Yahoo! Registration Warning.

[dan_Vt]

I registered a domain through Yahoo! only because they were having a sale, and that's the last time I will register through them.

After transferring to another registrar they charged me for another year's registration, and, of course, getting someone helpful there is impossible.

 

[OK]

How much did you buy the domain for? There regular price is $2.99 On sale is like free.

 

[floatingworld]

we all learn from our mistakes and there are lots of threads relating to post regging domain forwarding with yahoo, although this is the first time a charge has been mentioned re transferring. Was the name near the renewal date? or was this an explicit charge for transferring?

 

[dan_Vt]

The charge was labled at the 1-year reg fee, not as a transfer.

The sale was something like 4.99, the regular (what I was charged this time) is 9.95. There's a sale now for 2.99 (still, not worth dealing with Yahoo), I haven't heard of a free domain.

 

[TUFKATH]

Yahoo is stupid sometimes!

 

[vslevin]

Yahoo is stupid sometimes!

You put it perfectly!

 

[redz]

same thing happened to me when i transfered my domain to godaddy atleast i have a year extent

 

[dan_Vt]

Live and learn. I'll never use a Yahoo! pay service again.

 

[wildbest]

Do not purchase domains from Yahoo! They are a company that sells everthing to everybody and that's why nothing is the way it should be.

 

[redz]

i only trust this site(namepros) and godaddy and other sites like godaddy, but i never used yahoo, and now that you told this to me i think i never will.

 

[Dave_Z]

Just remember that any domain provider, be it a registrar or a reseller for one,
can charge for transferring out. It says so in ICANN's transfer policies if you
check it out.

A reseller is more likely to do that than a registrar, though.

 

[dongan]

Oh. I have registered 3 domains and plans to sell. Surely, it will affect the cost. I have to include the transfer cost in my push. Very bad.

 

[tajimd]

Its not worth registering domain with yahoo. its better to go for godaddy or any other small company.

 

[DomainPump]

I registered a domain through Yahoo! only because they were having a sale, and that's the last time I will register through them.

After transferring to another registrar they charged me for another year's registration, and, of course, getting someone helpful there is impossible.

I had the same thing happen to me with 1and1.com I will never use 1and1.com for any reason ever again. Live and learn. Sorry that happened to you!

 

[Momo]

It's only nice to register with Yahoo's $2.99 offer if you are planning to let the domain stay there forever, otherwise, don't.

 

[aussie]

yahoo

when i first got involved in domain names i done a whois search and the domain i wanted was free so then i called yahoo to register that name and the operator said , thats a good name and that domain was taken , so i said i just checked it only minutes ago and it was free ,then he said ok sorry my mistake it is free so then i registerd that name and when i got the email he spelt the name wrong , so i called back and asked to speak to a supervisor and just told him politely to sort it out asap other wise i will be seeing a lawyer , at the end it was all done right , but no way i will deal with yahoo again.

 

[marke2006]

What exactly is wrong with 1and1?

I had the same thing happen to me with 1and1.com I will never use 1and1.com for any reason ever again. Live and learn. Sorry that happened to you!

I have about 100 names with them. What exactly is wrong with them or why don't you like them?

Thank you.

Mark

 

[Reppy]

It's only nice to register with Yahoo's $2.99 offer if you are planning to let the domain stay there forever, otherwise, don't.

What Momo said.

If you plan on developing it and doing something with it yourself then by all means use yahoo. Register the domain name for 5 years and it'll cost you the same as dotster.com for one.

 

[DomainPump]

I have about 100 names with them. What exactly is wrong with them or why don't you like them?

Thank you.

Mark

I tried to transfer ownership of a domain that I sold and it was a nightmare to get help. They dont exactly have very user-friendly menus. They have these "packages" on there which were difficult to work with.

Also, a bad experience was had after that when I decided to transfer my remaining domains to Godaddy.com None of the information that I eventually pulled the teeth of customer service to get was in the help or FAQ. Nothing. When customer service answered, they sent me URLS with a .CO.UK extension and I am not in the UK. I had to change them to .COM - but how many others would have known that? When you click on their "answer" and its gets you a 404, most people would stop there. Ugh.

Then.... to make matters worse, they charged me even 3 weeks AFTER my names were at Godaddy. They billed me for additional fees - transfer fees, reg fees - none of it made sense. I had my credit card issuer reverse every charge.

With that experience, I wont be back there again.

I am sure no business wants to lose customers but making it nearly impossible to do that is just going to make it worse for the business.

 

[floatingworld]

under no circumstances should domain resellers reg new domains with either yahoo or 1+1. They are a nightmare. There are a multitude of past threads showing past problems, and in the company reviews....