----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Terry Knab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Afternic/RCOM: Tucows stance on secondary market speculation
>
>
> Terry Knab wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bruce P."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: Afternic/RCOM: Tucows stance on secondary market
speculation
> >
> > > But, you must have surely followed the hotly debated thread regarding
the
> > > pricing. you couldn't find any of the reasons mentioned in that to
lower
> > the
> > > wholesale prices. I mean, we wholesalers are buying at prices higher
than
> > > the retail prices !!!!
> >
> > Define 'retail'. Register.com and NSI sure as hell don't sell domains
for
> > $10.
> >
>
> Terry, by your statement, I can see that you know nothing about doing
> business!
>
> If you carefully do research - Register.com, Inc. is selling domains at
> $9.99 through its NameBargain.com site.
You're the one who doesn't understand business. Its not about price, but
SERVICE. The market will run the bad ones out and keep the good ones.
That's my take on it. And as one post here several months ago said "Why
should *I* cut my price from $30? People are paying it." I agree.
>
> For more info, plz see < http://www.namebargain.com >
Sure, Namebargain is 9.99 a year, but that is run *by* register, for
register.
Register.com itself if you go to its site (which they do EXTENSIVE
advertising for) makes ZERO mention of it.
>From register's own pricing scheme:
$35/1 year, $35 each 1 year after
$70/2 years, $70 each 2 years after
$150/5 years, $150 each 5 years after
$299/10 years, $299 each 10 years after
Its total bullcrap when anyone says Register themselves isn't getting $35 a
domain. (Namebargain is getting little publicity for some reason and if you
ask *me*, its just a front to try to boost their sagging stock price)
Do you think they're going to let you be a reseller? No, they'll want your
customers.
My business model isn't to make money off registrations. Its to make money
on other services.
> To Ross Wm. Rader: the above url is evidence. Please go and talk to your
> bosses and other authoritive management in Tucows and *persuade* them
> through whatever means to reduce the price from USD10 to USD8. Don't
> worry, Tucows still can get a USD2 revenue, if you sell domains at USD8
> wholesale registration.
And then I have to put up with NSI like service? That's Bullmuffins!
> > If you're so damn unhappy with the prices, go and buy one 'retail' and
then
> > resell it.
> >
>
> Most of us need an Open source customizable API and client to put on our
> web sites to allow automated registrations. Also, open srs client is
> licensed under GNU GPL so our modifications are copyrighted by us, not
> Tucows or NSI. That is why we use Open SRS.
That's what you're paying for. You're paying to belong to something you
*can* control. So quit yer whining and consider it a cheap way to be a
registrar.
And if you're so damn unhappy with shelling out money to Tucows, then run
your own damn registar. This male bovine excrement is really starting to
irritate me!
