Last week they were $79 retail from equifax...resellers can get them a
bit cheaper.
In California, we pay 5 bucks just to flip on a light switch this month.
Maybe having them at $99 will force Verisign down from $349, and in a
year or so we'll see Entrust lower OSRS's costs too. The pricing on
these things seems absolutely arbitrary, but it's clearly not OSRS's
fault. I am sure the margins on this are pretty thin.
Ken
WebWiz wrote:
>
> Yes, Equifax certs are $99...retail. I think the point being made here is
> that it would be nice for a reseller to be able to at least offer the
> certificates at the same $99 price point without having to do so by selling
> the certs at cost. The OSRS Certs project has been presented as a wholesale
> offering. As such, it's not terribly competitive, since you can buy the
> same basic product retail for the same price.
>
> Regards,
> Eric Longman
> Atl-Connect Internet Services
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Tucows Certs (and mea Culpa from Tucows Certificates Product
> Management)
>
> > The price for a Equifax cert is $99.
> >
> > -- Can we think up some more creative ways to beat up OSRS regarding
> price?
> >
> > Rich Shockney
> > RS Marketing
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of M. Robert Martin
> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:45 AM
> > To: Ken
> > Cc: Darryl Green; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Tucows Certs (and mea Culpa from Tucows Certificates
> > Product Management)
> >
> >
> >
> > I actually wanted to say the same thing without being ungrateful... I felt
> > that OpenSRS opened up domain name registrations at a cost that was
> > commensurate to the product, rather than based on what the market would
> > bear. The $99 certificate price tag sounds to me -- I could be wrong --
> > like a price tied to the competitor's pricing and unrelated to the
> > associated costs and fair margins.
> >
> > Domain Name Registration services are presented through OpenSRS almost
> > as a public service; making it accessible to everyone at a fair price. Is
> > Tucows/OpenSRS positioning for a more traditional "what the market will
> > bear" attitude about certificates?
> >
> > Rob Martin
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Ken wrote:
> >
> > > We love Tucows, but $99 is a bit steep.
> > > Much better than Verisign, but $20 more than retail EquifaxSecure?
> > > Are you planning on offering wildcard certificates? (*.mydomain.com)
> > > If yes, what's the pricing structure?
> > > Thanks for your thoughts on this,
> > > Ken
> > > http://pacificdomains.net
> > >
> > >
> <snip>
