I think everyone should be comparing the cost per query against competition that will actually be running, not against got-name.com's $.015 ... I haven't done the research, but what do some of the others charge? What are some of the monthly minimums or signup fees which have been mentioned, and what is the price-per-query if you reach those minimums or want to pay those signup fees?
Obviously there is a break-even point at which those monthly minimums/signup fees become worth a lower cost per query, but .04 might (or might not) be a good price for customers who make fewer queries than that break even point. I'd be interested to have a ballpark idea of what that breakeven point is against other competitors. Nathan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas van dem Helge Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] New CallerID Name Service On 10/15/07, Cole Technical Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the apparent demise of www.got-name.com I have decided to start a > similar service. We depended on got-name quite heavily and I've been > frustrated at every turn trying to get in touch with them, and they > still have a good portion of my prepaid cash. :-( After a ton of > investigation I cannot find an alternative, at least one that does not > have a huge signup fee or large monthly minimums. So I've decided to > start a service of my own, primarily to satisfy our internal needs, > but also to provide a low cost, low volume, no commitment service to > small users. I'm proposing .04 per dip, prepaid accounts - but with small increments like $5, no signup fee, no contracts. The interface will be exactly like the got-name interface. If you would be interested in this service, please email me at TVaught at ColeTechnical dot com. The amount of interest will pretty much determine the speed at which I roll this service out. I already have it running internally and I've registered a domain name for the service, www.callerid.name , but there is no web site up yet. > > Thanks! > Price is kinda high, maybe you can "allow" caching of the data. Everyone's going to do it and you have no way to prove that the data is being cached so you might as well allow it. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
