Jim Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where is the site that sells domains for $5.99? I have not been able
> to find it...
Really guys, you can't find it 'becoz it didn't last.
It was NameBargain.com which should be easy to find in the archives. The
issue got wide coverage in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The URL is http://www.namebargain.com/
and if you check it out, you will find the price is now $9.99.
Please read the archives, we've done it all before.
One typical example (I kept a copy) is below . . .
Regards
Patrick Corliss
----- Original Message -----
From: Kit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:34 PM
Subject: NameBargain, $5.99 a domain name! Register.com taking over!!!
> Okay, there has been a lot of talk about about OpenSRS lowering their price
> down from $10. First of all, I am not going to tell Tucows how to run their
> business. However, we should bring it to their attention about current
> domain name market price. Currently, we (OpenSRS RSP) has no way of
> competing with NameBargain, a subsidiary of Register.com, in terms of price.
> They are selling a domain name for $5.99 a year. They are losing a penny
> for every domain name sold. Why are they doing that? Guess...
> register.com!!! Register.com has recently purchase both NameBargain.com and
> Afternic.com. Register.com is price discriminating domain names. They are
> going after all the different markets for domain names. Valued added domain
> names, low cost domain names, after market domain name auctions and etc...
> With namebargain.com, they are trying to kill off all the low price domain
> name sellers. Is it legal? Yes. Selling at loss to kill competitors has
> exist for the longest time. Is it right and ethical? I don't think so.
> Register.com is trying to create a monopoly for domain names and they are
> succeeding. That is Register.com's business plan. Kill off competitors and
> monopolize the market. If I was running Register.com, I would have done the
> same thing.
>
> So, currently there is no way for us to compete with Namebargain.com
> (Register.com) in the low cost domain name market. Our only hope of
> competing with Register.com and Networksolutions.com is in the Value Added
> domain names, unless of course you are interested in the after market
> auctions.
>
> Yes, I do want OpenSRS to lower their prices. I don't see why others are
> complaining about RSP asking OpenSRS to consider lowering their prices. If
> OpenSRS is keeping prices artificially high, they will lose a lot of RSP and
> that in my opinion is not a good business plan. Please don't tell me "why
> don't you go buy $5.99 domain names from NameBargain.com then", cause it
> means you miss the point. I resell domain names for OpenSRS at a cost of
> $10 per domain name, I don't buy them. At namebargain.com, you buy domain
> names, not resell them. I and others here are just bringing to OpenSRS's
> attention about our (RSP) potential competitors, not a OpenSRS replacement.
>
> --Kit
>
