Hello Marc,
Thursday, October 12, 2000, 4:06:05 PM, you wrote:
> By your definition a good RSP is one who knows how to run a nameserver
> etc.?
Yes, that is certainly part of it. I also think an RSP should now how
to do material modifications to the client scripts as needed, such as
being able to implement things like custom thank you pages based on
certain factors (payment method, number of domains, etc).
These people have the requisite knowledge to know what they heck they
are doing, and to support those customers who depend on them to have
enough of an understanding of the technical issues to help them
through them.
>> It wasn't that big a differentiation, because learning how to do those
>> things is VERY easy to do.
> Yes, even I can do it. So what is the point? Keep it as some sort of
> barrier? Come on, there are other ICANN accredited registrars to go to
> for those who really have no idea what DNS etc. is about. And they are
> not more expensive at all.
Then go to them. The point of OpenSRS is NOT to be like all the other
accredited registrars, but to be a wholesale outlet for Value Added
Resellers to offer domain registration as a part of their service.
>> But it kept the lazy loos who want
>> everything handed to them on a silver platter and really did not have
>> the knowledge and expertise (and wasn't willing to do the very simple
>> things necessary to acquire them) from encroaching on the quality
>> services offered by those RSPs who took seriously their mandate to be
>> a value-add.
> Come on, William, stop this sort of ranting. It is really way below
> your normal level of conversation. It is not a matter of laziness on
> my part, when I ask about plans for the future.
Don't be so sensitive, Marc. I didn't say you were lazy. I was
talking about people who won't take the time to learn how to do some
simple perl and set these things up themselves. You clearly are not
in that class.
> And from another perspective: May DNS and redirecting/forwarding run
> by OpenSRS not have some huge advantages over an RSP doing this on
> (say) two or three machines himself? Think redundancy, think better
> connections, think more uptime.
Sure it has advantages, but those advantages come at a cost to the
ability of the RSPs to diffentiate themselves with their value added
services that they offer internally.
Like I said, if OpenSRS is going to do this, they may as well offer
low cost wholesale webhosting next, or dial service.
OpenSRS should focus on its domain registration services, and in
supporting their resellers who use those service and bundled them with
their own value added services and marketing.
They cheapen these services when they make them available like this,
and make it that much harder for RSP's to distinguish themselves by
the value added services they provide.
Yes, this is a bar to entry, and it is one that should exist. It
separates the wannabe entrepreneur from the people who really know
what they are doing. The former can cause more harm than good.
Excel at registration services, Ross. You still have lengths to go to
in that regard.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
