edit: Err, sorry, I meant domain registration, not hosting. Too bad I can't edit topics.

Not sure if this is the right forum to post to be register.com is offering domain hosting for staples customers at only $1 for the first year. After your first year is up, feel free to move registrars :)

http://staples.register.com

I just added 5 more to my list of growing domains...

[Edited by teck on 09-26-2000 at 07:42 PM]

Wow.. that is a good deal.. is it true??

It's not as good a deal as it looks on first glance. To transfer the name you have to buy an additional year from Register.com for $35. So, at $35 + $1, divided by two, the yearly cost exceeds that of many other registrars. So, it's a deal sort of like "unlimited bandwith."

Ic... that's bad business ..reminds me of alabanza

Originally posted by iBusinessLawyer
To transfer the name you have to buy an additional year from Register.com for $35.

That makes about as much sense as a bag of elephants. Yeah, just before I decide to switch hosts, I pre-pay another year, *then* transfer. What the sam-hill???

I don't see any such statement at register.com. Can anyone provide a reference?

Go to the link in the first post, click on "transfers," then click on "transfer registrars," and read the FAQ until you reach this provision:

"How much does transferring registrars for my domain name cost?

The current registrant (i.e., registrant) of the domain name will be required to contract an additional 1-year registration term with register.com for the domain name being transferred. The $35 fee is payable by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover."

Sorry about not posting more detail earlier. I guess in my business you start finding and reading fine print reflexively.

Best regards.

-- Jon

Ahh, thanks! Well, I went to the finer print at the bottom of the page pointing to the disclaimer, etc. Didn't find the reference in any of those pages. It's a shell game, eh?

Heh,

That sounds similar to the infamous offering:

"Get a free $something *"

* = When you purchase Internet service from MSN for 4 years.

I'm sure everyone here has seen that in one form or another. :D

The $35 fee sounds more like if you're transferring a domain from another registrar to them. $35's their standard rate for one year of domain registration, and any time you switch registrars you have to extend registration by at least a year anyways. So it seems pretty standard to me.

I'm not aware any registrar can force you to register another year with them when you transfer a domain name away from them.