Yup, I bought like 10 domains from them at that price and I host them elsewhere.<br>btw, i'm not a yahoo salesperson, just a web developer who loves a good deal.<br>-Dan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/18/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Adam Rosi-Kessel</b> <<a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">adam@rosi-kessel.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Usually, those sort of below-cost pricing deals require at least a DNS or<br>web-hosting contract. Are you sure Yahoo! doesn't have any additional<br>requirements to get the $2.99/year rate?<br><br>Dan Zarrella wrote:<br>
> i believe <a href="http://yahoo.com">yahoo.com</a> <<a href="http://yahoo.com">http://yahoo.com</a>> has a deal for new customers for<br>> 2.99 a year.<br>><br>> On 1/18/06, *Adam Rosi-Kessel* < <a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">
adam@rosi-kessel.org</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">adam@rosi-kessel.org</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Thanks Dan! You can send a check to me at 36 Taft Hill Park,<br>> Roslindale, MA
<br>> 02131.<br>><br>> I know that there are some lower cost domain name registration<br>> providers. We<br>> use <a href="http://GANDI.NET">GANDI.NET</a> <<a href="http://GANDI.NET">http://GANDI.NET
</a>>, which is a Eurpoean company. When<br>> we first started with<br>> GANDI, the dollar was stronger and the cost was only $8 or $9, but<br>> as the<br>> dollar has dropped with respect to the Euro it has gone up to $14 or
<br>> $15.<br>><br>> GANDI seemed to have the best policies of all the registrars I<br>> looked at.<br>> I've dealt with several other registrars in various capacities,<br>> including
<br>> <a href="http://godaddy.com">godaddy.com</a> <<a href="http://godaddy.com">http://godaddy.com</a>> which is probably the cheapest, and<br>> I've found them to be<br>> inferior in various ways. (Godaddy in particular has been very rude in
<br>> dealing with customer service issues on the phone).<br>><br>> I've noticed some tendency for websites with free speech interests<br>> to use<br>> GANDI--the fact that it is located in France may make it more
<br>> difficult to<br>> use legal means to shut down the site, at least if the party seeking<br>> to shut<br>> it down is in the United States.<br>><br>> The facts that GANDI has been very reliable, has good policies,
<br>> perhaps is<br>> more protective of free speech plus the fees we would incur switching to<br>> another registrar have been enough for me to justify the additional<br>> $5 or so<br>> per year over the lowest cost provider.
<br>><br>> Adam<br>><br>> Dan Zarrella wrote:<br>> > registration should only cost about 8-9$ a year.<br>> > but put me down for 20$ (if you use something other than paypal, i<br>> don't
<br>> > use paypal)<br>> > -Dan<br>> ><br>> > On 1/18/06, * Adam Rosi-Kessel* <<a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">adam@rosi-kessel.org</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">
adam@rosi-kessel.org</a>><br>> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">adam@rosi-kessel.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adam@rosi-kessel.org">adam@rosi-kessel.org</a>>>> wrote:<br>> >
<br>> > Hi All:<br>> ><br>> > I've been hosting and paying for the registration of<br>> > <a href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org">bostoncriticalmass.org</a> <<a href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org">
http://bostoncriticalmass.org</a>> <<br>> <a href="http://bostoncriticalmass.org">http://bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>> > for six years now. I am happy to continue to donating free hosting<br>
> > space/services/bandwidth on my ISP, but I am paying approximately<br>> > $15/year<br>> > out of pocket for the domain name registration. I am wondering if<br>> > anyone on
<br>> > this list would like to make a small donation to help cover the<br>> > domain name<br>> > registration?<br>> ><br>> > Here's my proposal: I will register for as many years as I
<br>> receive<br>> > funds<br>> > for. 100% of donations will go directly to the registration. If I<br>> > receive<br>> > more than a multiple of 15, I will make up the difference to
<br>> the next<br>> > multiple. E.g., if I receive $35, I will chip in the<br>> remaining $10<br>> > out of<br>> > pocket to make $45 or three years of registration. If I receive
<br>> > less than<br>> > $15, I will of course continue to pay for the domain name<br>> > registration and<br>> > renew it for one more year (it expires in March currently).
<br>> ><br>> > The easiest way to contribute is with PayPal. If you have a PayPal<br>> > account<br>> > linked to your checking account (or with a balance in it), you<br>
> can<br>> > send as<br>> > little as $1 with no fees taken out. So to make up one year<br>> > registration,<br>> > just 15 people have to send me $1! It's that easy.
<br>> ><br>> > So there's my pitch. Don't feel bad about just contributing $1<br>> -- if<br>> > everyone on this list send $1, that would get us more than 20<br>> years<br>
> > registration!<br>> ><br>> > You can use this address for PayPal payments.<br>> ><br>> > I will send an update in a month reporting any donations received<br>
> > and how<br>> > long the domain name has been renewed for.<br>> ><br>> > Adam<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________
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