$1.99 Domains Again at Yahoo! Starting August 4th

[VYFX]

I just got this email from Yahoo's affiliate program:

Dear Brian Wallenstein,

Yahoo! Small Business is pleased to announce the move of their affiliate program into the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program beginning August 3rd AND the launch of the $1.99 Yahoo! Domains promotion on August 4th. Moving to the more extensive unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program will provide you with improved affiliate support and more opportunities to make money from selling a variety of Yahoo! services. The $1.99 Yahoo! Domains promotion is a great opportunity to drive Yahoo! Small Business orders.

You’ll need to make changes by September 1st, please read below

Transition to the Unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program

The Yahoo! Affiliate Program combines all the products and services that Yahoo! offers affiliates into one program. When you join the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program you will be able to earn commission from multiple Yahoo! Properties at the same time. You can promote just one, or all of the Yahoo! Properties listed below.

Yahoo! Small Business
Yahoo! Music Jukebox
Yahoo! Instant Messenger Download
Yahoo! Music Unlimited New increase in commission!
Yahoo! Personals
Yahoo! Autos
Yahoo! Games

Furthermore, you can access links, marketing materials, and product information for a multitude of great Yahoo! products and services… all in one place!

How will this impact your current Yahoo! Small Business commissions?
The move will not change the current rate card or cookie duration. You will continue to be paid the same for your performance.

If you drive traffic with paid search advertising, the change to the unified program will introduce new limitations for your campaigns. *Please see the Paid Search Advertising section below.

What do you need to do to continue promoting Yahoo! Small Business?
In order to continue selling Yahoo! Small Business products you will need to apply to join the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program and update your Yahoo! Small Business links by September 1, 2006. If you do not update your links, you will not receive commissions for sales after September 1st.

1) Join the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program
• To join the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program, click here to join the Yahoo! Affiliate Program now! click here to join the Yahoo! Affiliate Program now!
• If you are already joined to the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program, just accept the new program terms that we have sent you.

2) Update your current Yahoo! Small Business links
• Replace all Yahoo! Small Business links you are currently using with new links that can be found in the Yahoo! Affiliate Program link library by September 1, 2006.

$1.99 Yahoo! Domains Promotion

Starting August 4th, Yahoo! Domains will be launching a $1.99/first year promotion. This discounted price will be provided for the first year only and only one discounted domain will be offered per customer. All renewals will be at the full price of $9.95/year. When promoting this offer, you need to include the 1st year disclaimer when offering the price. Examples include:
• $1.99 / 1st yr
• $1.99 / first year
• $1.99 / 1st year


Paid Search Advertising

With the move to the unified Yahoo! Affiliate Program, we need to align with the corporate program Paid Search policies. You’ll need to adjust your campaigns to align with the restrictions below no later than September 1st.

Ban on Trademark bidding: You will not longer be able to bid or be displayed on Yahoo! trademark search terms including variations of Yahoo! and all of its services. In addition to not submitting trademark terms for bidding, you’ll need to include Yahoo! as a negative keyword for all broad matching. For more details please review the new Yahoo! Terms of Service.

No use of Yahoo! in your main URL: URLs such as yahoooo.com, yahoosmallbusinessolutions.com or www-yahoodomains.com will continue to be prohibited. However, use of Yahoo! after “.com” such as smallbusinessolutions.com/yahoo is acceptable.

We realize that you may have additional questions, and want to make sure we help you be as successful as possible. Therefore, please feel free to contact us with any inquiries you may have. To learn more about the Yahoo! Affiliate Program, please visit http://advertising.yahoo.com/affiliate_programs/index.html.

Best regards,
The Yahoo! Affiliate Team
[email protected]

I copied the whole email in case some of you are signed up with Yahoo's affiliate program and were not informed of this update.

Lookin' good :hehe:

 

[Epic]

I would never register a domain at Yahoo. I don't think there's any push at all.

 

[Zilla]

I have one name in yahoo, but I already foget what it is and what is my account ID there....need find it out from my gmail.....lol

 

[Jo]

I have heard there is no transfering of names with Yahoo.

So no use using them to buy and sell.

Good for your own use though (as long as you don't ever plan on selling.)

 

[.X.]

you can tranfer a name at yahoo...you just can't push a name to another account there,Hmmm,Maybe reg and transfer to domainsite or ect.. after a years reg :talk:

 

[Dannoth]

I dont like yahoo, and therefore dont use them!

 

[cache]

is this the same as yahoo publisher network (which I signed in)?

 

[Charley]

you can tranfer a name at yahoo...you just can't push a name to another account there/QUOTE]

Isnt both the same?

 

[Zilla]

you can tranfer a name at yahoo...you just can't push a name to another account there/QUOTE]

Isnt both the same?

not same,

sometime people using "transfer" refer transfer a name to other registrar, like from yahoo to domainsite

while "push" for internal tranfer from one yahoo account to another yahoo account..

 

[Charley]

Ok, so then transfer works alright ..... This is a good idea then ...... Cos most of the people use other registrars..

 

[Jo]

Sorry about that, I got those two mixed up also.

 

[deu12000]

Yahoo isn't that bad. The interface sucks and everything, but for $1.99 how can you complain? I registered several domains from them, waited for some good godaddy coupon codes and transferred them to godaddy and had a two year reg for the regular price of one year. I also did some five year registrations at yahoo and transferred them out. This is a great deal for transferring out (and basically getting two years for the price of one) and really a great deal for
multi-year registrations.

 

[Charley]

That is a cool idea , deu ... Do they accept Paypal [ Yahoo ] ?

 

[Epic]

That is a cool idea , deu ... Do they accept Paypal [ Yahoo ] ?

I don't believe they do.

 

[Charley]

Criminal, all these domainssites which offer less for their domains dont have PAYPAL . This is how I lose on them.

 

[rome2ng]

no push, no sale.

i won't buy from yahoo. for what i waste money on them when i can't resale it ?

stopping us from resaling is like a infringing the rights of domaineers

 

[Charley]

What is the Yahoo Link to register domains? Is it for all TLD's ?

 

[rebelagent]

That is a cool idea , deu ... Do they accept Paypal [ Yahoo ] ?

They do if you have the paypal card. Worked for me, acts as a real debit/credit card.

 

[Charley]

no push, no sale.

i won't buy from yahoo. for what i waste money on them when i can't resale it ?

stopping us from resaling is like a infringing the rights of domaineers

But you can always transfer it , isnt that enough?

They do if you have the paypal card. Worked for me, acts as a real debit/credit card.

How did you acquire that?

 

[Gerrit]

what is the difference between push and transfer to be precisely? (rookie question, I know)



Yahoo... on webhostingtalk.com I heard too many negative stories about the registrar service. Shame, because for email they are very good, second only to Gmail.