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Yahoo maintains on ongoing offer - $1.99 for one year of domain registration. No ups, no extras - for the first year.
It is available only to new customers, but emulating a new customer is easy enough. Just create a new Yahoo identity (email address), and use a credit card you have not previously used with Yahoo.
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But - the costs go up dramatically, to $34.95 per year if you stay with Yahoo and renew.
And if you transfer to another registrar - I like GoDaddy that charges $9.99 per year, and much less if you pay for multiple years at once - you'll get hit with a domain transfer fee that will wipe out most of the savings.
So, what good is this $1.99 deal? This is good if you are trying out a new business and not certain you are going to run with it. Risking $1.99 is about nothing. If you have a lot of different domain names you are thinking of building on, the difference between risking $1.99 and $9.99 tends to add up.
So what I do, unless I am certain this is something I am going to hold long term, is pay for the $1.99 registration with Yahoo, and then transfer to GoDaddy if the proposition pans out. Keep in mind that you may not transfer immediately. You must wait 60 days, in accordance with ICANN rules
Another tip: assign a gift credit card with a low available credit to the Yahoo domain. That way, if you forget they won't be able to tag you with that absurd $34.95 renewal fee at the end of the first year.
It is available only to new customers, but emulating a new customer is easy enough. Just create a new Yahoo identity (email address), and use a credit card you have not previously used with Yahoo.
Page Not Found • Namecheap.com
But - the costs go up dramatically, to $34.95 per year if you stay with Yahoo and renew.
And if you transfer to another registrar - I like GoDaddy that charges $9.99 per year, and much less if you pay for multiple years at once - you'll get hit with a domain transfer fee that will wipe out most of the savings.
So, what good is this $1.99 deal? This is good if you are trying out a new business and not certain you are going to run with it. Risking $1.99 is about nothing. If you have a lot of different domain names you are thinking of building on, the difference between risking $1.99 and $9.99 tends to add up.
So what I do, unless I am certain this is something I am going to hold long term, is pay for the $1.99 registration with Yahoo, and then transfer to GoDaddy if the proposition pans out. Keep in mind that you may not transfer immediately. You must wait 60 days, in accordance with ICANN rules
Another tip: assign a gift credit card with a low available credit to the Yahoo domain. That way, if you forget they won't be able to tag you with that absurd $34.95 renewal fee at the end of the first year.
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