I suppose everyone loves a .com; unless you are extremely patriotic or the domain extension is prevalent in your country you wouldn’t go in .co.uk or .co.in, right? People outside of the United States who want to register for a new Yahoo! account often find the yahoo.com missing or unavailable.
Why? Because your location information is passed via the I.P. address to the Yahoo! sign up page which displays only country specific domain extension. Yes, there are a couple of extensions ending with the .com – ymail and rocketmail – but if these don’t strike the chord with you, here is how to get a yahoo.com email address.
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How to get yahoo.com email address option
At the time of registration, i.e. on the Yahoo! sign up page, you see a I prefer content from drop down at the top right of the form – refer image below. When you select Yahoo! U.S. in English option, you’ll get yahoo.com email address in the drop down. You also need to select United States as the country you live in and provide a legitimate postal code.
However, by doing this you shall be in breach of the Yahoo! terms of Service which clearly asks for “…true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Yahoo! Service’s registration form”. So what shall you do? I suggest you get in touch with someone who stays in the United States (perhaps a relative or a friend) and ask them to create the account for you. I certainly do not recommend providing false information at the time of registration.
By the way, feeding in the correct location when you sign up for a Yahoo! email address and a Yahoo! account will benefit you in several ways. The content and advertisements will be fine tuned based on the country of residence which lends to a better user experience. The location details may also be used in verification so it’s best you provide correct and true information.
Already have a Yahoo email address and want to change it?
For people who already have an account and want to change the Yahoo email address, there are two options. The first one involves creating a new Yahoo email address afresh, and the second, which is better in my opinion, is to “add an email ID – please refer the link above for details.
