I totally agree with ecs.
It's so easy to loose a client to openSRS.
If a client registers more than 10 domains it's easy for him to become a
direct openSRS reseller.
While we cannot stop that from happening it would be wise for openSRS to
give better conditions for current resellers so that those don't end up
going elsewhere.
They could:
Make a higher minimum for becoming a openSRS reseller.
Give discounts for a reseller based on quantity of domains. For example $9 /
domain if reseller exceeds 500 domains, etc. (just an example).
Any other ideias?
----- Original Message -----
From: "ecs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "William X. Walsh"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Marc Schneiders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: New services: forwarding/DNS?
> This is not quite true. You already compete for our clients by making it
so
> easy to become an RSP and allow non-RSPs input to these discussion lists.
> When one of our clients visit your site they are immediately told how easy
> it is to become an RSP themselves. We have lost several large clients to
> you this way.
>
> Many that remain do so because of the services that we offer that they can
> not get from you as an RSP. Once you start offering these same type of
> services to RSPs that I currently offer to my clients, we expect to lose
> many more to you. This is why we say no in every survey.
>
> We also expect to more to you once you may it easy for RSP to RSP
transfers.
> Many have register domains with us and are now RSPs themselves. We expect
> that they will transfer those domains to their own account once you make
> such transfers easy to do.
>
> So you are directly competing with your RSPs who make the public aware of
> OpenSRS now and will compete even more directly as you make these
additional
> services available to RSPs.
>
> So for once William is correct. Does not happen very often, but in this
> case he is correct and you are expanding the ways that you will directly
> compete with your RSPs once you make these additional services available.
>
> You may knock these other Registrars, but you are doing the same thing in
a
> more subtle way. How do you think you expanded the number of RSPs so
> rapidly, had it not been for the clients of your RSPs discovering OpenSRS
> through your RSPs' selling actions and then discovering from your site and
> these discussion lists how easy it was to become an RSP themselves and
> bypass the RSP that introduce them to your service?
>
> So you have always competed with your RSPs for the clients that the RSPs
> introduced to your company. And not just with Domain Direct, but directly
> through your advertising, your site design and your mailing lists. You
just
> have not been upfront about your competition with your RSPs.
>
