[*BCM*] Donations for Domain Name?

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Usually, those sort of below-cost pricing deals require at least a DNS or
web-hosting contract. Are you sure Yahoo! doesn't have any additional
requirements to get the $2.99/year rate?

Dan Zarrella wrote:
> i believe yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com> has a deal for new customers for
> 2.99 a year.
> 
> On 1/18/06, *Adam Rosi-Kessel* < adam at rosi-kessel.org
> <mailto:adam at rosi-kessel.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks Dan! You can send a check to me at 36 Taft Hill Park,
>     Roslindale, MA
>     02131.
> 
>     I know that there are some lower cost domain name registration
>     providers. We
>     use GANDI.NET <http://GANDI.NET>, which is a Eurpoean company. When
>     we first started with
>     GANDI, the dollar was stronger and the cost was only $8 or $9, but
>     as the
>     dollar has dropped with respect to the Euro it has gone up to $14 or
>     $15.
> 
>     GANDI seemed to have the best policies of all the registrars I
>     looked at.
>     I've dealt with several other registrars in various capacities,
>     including
>     godaddy.com <http://godaddy.com> which is probably the cheapest, and
>     I've found them to be
>     inferior in various ways. (Godaddy in particular has been very rude in
>     dealing with customer service issues on the phone).
> 
>     I've noticed some tendency for websites with free speech interests
>     to use
>     GANDI--the fact that it is located in France may make it more
>     difficult to
>     use legal means to shut down the site, at least if the party seeking
>     to shut
>     it down is in the United States.
> 
>     The facts that GANDI has been very reliable, has good policies,
>     perhaps is
>     more protective of free speech plus the fees we would incur switching to
>     another registrar have been enough for me to justify the additional
>     $5 or so
>     per year over the lowest cost provider.
> 
>     Adam
> 
>     Dan Zarrella wrote:
>     > registration should only cost about 8-9$ a year.
>     > but put me down for 20$ (if you use something other than paypal, i
>     don't
>     > use paypal)
>     > -Dan
>     >
>     > On 1/18/06, * Adam Rosi-Kessel* <adam at rosi-kessel.org
>     <mailto:adam at rosi-kessel.org>
>     > <mailto:adam at rosi-kessel.org <mailto:adam at rosi-kessel.org>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi All:
>     >
>     >     I've been hosting and paying for the registration of
>     >     bostoncriticalmass.org <http://bostoncriticalmass.org> <
>     http://bostoncriticalmass.org>
>     >     for six years now. I am happy to continue to donating free hosting
>     >     space/services/bandwidth on my ISP, but I am paying approximately
>     >     $15/year
>     >     out of pocket for the domain name registration. I am wondering if
>     >     anyone on
>     >     this list would like to make a small donation to help cover the
>     >     domain name
>     >     registration?
>     >
>     >     Here's my proposal: I will register for as many years as I
>     receive
>     >     funds
>     >     for. 100% of donations will go directly to the registration. If I
>     >     receive
>     >     more than a multiple of 15, I will make up the difference to
>     the next
>     >     multiple.   E.g., if I receive $35, I will chip in the
>     remaining $10
>     >     out of
>     >     pocket to make $45 or three years of registration.  If I receive
>     >     less than
>     >     $15, I will of course continue to pay for the domain name
>     >     registration and
>     >     renew it for one more year (it expires in March currently).
>     >
>     >     The easiest way to contribute is with PayPal. If you have a PayPal
>     >     account
>     >     linked to your checking account (or with a balance in it), you
>     can
>     >     send as
>     >     little as $1 with no fees taken out. So to make up one year
>     >     registration,
>     >     just 15 people have to send me $1! It's that easy.
>     >
>     >     So there's my pitch. Don't feel bad about just contributing $1
>     -- if
>     >     everyone on this list send $1, that would get us more than 20
>     years
>     >     registration!
>     >
>     >     You can use this address for PayPal payments.
>     >
>     >     I will send an update in a month reporting any donations received
>     >     and how
>     >     long the domain name has been renewed for.
>     >
>     >     Adam
>     >
>     >
>     >
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