Yahoo Raises Domain Prices 350%

Even with Yahoo execs departing by the dozens, the company CEO ruining a buyout by Microsoft and a partnership allowing arch enemy Google to take partial control of them… Yahoo isn’t doing themselves any favors.

Today, the company sent out an e-mail to domain owners saying:

“If your billing information is up-to-date, there’s no need to do a thing (except keep enjoying your service). *Important note:* Beginning on July 1, 2008, Yahoo!’s annual domain renewal price increases to $34.95 per year. “

Are you freaking kidding me? $34.95? Dotster raised my dot com prices from 6.95/year to 9.95 a year and I nearly lost it.

Whats worse is how they decieve the reader by comforting them and telling them everything is alright. People may assume they can just stop reading. And then they tell you, “oh yeah, and we’re going to charge you a ridiculous amount for domains in hopes that you’re not reading this and we can just auto charge your credit card!”

Yahoo FTL. Earlier I was hoping they would pull away from this Microhoo and Yoogle thing and make it on their own - competition is going - but seeing irresponsible decisions like this make me hope they die a slow, painful death.

[Via BoingBoing]

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