Richard Kirkendall (@namecheapceo123) / X

Richard Kirkendall

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Richard Kirkendall

@namecheapceo123

Founder and Chief of Strategy & Innovation at Spaceship.com Namecheap.com Thunderbolt.com

Joined December 2008

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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
May 14
Just released SafePay for Sellerhub. Now both buyers and sellers can easily start a transaction to buy or sell a domain name. Domains paid by wire and BTC payments are processed at 3%. Option to split the commission in a variety of ways is available as well!
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Sep 9, 2025
Just received a 2 million dollar btc payment for our largest ever domain sale on Sellerhub. 🤩
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Apr 6, 2024
Replying to @levelsio
Hey @levelsio , thanks for asking. Namecheap has always been a 100% privately owned boot strapped company. Growth is good with 330 million in revenue last year and 15% yoy growth. Regarding Spaceship, we wanted to start building our next phase without any legacy limitations and
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Sep 17, 2020
BTCpayserver as a payment option has officially been launched on Namecheap.com
Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Jan 13, 2025
Starting today we are offering .com domains for $4.98 at Spaceship dot com. No coupon is necessary and no limit. Enjoy 😃🚀🔥
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Nov 17, 2023
It's friday so why not give you guys a preview of what we've been working on. Coming soon spaceship.com/thunderbolt/
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Jul 25, 2025
With the success of Spaceship's Sellerhub. I want to take a moment to thank Godaddy for initially denying Spaceship into the afternic/fast transfer network and later asking us to pay for transfers out. This is what led us to build Sellerhub. You reap what you sow.
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Sep 12, 2025
Tried to keep it quiet but looks like the news is out.
David Sustiel
@DavidSustiel
Sep 12, 2025
$1.5 Billion for NameCheap! with a B 😱 congrats to Richard 👏 wsj.com/business/deals…
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Apr 22, 2021
Replying to @CobraBitcoin and @Emreberker15
From our side and as your domain registrar, we will do everything in our power to insure that your domain remains safe and sound. You have my word on it.
Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Sep 18, 2025
Someone just BIN(buy it now) an .ai domain for 210k from a Spaceship lander. No, negotiation 😮
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Feb 14, 2022
There's been some speculation in the Handshake community around our acquisition of Namebase.io . I can in fact confirm that the rumors are true and we have acquired controlling interest. Questions?
Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Sep 16, 2021
190,000 real commerce transactions since we launched about 1 year ago. BTCpay for the win.
Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Sep 17, 2020
BTCpayserver as a payment option has officially been launched on Namecheap.com
Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Aug 25, 2025
A bit advice, all those ai agents that are coming will require a name and personalization to differentiate them. Buy first names and short nick name type domain names: Geoff ai just sold on Spaceship for $45,000. Bonus: $11,250 saved in fees by using Spaceship over Afternic on
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Richard Kirkendall
@namecheapceo123
Jan 22, 2025
So close....we ended 2024 with just under $400 million(398m) in revenue between Spaceship and Namecheap. This added up to 18% year over year growth and another successful year! I can't thank our customers enough for continuing to support us and trusting us with their most
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