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Migrating from ChemiCloud to Namecheap

ChemiCloud renews at 4.8x its intro rate; Namecheap renews at 1.7x — the flattest of any budget host we track. $317 against $120 over three years, plus the full migration steps.

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Researched by the Host Cliff editorial team Published 28 Jul 2026 · 2 min read · No paid placements
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Most reasons to migrate from ChemiCloud to Namecheap come down to one number that neither host advertises. ChemiCloud's entry plan is $2.49/mo and renews at $11.95/mo — 4.8x — for $317 over 36 months. Namecheap's is $2.28 renewing at $3.88, a rise of only 1.7x, for $120. That 1.7x is the flattest renewal of any budget host we have reviewed, and it is worth more over time than any intro discount on this market.

Why a flat renewal beats a deep discount

Both of these hosts lock their intro rate for 12 months, so both step up at the same moment. The difference is the size of the step: ChemiCloud's costs you $143 a year afterwards, Namecheap's $47. Nothing about the first year explains the $197 gap over three — it is entirely in what happens after the discount ends, which is the part the pricing page shows in grey small print, if at all. We put the two figures side by side for every host on the deals page.

What you give up

A fair amount, and this is the most genuine trade-off of the four migrations we have written up. ChemiCloud's support has a better reputation than Namecheap's, its entry plan includes free migration where Namecheap's does not, and its refund window is 45 days against Namecheap's 30. Namecheap's shared hosting is cheap and adequate rather than good; if uptime and fast support responses are worth more to you than $197 over three years, stay where you are. That is a real answer, not a hedge.

Use the refund windows in the right order

This pair has an unusually useful property: ChemiCloud's 45-day window is longer than Namecheap's 30. So:

  • Buy Namecheap and migrate while ChemiCloud is still live.
  • Run the new site for two to three weeks on the temporary URL and then on live DNS.
  • You are inside Namecheap's 30-day window for the whole of that, so if its performance disappoints you can reverse the whole thing and get your money back.

The migration, step by step

  1. Buy the Namecheap plan. Both hosts price on 12-month terms, so there is no long-lock decision to make here — but run it through the true cost calculator if you are considering a longer one.
  2. Export from ChemiCloud: database from phpMyAdmin, full web root over SFTP including dotfiles.
  3. Import into Namecheap's cPanel and update the database credentials in your site config.
  4. Test on the temporary URL. Forms, logins, anything that writes to the database.
  5. Drop DNS TTL to 300 seconds a day before switching nameservers — see migrating without downtime.
  6. Keep ChemiCloud running a week, then cancel. If you are still inside its 45-day window, cancelling may return money as well as stopping the next bill.

Related: ChemiCloud alternatives · how to cancel hosting and actually get a refund · our Namecheap review

Price it over the term you will actually stay

Every host we track, priced over one to four years, using the renewal rate and how long each intro price is really locked for.

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