Yahoo Has $4.98 Domain Registration?!?

[scottatmu]

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

 

[redbulldog]

Its only 1 per user though....

 

[acronym007]

Only 1 per user? That's worthless..

 

[TrafficMonsterRRR]

Looks like Yahoo is gonna drive us outta business LOL

 

[acronym007]

yeah, with the one domain sale and all.

 

[SLushie]

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

 

[typeins]

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

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

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?"

 

[FreddyS]

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

 

[keithsvfm]

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?

 

[cyphix]

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.

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

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.

 

[dvestors]

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

 

[FreddyS]

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