This discussion about OpenSRS charging too much is getting old and has been
beaten to death. There are two things you all need to consider if you think
OpenSRS is charging too much:
1. For OpenSRS to cut their $4 profit margin by lowering the price $1, the
business case would have to show that either:
a) OpenSRS will lose 25% of future sales because they currently charge $1 too
much, or
b) OpenSRS will sell over 33% more domains if they lower their price by $1.
The situation gets worse the greater the discount you propose. And this assumes
that they could handle 33% more volume without adding infrastructure.
2. If you were a distributor for a product, what would you think if all of your
resellers continually complained about pricing, yet continued to buy from you?
What incentive do you have (besides quieting the complaints) to lower your
pricing if you're not losing any business? OpenSRS is painfully aware of the
fact that there are cheaper places to get domain names. When OpenSRS decides
there is an advantage to be had by changing their prices, I think we can all
have confidence in their business skills to change their prices as they see fit.
OpenSRS is not here to make friends, and they are not operating a charity. If
you don't like the way your supplier treats you, find another supplier.
Enough said...
PS. If I've messed up on the numbers, please don't respond to the whole list. We
don't need a 20 message thread on what the correct numbers are.
