> Colin, don't you feel that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is for discussing
> open srs related issues?
Yes. So please refrain from sending me insulting off-list replies, okay?
If you can't say it here, than I don't want to hear it.
> > - no interface to update DNS records
>
> They do! Please take a moment to see their FAQ - you can
> add/modify/delete A Records,
> CNAME Records, and MX Records.
Take a closer look at the FAQ. Both DNS updating and Whois updating
are "coming soon". And we all know how soon "soon" means.
> Alternatively, if need unlimited DNS Records, opt to use
> granitecanyon.com, centralinfo.net,
> and zoneedit.com which are excellent free DNS hosting providers.
You obviously have never used Granite Canyon. :)
> Thus, no API is needed to be given to resellers.
> They do not want resellers in the first place.
So your argument is moot: you as an RSP can't use them as a source
of wholesale domains in the first place. Oh, but your argument is that
*your* customers are going to get domains from them instead of from you
(see my response to this below)
> Yes, you are right. That is why I joint Open SRS - it saves me alot of
> money
> (the USD250 commitment is real cheap, open srs provide an easy-to-setup
> client
> and/or for those who like technical open source stuff, like me, their
> client
> very customizable)
Ditto.
> The only problem is their wholesale pricing, but I am gonna bug them
> until they
> reduce their prices. As a RSP, I have the right to complain. A RSP is
> Tucows
> customer, and the domain registrant is the RSP's customer. If domain
> registrants
> bug me, I have no choice but to bug the supplier, Tucows.
Actually, you have at least two other choices. One is going with ICANN,
one is rethinking your business model.
I highly doubt that someone who wants to *seriously* get into the domain
registration business is going to use OpenSRS. Why? Because of the
pricing.
OpenSRS makes it easy for RSPs to add domain registrations to their other
offerings. If you want to make registrations your primary business, then
you are always going to lose to some one who doesn't pay the OpenSRS
mark-up.
Period.
> Now, now, you should not be rude! I am not telling Open SRS on how to
> run
> their business, but just telling them that wholesaler/RSPs are
> buying domains at other registrar's retail price!
Actually, you are. "Please lower your profit margin so mine can be higher."
> So, as a RSP (RSPs are customers of Tucows), I have the right to
> complain
> about wholesale pricing. What's wrong in complaing to this mailing list
> on
> Tucows reducing their price to USD 8?
Nothing, if you do it intelligently. And if you realize that at this point,
OpenSRS's silence on the issue probably means "no". Accept it. Move on.
- Colin
