I think I've found a way to get $4.98 domains from yahoo all the time. As some of you know, sometimes Yahoo charges $9.95/year per domain, sometimes they offer $4.98. To get the $4.98 domains, Google "Yahoo Domains" and then click Yahoo's ad for $4.98 domains, and you'll get that price instead of $9.95 you get if you go directly to Yahoo domains. Just thought I'd share, it's saved me a bunch of money.
Did you read the disclaimer? "Discount offer is open to new customers that purchase Domains. Offer expires June 30, 2005 at 11:59 PM PST. Customers are limited to one Offer per customer for customer's own purchase only and is non-transferable, and may not be combined with other offers and discounts,exchanged or redeemed for cash."
Non-transferable! Yuck I'd never stand for that. Go with namecheap, you spend an extra $4 but its worth it in the end to have quality service. Josh
Non transferable really sucks, as most people have accounts with godaddy or enom or namecheap, so if you sell the domain, it will be hard to work around.
What are you guys talking about non-transferable? All domains registered with Yahoo (Melbourne IT) have an ACTIVE status (no REGISTRAR_LOCK) Anyone can initiate a transfer and it will go thru in 5 days. (only if the owner replies, denying the transfer, will it be stopped)
No. I had to pass on a very good domain that was being sold to me because there was no way I could get control of it. Stay away from Yahoo domains, you only save a lousy $1.50 and will only cause you headaches
Did you actually try a transfer? If the domain is ACTIVE the transfer can only be stopped if the noone responds to an email sent to the admin address that's listed in the whois database. Check the whois database, if there is no REGISTRAR_LOCK, it can be transfered to another registrar. (You must stay with the original registrar at least 60 days.)
exam, did you not read the whole thread? You're missing the point. It's non-transferable only if you purchase the domain at the $4.95 fee, and at the bottom of the page it states this, which was posted above. No one is talking about their regular disclaimer, just the one when you pay $4.95.
I believe that "non-transferable" is used in a general sense as in "this offer is not transferable" meaning that you can't buy more than one domain, even if you want to use other people to get around the rules. This will not keep you from transfering the domain to another registrar after 60 days have passed. This is an ICANN rule and yahoo can't change that. BTW, I understand the point of the thread, I am simply stating that it is misinformation.
As exam has pointed out, the non-transferrable applies to the offer, not to the domain itself. You can buy a domain at the offer price and transfer it elsewhere (provided of course you pay the appropriate fees, which I believe is generally one year's registration cost if you move a .com/.net/.org), but you can't transfer the offer itself to someone else.
The registrar can not limit the transfer of domain to another registrar. The last changes in ICANN policy have even more emphasized this fact.
This is not true. I took advantage of two domains for $1.99 through Yahoo, and sold them on ebay. After so, used the unlock and customer was able to transfer the domain with no problems.