Heya.
> "SoftCom has established a relationship with OpenSRS to provide our valued
> customers with a domain name registration fee of US $9.95 per year. The fee
> will be billed by SoftCom and will appear on your monthly statement. You
> will be billed every year thereafter"
>
> What this tells me, very clearly is that:
>
> A) SoftCom and OpenSrs have entered into an agreement where SoftCam can
> purchase domains under $9.95 from them.
Not the way I see it. SoftCom's statement makes no committment about
how much *they* are paying for domains. A normal financial planner
would recommend against selling products for below cost, but a good
marketteer will always value a well-planned loss leader. If SoftCom
is confident that they can make a hefty profit on other services
"associated" with domain registration, I wouldn't be surprised that
they'd take a small loss per domain, as an edge on the competition.
The wording above even implies that there will be other services
(else there would be insufficient reason for a monthly statement).
> B) SoftCom will bill you $9.95 from now to eternity, for $9.95 for every
> year that you have the domain with them.
Sounds reasonable. You buy their service, they bill you for it.
> This brings me to the conclusion, that there is no way no how they could be
> selling those at a loss.
Unfounded.
> In addition, I found no domain registration
> agreement anywhere on their site, which is disturbing (even though they say
> you won the domain...).
That *is* odd... The OpenSRS policies *must* be posted, or the RSP is
violating their agreement.
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