[*BCM*] Donations for Domain Name?

[Dan Zarrella]

Yup, I bought like 10 domains from them at that price and I host them
elsewhere.
btw, i'm not a yahoo salesperson, just a web developer who loves a good
deal.
-Dan

On 1/18/06, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
>
> 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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