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Track your Namecheap domains.
nmspc reads your Namecheap domains through Namecheap's API and reminds you before anything expires. It never changes them.

nmspc reads your Namecheap domains through Namecheap's API: when each one expires, whether auto-renew is on, whether it's locked, and the DNS records of domains on Namecheap DNS. nmspc lists what it finds and you choose which domains to track; nothing is added by itself. On Free it syncs when you press Sync now, on Pro every day.

Connect Namecheap

Steps

  1. Sign in to Namecheap and open Profile › Tools. Under Business & Dev Tools, press Manage next to Namecheap API Access.
  2. Turn API access on and copy the API key. Namecheap only allows this for accounts with 20 or more domains, $50 or more on the balance, or $50 spent in the last two years.
  3. Namecheap keys can't be made read-only: this one can change your whole account. nmspc only ever reads with it, and stores it encrypted.

Where to create the key at Namecheap ↗

What nmspc reads

  • The domains in your Namecheap account.
  • Each domain's expiry and registration dates, auto-renew setting, and whether it is locked or expired.
  • DNS records of domains that use Namecheap DNS. nmspc only sends two commands: domains.getList and domains.dns.getHosts.

What nmspc never does

  • Renew, transfer, register or delete a domain.
  • Change DNS records, nameservers, contacts or auto-renew.
  • Buy anything or touch your payment details.

Can the key change your account?

Namecheap keys can't be limited to reading. This key can change your Namecheap account. nmspc only ever reads with it.

Before nmspc stores it, the workspace owner ticks “I allow nmspc to store a key that can change my Namecheap account”.

If it doesn't connect

  • Namecheap only answers calls from whitelisted IPv4 addresses. nmspc's Settings page for Namecheap shows the IP address to add under Whitelisted IPs, in Profile › Tools › Business & Dev Tools › Manage next to Namecheap API Access.
  • Namecheap refused the API key. Check it was copied in full and that API access is on. Namecheap only turns it on for accounts with 20+ domains, a $50+ balance or $50 spent in the last two years; otherwise use CSV import.
  • Namecheap doesn't know that API user or username. The API user is your Namecheap username.
Connect Namecheap

About Namecheap

Website
www.namecheap.com
API docs
www.namecheap.com/support/api/intro/
IANA registrar ID
1068 (NameCheap, Inc.)
RDAP base URL
https://rdap.namecheap.com/
Who gets API access
Accounts with at least 20 domains, at least $50 on the balance, or at least $50 spent in the last two years.
API limits
50 calls a minute, 700 an hour and 8,000 a day for the whole key; only from whitelisted IPv4 addresses.

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Moving a domain away from Namecheap

  1. The domain must be more than 60 days old and not moved between registrars in the last 60 days. A domain in redemption can't be transferred.
  2. In your Domain List, press Manage next to the domain and open the Sharing & Transfer tab. In the Transfer Out section, unlock the domain and ask for its Auth Code.
  3. Namecheap sends the code to the domain's registrant email address, which may not be your account email. Give it to the new registrar.
  4. Namecheap has 5 days to release the domain, as ICANN's transfer policy allows.

How do I get a Namecheap API key?

In your Namecheap account, open Profile › Tools, scroll to Business & Dev Tools and press Manage next to Namecheap API Access. Turn it on, accept the terms and enter your password. Namecheap then shows the API key; your Namecheap username is the API user.

Namecheap only allows this for accounts with at least 20 domains, at least $50 on the balance, or at least $50 spent in the last two years. Otherwise, import your domains from a CSV file.

Why does Namecheap need an IP address?

Namecheap's API only works once at least one IP address is whitelisted, and only IPv4 addresses are accepted. nmspc's Settings page for Namecheap shows the address to add.

Can the Namecheap API key change my account?

Namecheap keys can't be limited to reading. This key can change your Namecheap account. nmspc only ever reads with it.

So the owner of the nmspc workspace ticks a box to allow storing it. nmspc stores it encrypted and only sends two read commands with it.

Does Namecheap renew domains automatically?

Only when auto-renew is on for the domain. Namecheap tries to renew 30 days before expiry, first from your account balance and then from cards marked Use for auto-renewal, and tries again every 24 hours until it works or the domain expires.

Turn it on under Domain List › Manage, or from the domain's row in the list.

Does Namecheap send renewal reminders?

For .com and other generic endings, ICANN requires Namecheap, like every accredited registrar, to email at least two reminders before a domain expires (about a month and about a week before) and one more within five days after, if it is neither renewed nor deleted.

nmspc adds its own reminders 60, 30, 14, 7, 1 days before.

How do I transfer a domain away from Namecheap?

Open Domain List › Manage › Sharing & Transfer, unlock the domain and ask for the Auth Code in the Transfer Out section. The code goes to the registrant email address. The domain must be over 60 days old and not transferred in the last 60 days.

Does nmspc renew my Namecheap domains?

No. nmspc never renews, transfers or changes a domain. It reads your Namecheap domains and reminds you 60, 30, 14, 7, 1 days before each one expires, by push notification on any plan and by email on Pro. Renewing stays with Namecheap.

Sources

Checked against these pages on 28 October 2026. Namecheap changes its pages now and then; the source wins if it disagrees.

nmspc is independent and not affiliated with Namecheap.