Hello Omar,
Tuesday, April 17, 2001, 10:18:15 AM, Omar Chavez wrote:
> Though it's been discussed to length previously, I think is time OpenSRS
> revises its pricing structure downward to accommodate market realities.
> If other registrars can manage charging the END USER $8.95 (with all the
> high costs associated in reaching those end users), there is no reason
> why OpenSRS can give us resellers a price closer to $8. Coming from
> Tucows -which has traditionally been known as an open source heaven, and
> provided the low cost of acquiring us resellers, there must be a way for
> them to better compete and dominate the market while helping us all.
> Last week we had a heated discussion in our company regarding the
> possible switch from OpenSRS to Godaddy.com, since they'd charge us much
> less than OSRS and their interface is as good as or superior... we
> stayed course mainly because we believe in long-term relationships, but
> I'm not sure next time around I'd be as willing to defend a good partner
> who is too blind and deaf to the market it serves.
Considering that OpenSRS is the fastest growing registrar, I'd say
that they are doing a good job serving the market, and that the
customers think the same.
We can have a company who is in it for the short term, and is
unstable, and quite possibly be at risk for going out of business by
competing over a matter of a dollar or two over transactions, or we
can have a company who is in it for the long term, and balances
stability and price, and has found the right combination.
If you are trying to make a living off of domain registration, then
perhaps you should become an ICANN Accredited registrar, since that is
the only way you can even try to compete on price.
But don't expect decent us to give you decent odds at surviving at
that level of the game.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
