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May 28, 2008

Yahoo! Domain Renewals Increase to $34.95/year?

First Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo!, now Yahoo! raises their domain renewal rates.

Important note: Beginning on July 1, 2008, Yahoo!'s annual domain renewal price increases to $34.95 per year.

If this is accurate would this be considered Highway Robbery? Or do they think their customers are fools? Can they really justify that large an increase? Or are they just being greedy and hope their customers don't Google for GoDaddy.com?

Apparently the above quote was sent by email to people who have their domains registered with Yahoo! I'm not one of them. But I just visited their site and they make absolutely no mention of the increase. They do have a plan that has domain name plus email for $34.95 a year

So if this is true, this is truly a smack in the face to a lot of people who use Yahoo! to host their domain. (Can you say mass exodus?) If it's not true, sorry to waste your time Smiling .

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May 28, 2008 at 6:24pm.
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#1I also got this email

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Punit Pandey's picture
 Punit Pandey
Jun 5, 2008
7:25pm

I also got this email

#2and...

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david's picture
 david
Jun 5, 2008
8:07pm

are you going to stay with Yahoo or register your domains with someone else?

#3The Great Yahoo Rip-off

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Anonymous's picture
 Anonymous
Jun 19, 2008
1:10pm

I just received the same message from Yahoo. I thought I was losing my mind for a minute. The thing which burns me is that I registered two domains from those crooks a few hours ago. I did it on behalf of two friends who thought it was great to get a domain for $10. Well ... it's time to Go, Daddy!

#4yahoo has lost their minds!

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michael's picture
 michael
Jun 19, 2008
5:26pm

it's true and it's a damn shame. i'm transferring all my domains from yahoo to a much more affordable register. i was completed devasted at this email i just got hours ago.
-michael

#5This is..

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david's picture
 david
Jun 19, 2008
6:10pm

This is undoubtedly one of the best things to happen to GoDaddy.com in a long, long time.

#6The Great Yahoo Rip-off

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Anonymous's picture
 Anonymous
Jun 19, 2008
6:23pm

So I take it that Go Daddy is the best value out there right now? I just wonder if they won't be tempted to jack up their prices a bit too.

BTW, I wonder if there isn't something a tad illegal about the fact Yahoo still lists a renewal fee of $12.95 for anyone buying a domain. Obviously, if you buy a domain today, you will not be able to renew for $12.95.

#7godaddy is good

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david's picture
 david
Jun 19, 2008
7:56pm

I'd say it's a good value for around $10 year. When you purchase the domain name, you'll have about 4 pages of upselling that they'll do to you, but you can just click past those.

As for the interface, changing name servers and such takes a couple clicks, but isn't too bad. Changing MX and CNAME and adding hosts takes a bit to get used to.

I read that on July 1st, they'll put the new price on their site. (So those that have a domain name due in the first week will probably be really pissed.) It's not illegal, just annoying.

#8Protest blog

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Joey's picture
 Joey
Jun 20, 2008
5:04pm

They made these guys upset

http://yahoobullshit.wordpress.com/

#9insane

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david's picture
 david
Jun 20, 2008
5:31pm

utterly, completely insane.

#10I'm collecting signatures to sue Yahoo

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TrungNgo's picture
 TrungNgo
Jul 4, 2008
2:30pm

Hey,

I'm collecting signatures to sue Yahoo. If you happened to have the domain names over there and they won't let you transfer then can you send me an email so I contact you.

Please include your name, address, phone number and send to my email at: fuufle@gmail.com

TrungNgo

#11RIP Yahoo SM!!

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shanX's picture
 shanX
Jul 8, 2008
2:12am

Am moving arnd 7 of my domains, rather than paying $250 in total, which saves 18 new .com domains Smiling

And everyone go thru this, which could be useful sometimes - http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=8424382&postcount=6 Eye-wink

#12The Great Yahoo Rip-off ...

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Anonymous's picture
 Anonymous
Jul 8, 2008
1:08pm

... becomes the Great Go Daddy Migration! Last week, I transferred a Yahoo domain for the grand total of $6.99. I just got confirmation that the transaction went smooth as silk, and Go Daddy now has one of my domains. Soon, they will all be there.

#13Even $10.00 is too much for a domain

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Zack Katz's picture
 Zack Katz
Jul 8, 2008
4:33pm

Unfortunately for you, even ten dollars is too much money. 1and1 sells domains for $6.99. Much more like it.

EDIT FROM WEBMASTER: removed what looked like an affiliate link.

#14I will transfer my domain to godday from yahoo!

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Jone He's picture
 Jone He
Jul 8, 2008
10:20pm

utterly, completely insane. It,s yahoo!

#15I did the same!

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Tom's picture
 Tom
Jul 11, 2008
2:00am

I did the same things. I moved my domains out of yahoo to http://www.luckyregister.com just for $6.95. I really do not understand the reason why yahoo incrases too much like that

#16maybe not insane

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Bruce's picture
 Bruce
Jul 12, 2008
6:05pm

They might be insane, or probably not.

Perhaps they think they can raise the book value of their company by quadrupling the cost of all their renewals, which of course will never happen, but for now they look like their future earnings are larger. Something to do with justifying the price that failed the Microsoft deal?

Or, my favorite theory, maybe the WANT to get rid of everyone except large lazy corporations that don't mind paying $34.95 per domain, because maybe their profit margin is too low to want to stay in this line of business.

Or maybe some analyst or manager there is about to jump ship and gave a wacky analysis that calculated a low level of lost accounts, just to get even with his soon-to-be-former employer.

Either way, or whatever reason, they aren't making any friends. But it will be interesting to read the real story some day!

#17Yahoo Ripoff

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Charles's picture
 Charles
Jul 17, 2008
12:26am

I think is may be illegal for Yahoo to charge such a high fee. I hope the Federal trade commision gets involved. Yahoo used to be my home page. No More. Yahoo will lose my buiseness forever.

#18I agree. Having been

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Glyn's picture
 Glyn
Aug 2, 2008
12:16am

I agree. Having been subjected to the auto-renewal feature prior to the expiry date, one never gets the full year at the price. I also find you cannot remove your Yahoo! Wallet. Same experience? Please let us know. We want to try to stop this rather incredible behaviour. Reach us by email at glyn at hotzlawyers.com.

A class action may be the way to do it as nothing else seems to be working. We've tried.

Glyn

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