89% of the registrars use archaic unwieldy systems that make it a
displeasure to work actively with domains on a daily basis.
Case in point. I recently sold two domains on ebay.
One domain went to a person who was happy to use my favorite
registrar (000domains.com)[opensrs], and our ENTIRE transaction
took less than two hours. On the very next whois check, he was
showing as owner [and had a free year regi to boot].
The second domain was transferred to a "Network Solutions"
model type registrar, with paper shuffling and signing and faxing
and lots of time and waiting. I should be getting a check in a few
more days. (Like six months in internet time!)
To be a successful registrar, I think one needs to connect with the
-actively- buying public (contact the aftermarket, like those expired
domain list sellers (who typically put out a newsletter you can
adveritse in), and places like Great Domains and Afternic -neither
of whom offer very impressive registration services- [even afternic's
$9.99 registration doesnt look good when you read the fine print].
....with the -key- being: stressing ease of use and low price.
(I pay $13.50, not too bad for a non reseller. And the system is
easy, efficient, and quick to use and implement).
[I've been registering domains since 1994 when NSI had it all to
themselves. No registrar I've ever used matches what I get from my
current opensrs registrar.] When I'm happy, I'm a good customer.
Hey Ross,
I may be wrong, as I haven't done it myself... but it seems you
could simply put $500 into the opensrs "quick-start" system, and
work your way into the "bigtime" at your own pace. Thus paying
$10 for your customers' domains while building up your business
and funds.
-Kenn Washer (who thinks he'll stick with selling on eBay for a
while, though I did paste up a quick fake registrar at
www.regimat.com)
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On 7 Mar 01, at 21:00, ross wrote:
> The biggest thing is:
>
> how do you cover your initial investment?
> how do you make the money to pay for day to day operations?
> how do you pay employees?
>
> Me and my partner have been interested for some time since we have a
> bunch of domains and clients, but we still can't justify the up front
> costs.... if you are interested in going to the next level, maybe you
> would like somet help with this project :)
>
> -r
>
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, ross wrote:
>
> > there are already a lot of registrars open now.... unless you have a
> > good business model and a unique offering, it's a hard market to do
> > well in i would guess.....
> >
> > BTW: if anyone wants to open there own registrar, i'll be more than
> > happy to write the software to interact with nsi :)
> >
> > -r
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, K.Washer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > So, is it worth becoming a registrar? I'm sure its different for
> > > each
> > > person, but overall.......? [I'm not sure I could handle bitchy
> > > customers and another 1,000 emails every day]
> > >
> > > -Kenn Washer
> > > CEO, A1NetService
> > >
> > > p.s. This is a quiet list, so even lurking doesn't tell you much.
> > > Let me know if this isn't the place for this kind of question.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
