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Yahoo Has $4.98 Domain Registration?!?

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scottatmu

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Looks like Yahoo is running a holiday promotion to register domains with them for $4.98 per year ... the lowest price currently available.
[read about it here]

Here is the current list of "lowest" domain registration prices quoted in the article. Thought it was somewhat useful.

Retail Domain Name Prices, December 2004
Company One-year
.com price Primary Business Primary Region
Yahoo $4.98 Shared Hosting America
1&1 Internet AG $5.99 Mixed Hosting Europe
EV1Servers $6.49 Dedicated Hosting America
Hostway $6.95 Shared Hosting America
Sipence (eNom) $6.95 Domain Registrar America
AIT Domains $6.95 Mixed Hosting America
Interland $7.95 Mixed Hosting America
Web.com $7.95 Mixed Hosting America
Go Daddy Inc $8.95 Domain Registrar America
Netcetera $9.89 Mixed Hosting Europe
RegisterFly $9.99 Domain Registrar America
Dotster $14.95 Domain Registrar America
FastHosts/UKReg $17.00 Mixed Hosting Europe
Pipex/123Reg $17.21 Mixed Hosting Europe
Network Solutions $34.99 Domain Registrar America
Register.com $35.00 Domain Registrar America
 

acronym007

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yeah, with the one domain sale and all.
 

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Thanks for the info scottatmu, sometimes it's worth paying a few cents more to stick with a reg you like.
 

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Sometimes its worth paying $1 or $2 more to stick with a registar who looks after you ;)
 

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TrafficMonsterRRR wrote:

Looks like Yahoo is gonna drive us outta business LOL
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Is it lawful for Yahoo to do this? Is it anti-competitive? Is Yahoo's pricing a form of "DUMPING?"
 

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are there somewhere hidden costs? But it is a good way to do promotion!
 

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Yahoo will not let you transfer Domains
I registered a few there when I was starting out and I later tried to transfer but they will not let you?
 

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keithsvfm said:
Yahoo will not let you transfer Domains
I registered a few there when I was starting out and I later tried to transfer but they will not let you?
If they're keeping your domains hostage then just contact ICANN.
 

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One thing is for sure, the pricing can't stay at this level. It has to go up.

I don't like offers such as for free, below cost, etc.. They seem to always have a catch. Either you get crappy quality goods/ services, the company bundles it with another unnecessary/ overpriced item, they eventually jack up the price, etc..

Maybe the fine print says Yahoo can hold your name hostage.

I'd rather pay a fair price and know what I am getting.
 

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Maybe the fine print says Yahoo can hold your name hostage.

They do keep your name hostage. I unfortunately registered 2 domains there about 3 years ago. I still own them, but for what? I can't transfer them to anyone, I can't forward the domains, no DNS changes, I have no Admin control whatsoever. They like to reel you in so you are forced to use their hosting.. :veryangry
 

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thats really not the right way. you should contact icann.
 
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