You need a credit card to register. They will charge you $35 renewal free IF you do not transfer your domain before the year ends. But you are free to transfer to any registrar of your choice.
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posted: Jul. 28, 2008 @ 8:18p
Vmlinux
Tired Member
posted: Jul. 28, 2008 @ 9:38p
These guys are awful. They get you sucked in with a free registration, then they are almost impossible to get to release your domain to another registrar, so effectively they can hold your domain hostage and charge you 35 bucks a year for what GoDaddy charges 10 for. I've personally had bad experiences with them, but ymmv.
ahmednini
Greedy Member
posted: Jul. 28, 2008 @ 10:58p
Can you request them to close it in a year and not get charged?
DeadlyPsycho
Broke Member
posted: Jul. 29, 2008 @ 2:26a
There is no policy about having to renew so I would guess you can. I registered a domain and canceled the automatic 'safe renew'.
Once you checkout, remove the package that charges you for securing your domain or whatever. Leave only the domain at checkout.
I can change my nameservers on the register.com domain. Are you allowed to on the microsoft live domain?
yonkersny
Senior Member
posted: Sep. 6, 2008 @ 10:28a
anyone have updates on this? i did a fatwallet search and this seemed like a good free alternative for a domain name, that i may or may not use too much. requirements that i can transfer it to another registrar service /hosting service before the $15 renewal charge at the end of the year. if i use the ms service and like it i may decide it is worth the fee to register , at this point i just want to register a name and don't want to have to play with go daddy's packages which cause me to spend more money that since i like big discounts. in this case i just want to register a couple names.
tonicz
Member
posted: Sep. 7, 2008 @ 2:11a
I suggest go with Yahoo registration instead because they only charge $1.95 for the first year and I think 9.95 for the succeeding years. Easy to transfer or terminate your Domain with them.
shopper4u
New Member
posted: Sep. 7, 2008 @ 2:20a
I personally use GoDaddy and then use coupens such as OYH3 - $3 off / $6.95 any .COM (renewals too... just used it)
If we're onto GoDaddy codes, here are some more for completeness:
emma1 = 10% off any order emma2 = 20% off any order >30USD emma3 = any new .com domain for 7.49USD emma4 = .co.uk domain for 2.70GBP for the first year emma25 = 25% off any order >100USD emma30 = 30% off .com domains emma35 = .com domain for 3.50GBP emma50 = 50% off .co.uk domains
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