Yahoo Domain for $5? how to transfere?

hotdomains411 · 02-08-2005, 07:10 PM

I recently bought few domains from yahoo. I do not know how to sell them? any one with experience on how to transfere these domains to the new owner?

EbookLover · 02-08-2005, 07:21 PM

Yahoo does not allow you to transfer a $5 domain for 1 year. That is why it is $5. You get what you pay for.

The only way to hand it over to your buyer is to have them open up a Yahoo account and just "push" it to them. If you do not know how to "push' on Yahoo, contact customer support so you find out exactly how to do it.

PS. Some folks here tend to discourage transferring a domain between 2 parties as it lends to fraud and other problems that may cause you to lose the domain and not get any money for it. The best thing to do anytime is to just have your buyer open up a free account with your regisrar and just push it to them. Then, if they want to transfer it to a new registrar then they can do so on their own, which is the safest way to transfer domains (one party, not two).

hotdomains411 · 02-08-2005, 07:28 PM

I've heared of the 1 year thing, but I do not see it anywhere in the tos. Also someone in the past confirmed that. I contacted yahoo and they did not mentioned anything anout the one year. Anyhow, I like the push idea, but I do not think yahoo does it? Do you know if they support the "Push" thing?

EbookLover · 02-08-2005, 07:58 PM

As far as the 1 year restriction, I heared that all over this forum. I do not know from experience. I do not buy products from serious under-cutters like that. There is usually a catch ( as you hve found) and undercutters like that should be damned to a life of selling to cheapskate "buyers" on ebay who want it all for a penny and no shipping and then leave bad feedback when it arives one day later than they expected, IMO.

As far as pushing, Ithink the best way to do it is to open up a new yahoo account, buy the domain, sell it, then jsut hand the account over to your buyer. he can then change the password so you can no longer access it. Since you probably bought the domain under your main account, this may not be possible anymore. Oh well, live and learn. Never buy anything based on price alone. that is a recipe for disaster, as many buyers find out everyday. I too found out the hard way when I registered my domains with registerfly.com. they totally hosed me and took my domains from me. the only reason why they got away with it is becasue I have no time or money to pursue it legally (not yet anyhow, I still have time). And they would lose the case for sure as I did nothing to merit it.

If you do a little browsing in this section you will find many threads that answer your question, I believe.

I said it before and I will say it again...

You get what you pay for. In Yahoo's case, you get nearly nothing. It's almost as if you really don't own the domain. In regfly's case, you get a domain along with high blood pressure and frustration. ANd then eventually, you might find that they just yank your domains from you and sell the better ones at a premium price to a trader. I have had this done to me and I am not hapy about it.

However, I do believe in karma. Hell, my name is Karma.

Rasbelin · 02-09-2005, 11:05 AM

I haven't found any official references regarding a one year minimum period. Neither have I heard any trustworthy sources claiming they haven't been able to transfer out, only mixed obscure references to that.

02-08-2005, 07:10 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
hotdomains411 NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 115	Yahoo Domain for $5? how to transfere? I recently bought few domains from yahoo. I do not know how to sell them? any one with experience on how to transfere these domains to the new owner?

02-08-2005, 07:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
EbookLover Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,438	As far as the 1 year restriction, I heared that all over this forum. I do not know from experience. I do not buy products from serious under-cutters like that. There is usually a catch ( as you hve found) and undercutters like that should be damned to a life of selling to cheapskate "buyers" on ebay who want it all for a penny and no shipping and then leave bad feedback when it arives one day later than they expected, IMO. As far as pushing, Ithink the best way to do it is to open up a new yahoo account, buy the domain, sell it, then jsut hand the account over to your buyer. he can then change the password so you can no longer access it. Since you probably bought the domain under your main account, this may not be possible anymore. Oh well, live and learn. Never buy anything based on price alone. that is a recipe for disaster, as many buyers find out everyday. I too found out the hard way when I registered my domains with registerfly.com. they totally hosed me and took my domains from me. the only reason why they got away with it is becasue I have no time or money to pursue it legally (not yet anyhow, I still have time). And they would lose the case for sure as I did nothing to merit it. If you do a little browsing in this section you will find many threads that answer your question, I believe. I said it before and I will say it again... You get what you pay for. In Yahoo's case, you get nearly nothing. It's almost as if you really don't own the domain. In regfly's case, you get a domain along with high blood pressure and frustration. ANd then eventually, you might find that they just yank your domains from you and sell the better ones at a premium price to a trader. I have had this done to me and I am not hapy about it. However, I do believe in karma. Hell, my name is Karma. Last edited by zquest; 02-08-2005 at 08:08 PM.

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02-08-2005, 07:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
EbookLover Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,438	Yahoo does not allow you to transfer a $5 domain for 1 year. That is why it is $5. You get what you pay for. The only way to hand it over to your buyer is to have them open up a Yahoo account and just "push" it to them. If you do not know how to "push' on Yahoo, contact customer support so you find out exactly how to do it. PS. Some folks here tend to discourage transferring a domain between 2 parties as it lends to fraud and other problems that may cause you to lose the domain and not get any money for it. The best thing to do anytime is to just have your buyer open up a free account with your regisrar and just push it to them. Then, if they want to transfer it to a new registrar then they can do so on their own, which is the safest way to transfer domains (one party, not two).

02-08-2005, 07:28 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
hotdomains411 NamePros Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 115	I've heared of the 1 year thing, but I do not see it anywhere in the tos. Also someone in the past confirmed that. I contacted yahoo and they did not mentioned anything anout the one year. Anyhow, I like the push idea, but I do not think yahoo does it? Do you know if they support the "Push" thing?

02-09-2005, 11:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Rasbelin NamePros Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 164	I haven't found any official references regarding a one year minimum period. Neither have I heard any trustworthy sources claiming they haven't been able to transfer out, only mixed obscure references to that.

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