Yahoo! domains now $2.99

[WebForging]

Hope this is true and not mis-posting...

Followed a My Yahoo! email (spam) from Yahoo! Small Business to a Yahoo! Small Business page that said:

Domains

$9.95 [now] $2.99 1 / year

(save 70%)

Register a domain name (yourdomain.com) as the first step to creating an online presence for yourself or your business. Once you have your domain name, it can be the foundation for custom email addresses or the location for your web site or online store, should you decide to build them. Yahoo! Domains includes:

* Domain name registration for 1-5 years
* The most popular domain name extensions (.com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .us)
* 24-hour toll-free phone support
* Domain forwarding so you can point visitors to an existing site
* Easy-to-use control panel with full DNS management capabilities
* Catch-all mailbox allows you to forward email sent to your domain name to a free Yahoo! Mail address (e.g. [email protected]).
* Bonus starter web page you can post at your domain name as a placeholder until you are ready to build a full web site
* Ability to easily upgrade to email and hosting plans

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Regards,
Keith

 

[floatingworld]

cannot push or transfer yahoo domains.
beware! 8-X 8-X 8-X 8-X 8-X 8-X

 

[EbookLover]

2 things.

1. This has been mentioned about a bajilion times before. Do a search and you will find that in many ways it is not worth your while to buy a Yahoo domain for $2.99. For instance, if you are domain trader or you otherwise plan on transferring the domain out of Yahoo, you will find that this is a terrible deal as they make it so that you cannot transfer the domain out. And who can blame them? What you pay for. Read the fine print.

2. Spam is email that you get (commercial or non-commercial) that you did not contractually or otherwise agree to receive. These Yahoo emails are not spam. You agree to receiving these emails when you sign up for an Yahoo email account. Even though you did not read the fine print it does not mean that you did not agree to it. The simple act of signing up for the email account means that you agree to all the terms of service, whether you read it or not, whether you agree or not, whether you believe it or not. No way around it.

 

[WebForging]

sure....

1. I did a search. When it wasn't in the reveiws of registrars I posted it there. When the next few results didn't show it I thought it OK to post here. Just trying to be helpful. People may not like the registrar much but thought many here wouldn't mind getting a domain registered cheaper than anything I've seen elsewhere.

2. Thank you for defining spam.

Regards,
Keith

 

[fonzie_007]

I believe you can only reg one domain at the $2.99 price and the rest are around $9. Additionally, yahoo makes transfering domains quite difficult. Based on other people's experiences with them, I would reg elsewhere.

 

[leviathon]

Yes and the Yahoo offer has been on for as long as I can remember

1st tactic of yahoo: "Holiday special - $2.99* per domain!"
2nd tactic of yahoo: "New feature - $2.99* per domain!"
3rd tactic of yahoo: "Cheapest domain offer anywhere - $2.99* per domain!"

 

[AmD950]

...1st tactic of yahoo: "Holiday special - $2.99* per domain!"
2nd tactic of yahoo: "New feature - $2.99* per domain!"
3rd tactic of yahoo: "Cheapest domain offer anywhere - $2.99* per domain!"

I just love the lil star beside the price...

 

[sm]

okay to buy from yahoo for something like 10 years at once if you want to develop the domain into a website. If it's too tough to transfer out even for the owner of the domain it's prolly gonna be tough even for your yahoo account hijacker to do the same So, your domain will be SAFE at least.

 

[localpub]

If it's too tough to transfer out even for the owner of the domain it's prolly gonna be tough even for your yahoo account hijacker to do the same So, your domain will be SAFE at least.

I'll define 'safe' when YOU (and no one else) are in control. However, it isn't 'safe' when even you can't control your posessions.

 

[slaughterbeck]

Pay a little more and use a service whose primary business is domain names. Just my 2¢.




Have a great day!
-Kimmy

 

[cvxdes]

Reason? They need business due to the fact that they are horrible and no one likes them. They lower prices so they get customers and the customers never come back. They're just prolonging the inevitable fate of their sad company. :imho:

 

[EbookLover]

I disagree. Yahoo is not a sad company, it's that their domain deal is a bad one as seen by domainers. But for those that do not buy/sell/trade domains it is a hell of a good deal.

You have to understand that not everyone that sells domain regs is catering to the domaining market. There are other profitable markets out there.

 

[sm]

Pay a little more and use a service whose primary business is domain names. Just my 2¢.

yes thats right. Yahoo is into too many things, and for them domains and web hosting are just side businesses.....

I'll define 'safe' when YOU (and no one else) are in control. However, it isn't 'safe' when even you can't control your posessions.

hahahaha! I was just kidding about that hijacking thing I personally do not use Yahoo, and wouldnt recommend any domain trader using their services. For 'normal' webmaster-type folks with a none-too critical non-commercial hobby kinda website, Yahoo is okay. But not for us.

 

[khuldun]

Maybe they are trying to push into something they cant excel in, why not leave the domainging business and just concentrate on their portal and email service and many other services provided by them

Or maybe they can just launch a subsidiary company for the sole business of domainss and hosting and levy acceptable and flexible conditions, we will be willing to register at double the current amount