Yes, stay out of the ancillary services that the RSPs are currently offering
their clients as a value added service.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruno Carlos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: New services: forwarding/DNS?
> 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.
> >
>
>
>
