Hi William,
First, I agree with almost everything you wrote here.
Only point I would make (and it doesn't apply to your reply below) is that
while we've all seen it before, it's still no excuse for being downright
rude (as that guy Dave was to Harish).
Whatever the issue, let's all try to be polite - it doesn't cost anything!
:-)
Peter
DOM1.com
----- Original Message -----
From: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Peter Mullins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Fw: domain booking rates
> Hello Peter,
>
> Saturday, August 19, 2000, 3:07:58 AM, you wrote:
> > Should OpenSRS lower it's wholesale price? That's for OpenSRS to
decide.
> > If resellers though are suffering from low-priced competition they
cannot
> > hope to match then they are right to point this out to OpenSRS - and
should
> > be able to do so without fear of condescending feedback.
>
> Resellers shouldn't be expecting domain registration to be a profit
> center for them. Then low price competition is not an issue. Domain
> registration should be an adjunct to their existing service, a value
> add.
>
> For the pricing "requests" (some of them were worded more like
> demands) that I have seen here, to get that pricing they would have to
> become ICANN accredited themselves.
>
> There will always be someone lower in price, if you are trying to be
> the lowest price in your market, and make a profit at the same time, by
> being an RSP, you are simply fooling yourself. If you want to try and
> play that game, become ICANN Accredited.
>
> The condescending feedback you note is generally from people who have
> been in this business a long time, and have said what I spelled out
> above for a long time. It gets rather tedious to see people complain
> all the time about how the competition (ICANN Accredited Registrars
> usually) are undercutting them and they can't compete and make a
> profit at the same time, when the writing has been on the wall in this
> industry for quite a long time.
>
> These people are just learning the lesson that many of us have been
> repeating on this list every month or so.
>
> But there will always be those who think they know better and don't
> agree, and set out to do that anyway, investing a lot of time and
> money to try and make it happen. Those are usually the ones who come
> back and whine when they can't compete on price, or complain that
> OpenSRS doesn't include this that or the other service that their
> competitors are offering, etc.
>
> Forgive some of us for not being that sympathetic.
>
> Look at the domain registration business as a value you are adding to
> your existing services, and you will find it much more enjoyable and
> less stressful.
>
> Then you find you CAN compete. You can offer customers domains at a
> loss (because you make it up in the other services you are selling to
> them). For example, you can give your hosting customers domains for
> $6/yr, and make up the $4 to $5 in loss in your first month's hosting
> fees, where you have a higher margin of profit anyway. Then you can
> charge your higher rates to "non-customers" who you really don't care
> if you get their business anyway. This provides and incentive for
> people to host with you as well.
>
> What we are seeing is people getting $15/mo virtual servers and
> spending $250 on RCU's, and thinking they will have a profit making
> domain registration service.
>
> Then they wake up.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
