — network pairing not documented
- Networks listed without a coin attribution: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana
- Evidence
- Documentation checked · 2026-08-30 Corroborated by gateway documentation
- Payment route
- Via BitPay Checkout is handled by a payment gateway; the asset list is the gateway’s as enabled by the merchant.
- Countries
- Available internationally — no exclusions documented
- Product restrictions
- None documented
- Refunds
- BitPay and BTCPay deposits are non-refundable per Namecheap's own documentation. Account credit stays as credit. Domain registrations are non-refundable once processed, which is an industry norm rather than a Namecheap policy.
- Identity checks
- No identity verification documented for payment
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Stablecoins accepted
- USDC accepted
- USDT accepted
- PYUSD accepted
- USDS no evidence of acceptance
- DAI accepted
- RLUSD no evidence of acceptance
- EURC accepted
- USDP accepted
- GUSD accepted
- AEC no evidence of acceptance
A dash means we found no evidence of support, not that support is impossible. Coin availability at checkout can differ by country and product.
Payment networks
Which network each coin is accepted on, exactly as Namecheap documents it. A coin and a network appearing in the same record does not by itself mean the two go together.
- USDC
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- USDT
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- DAI
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- PYUSD
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- USDP
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- GUSD
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- EURC
- Pairing not documented — Namecheap lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
Pay on the cheapest network offered — Namecheap receives the same amount either way, so the fee comes out of your side. Our network comparison covers which to pick.
Payment method
- Payment provider
- BitPay
- Direct wallet transfer
- No
- Identity verification
- Not required
- Minimum payment
- A minimum top-up amount applies to account funding.
Availability
- Online
- Yes
- Physical locations
- No
- Regions served
- International
Payment notes
Verified August 2026: Namecheap credits crypto payments to your account balance rather than applying them to a single order, and that balance can auto-renew domains when it covers the renewal — which solves the biggest problem with paying for domains in crypto. BitPay requests identity verification for payments of $3,000 or more and for any refund request. The payment window is 15 minutes, and the quoted rate holds only while it is open. Namecheap does not publish its own coin list; it is BitPay's.
Refunds
BitPay and BTCPay deposits are non-refundable per Namecheap's own documentation. Account credit stays as credit. Domain registrations are non-refundable once processed, which is an industry norm rather than a Namecheap policy.
Stablecoin refunds are outbound payments a merchant chooses to send, not automatic reversals. There is no chargeback.
Namecheap is one of the largest registrars in the world and has accepted crypto since 2013, which makes it the default answer for buying a domain with stablecoins.
Account credit solves the renewal problem
This is the important detail and the reason we would point most people here first. Crypto payments credit your Namecheap balance. Domains set to auto-renew will draw from that balance automatically if there is enough in it.
That closes the gap that makes paying for domains in crypto risky everywhere else — the domain that lapses because nobody paid the manual invoice. Keep a year of renewals in the balance and the problem simply does not arise.
Scope of the balance
The credit covers more than domains: hosting, SSL certificates, email and the company’s other services. For someone consolidating several small recurring costs onto a stablecoin balance, that is convenient.
Registration data
Paying in crypto does not make the registration private. WHOIS privacy is a separate service, and ICANN still requires accurate registrant contact information. See domain names for more on that distinction.
Verification
Payment availability may vary Verified August 2026
Crypto payment is confirmed, but the exact coin list is not fixed — it can depend on your country, the product, which checkout you reach, or which assets the merchant's payment gateway currently enables.
Namecheap documents adding account funds via BitPay and via BTCPay, but does not enumerate the accepted coins itself — its knowledge base links out to BitPay's list. Acceptance is confirmed; the specific assets are whatever BitPay supports at the time you pay. The coin list is BitPay's rather than one the merchant publishes, so it tracks whatever BitPay currently supports: USDC, USDT, DAI, PYUSD, USDP, GUSD and EURC across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and Solana.
Methods used
- merchant documentation
- payment provider documentation
Sources
- Namecheap — adding funds using BitPay Confirms the BitPay integration, the 15-minute payment window, the $3,000 identity verification threshold and that crypto deposits are non-refundable.
- BitPay — supported cryptocurrencies The asset and network list available at any BitPay checkout, which is what determines the coins this merchant can accept.
Payment availability can change without notice. Always confirm at Namecheap’s own checkout before paying. Spotted something wrong?
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Recent changes
Dated history for this record. We log only changes we can evidence, so an entry here reflects something that actually moved — not routine re-checking. The full feed across every merchant is on What’s Changed .
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Record updated
Crypto payments credit the account balance rather than a single order, per Namecheap's own documentation. A record field filled from evidence already cited, not a merchant change.
checkout_method: account-credit
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