December 13, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet portal, domain registrar and Web hosting provider Yahoo! (yahoo.com) has cut its domain name pricing to $4.98 per year in a promotional offering that will run until the end of the year, reports say.
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The aggressive pricing comes four months after Yahoo! dropped the price for domain names to $9.95, a move analysts say was designed to help expand its share of the shared Web hosting market.
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In recent months, domain name pricing has continued to drop across the industry as hosts use domains as a loss leader to attract hosting customers. 1&1 Internet, EV1Servers, AIT and Hostway are all offering domains for $6.95 or less per year. Just last month, Interland dropped its domain name pricing to $7.95 per month, a move that the company says helped generate significant customer gains.
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According to research and analysis firm Netcraft, seven out of top 20 Web hosts are now offering domains for less than $9.95.
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