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24 hours ago I received an email from Yahoo! Small Business stating my domain renewal quote. To my shock and horror there was an “important notice” stating that they were increasing the renewal price to $34.95!

Thats a whopping increase from $9.95 last year to $34.95. A dramatic 350% increase!

This is the contents of the email they sent me:

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Get ready for another year of Yahoo! Domains

Dear Jason Ashdown,

Thanks for using Yahoo! Domains. We’re writing to remind you that it’s time for the annual autorenewal of your service.

Your Domains plan, associated with the domain (removed), will renew on 08/02/2008. 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.

You can verify your billing information by visiting https://billing.yahoo.com/ and clicking the Update link next to your plan. Click the gray Edit button to the right of your payment method to review your payment details.

(Please note that the billing center will not reflect the new $34.95 domain-renewal price until July 1. Until that time, you will continue to see the old renewal price next to your plan.)

Have questions? Please visit our help center or contact us anytime.

Best regards,

The Yahoo! Small Business team

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Get ready for another year of Yahoo? Pfff! I currently own 7 domains with them. They were charging $12.95 for domain renewals this year which means my 7 domains would have cost $90.65 (£45). But now it would cost me $244.65 (£123.50).

I suggest you do what I am doing and move your domains to either GoDaddy.com or GoogleApps. Both are premium services without the hefty price catch.