On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:29:06PM -0400, Nick Powers wrote: > > How can I keep other opensrs customers from using my domain managment? > Since we authenticate off of OpenSRS what is to keep someone from > registering with one openSRS reseller and using the Domain Managment > services of another? It's hard to add value when someone can do that.
Your options are only limited by your imagination. Put a bunch of advertisements on your public login page. And to avoid annoying your own customers, provide a link to an ad-free login page that's distributed as part of the registration process. Or, add something to the manage.cgi script that causes a domain to be looked up in a local database. If the domain isn't found, "Refresh" the page to a form that offers the viewer the option to transfer the hosting of their domain to you. Or, instead of just the refresh, have the non-hosting-customer version of manage.cgi use a template file that spits out ad banners from advertising.com or equivalent. If people are coming to your site to use your management system, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to use that traffic for additional revenue. (But find a banner distributor that pays by CPI rather than CPC.) This should really be on bizops-list, not dev-list. ;) -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Operations / Abuse / Whatever +1 416 598-0000 it.canada - hosting and development http://www.it.ca/
