Yahoo Raises Domain Prices - $9 to $34

[draknet]

For those of ya'll with Yahoo, and who may not have heard:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9979535-7.html


Starting July 1, users who have registered domains with Yahoo's small-business site will see their annual fee for the service jump from $9.95 to $34.95.

The news came in form of e-mail for anyone who has registered a domain with Yahoo Small Business, and a Yahoo representative told CNET News.com Friday that the e-mails have been sent 90 days, 60 days, and 30 days before users were set to renew their domain registration.

But some blogs are expressing dismay at the price increase, which is three and a half times what domain owners have paid in past years.


Most of the folks I talked to were stunned (and didn't get the emails), so I thought I'd drop a post.

[DrJon]

That's outrageous!

GoDaddy are currently advertising on the UK TV for registering domains for £1.99 as long as you host that domain with them, which also sounds pretty cheap compared with Yahoo.

Sounds like they might begin to price themselves out of that market.

[draknet]

I think, actually, that's what they're trying to do - but then again, when NetSol charges $35 and they're still in business, people who don't know will still pay it.

[DrJon]

You may well be right Jen.

Me, though, I'm a bit of an old cynic... I wonder if they are just exploiting the unknowing....