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Domain name price war
Price wars by top domain name companies… But I think I’ll wait for a better price before purchasing my domain. I couldn’t think of a suitable domain name to use when boringest informed me about the $1.99 (or was it cheaper?) per year domain name for up to 5 years by Yahoo!, and it ended just a day or two after that day! Darn…missed out the chance.
Anyway, the cheapest domain name so far is still by Yahoo! (you’ll know why if you continue reading) , from this link here (please note that the =COFFEE is not my referral ID or anything..don’t know what it stands for…). Credits to blewtooth for this link. $4.98 per year for up to 5 years. But after that, you have to stick with them for whatever price they’ll charge (judging by how difficult to transfer your domain name –> read here for more info).
Next, $6.95 domain name by Aplus.net. They previously had a promotion of $3.95 domain name (as advertised in my blog before) but it has just ended not long ago and the price has increased to $6.95 since then. The catch? It’s only for the first year (and only limited to one domain name per customer). It’ll revert to $7.95 per year after that. However, worry not as Aplus.net is widely known for it’s good customer support. The only setback is they only accept payment via credit card.
Finally, $1.99/ year domain name by the famous GoDaddy.com. Sounds like it’s the cheapest among all, but the actual fact is that it’s more expensive than the rest. The reason for this is that you have to make a non-domain purchase from them before you can get that price for the domain name (meaning you have to buy hosting plans, etc from them…). Well, I thought most hosting plans come with free domain name as well? So this is not really a good deal or anything. Without any non-domain purchase, the price for a domain name is $8.95 per year.
*Note: I’m referring to .com and .net domain names.
Well, the final decision is always yours. As for me, I’ll wait for the best deal to come *fingers crossed*. I’ll update on my blog if I managed to find a really good deal for a domain name. Cheers!
Edit: Forgot one thing… Aplus.net is actually donating $1 of each sale to American Red Cross in order to help Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. 
note that those are limited time offer. They will revert back to normal price after the promotion period. Also take note on their domain name features, some charge extra for baisc functions.