Stay away from Yahoo Domains!

I have registered my domain (around 100+ of them) with yahoo for 5 years each. Now i m worried about it.
If I tranfer it to other host, I loose what I paid for (5 years fee) and have to pay more ($9.99) for the transfer.

Thats sum the cost (loss + charges) to be around $6000.

I donno what to do. Any suggestions?

 

I was wondering about some of the deals that yahoo had on domains. Thanks for the heads up!

 

hhoops, there is many compalints. anyone report the authority of Yahoo. ?

 

yahoo domains are very problem,,becouse its hard transfer,and ex. if you domain in this year..next year domains price take your credit card..its very big problem...

 

Hey! I've got a big problem with yahoo domains now. I've bought last november 2 domains from them, with $2.99 on the same yahoo account. Now I need to transfer one of those domains, but, suprise...it isn't in the "my services" area, so I can't unlock it to initiate the transfer. Anyone else had this problem? If so pleaase help me. Any other suggestions are welcome

 

I dont think you'll loose the 5 year registration..
I transferred my domain from yahoo which was registered for 2 years to godaddy..
Now my domain has a validity of 3 years ie the two I had paid at yahoo and one along with the transfer.
What you need to invest now is the transfer fee only.. and your validity will not be lost..

 

I would write them an email. Probably will be no problem. But if it is, please post the outcome.

 

I Agree When I buy first domain From Yahoo! Domains.i Think they Best But first 8.95/Yr. next year I transfer it name.com.But they are auto change 35$/yr From paypal.and I mail From yahoo Domains support.they says Domain Auto Renew But domain was Name.com.they say Domain Is Auto Renew.......................!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mail with Whois then they Refund.But My Q is No Tech person stay in yahoo Domains.who have No Idea in Domain and hosting.they sit for Domain support in Yahoo!!!! Please advice.

Thank you for this post.

 

You won't get any response, they should be very busy

 

yeah they won't respond to you i think...

 

I never tried yahoo web services. But it looks like they are very bad. Better to stay away.

 

LOL first time i used yahoo
its really cheap then $35 /year

 

Yahoo hosting is very expensive.

 

this can happen on any domain provider. somewhere in terms&agreements says they can cut you off if you do anything wrong.

 

I had a domain with yahoo but i dont have any problem with them.but I don't like the yahoo hosting.

 

Well said ... I have also got similar experiences with Google. Amazing that they give much value for every user

 

I agree, Google is pretty good in terms of customer care.
I would suggest to use goDaddy for domains and hostway or other DEDICATED stuff for hosting.

 

what tips could you provide to avoid engaging in this problem other than staying away from yahoo domains?

 

I never tried yahoo web service up to now and after seeing this i will never try them .

 

If Yahoo wants to pull that crap, then they need to give you a refund to go along with it.