Where do you get a $25 profit margin from?
Monday, February 12, 2001, 2:55:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The way to do this is to get enough RSPs to pony up $1,000 each (we'd need
> around 100) and pay the $10,000 fee, plus do a generic direct mailing
> postcard that would go to some general domain... say www.renewdomain.com or
> something like that. Using a simple DNS round-robin, that could then send a
> customer randomly to one of the RSPs that had paid the $1,000 -- that way,
> we'd all get the collective benefit of the mass mailing, but only have to
> put up a fraction of the total cost (of course, we'd each get just a
> fraction of the business, but that's more than any of us would get on our
> own.)
> Assuming we raised the $100,000, that means that at 35 cents a postcard,
> we'd net around 215,000 mailings, and at 1.5% response rate, we'd get 3,200
> responses. Further assuming a wholesale cost of $10 a domain, and $25 profit
> margin, then the net revenue would be $112,500, or $1,125 per RSP that
> tossed in their $1,000 (12.5% return on your money -- not great, but not bad
> either, since you can sell them other services too -- not to mention, you'll
> keep a large percentage of renewals). If some portion of the potential
> customers go for more than one-year renewals, the profits are higher.
> Anyone interested? I'd be willing to organize it, if there was sufficient
> response.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dnsadmin
>> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 5:01 PM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: RE: Whoa!! NetSol gets REAL slimy
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it is appropriate of all of us OpenSRS RSP's to come together, buy
>> the Network Solutions WHOIS database, and direct-mail all of
>> their customers
>> too.
>>
>> It's the only way we can fairly compete, by using similar
>> marketing tactics.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony
>> > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 1:25 PM
>> > To: Discuss-List@Opensrs. Org
>> > Subject: Whoa!! NetSol gets REAL slimy
>> >
>> >
>> > Snail Mail SPAM received today:
>> >
>> > Dear Prospective Customer,
>> >
>> > It pays to renew your domain name before it expires..........
>> >
>> > Switching to Network Solutions automatically renews your Web
>> > indentity..................
>> >
>> >
>> > Attached to the bottom of the letter is a response form: "It's simple to
>> > switch right new...Just complete, sign and return this form...."
>> >
>> > Listed with a 'check here to renew all domain names' is a list of EIGHT
>> > domains that I registered exclusivley through OpenSRS...they were never
>> > with Netsol. The renew offer is for $50 for 2 years.
>> >
>> > This is bad. We've already established how weak-minded and
>> > confused some of
>> > our OpenSRS customers get when dealing with transfer issues now NetSol
>> > is going to try to STEAL registrations that never touched their
>> system???
>> > They even throw in a Postage Paid return envelope. (Which I will
>> > stuff with
>> > invalid deactivation notices and a few lead bars and maybe a cat
>> > hairball or
>> > two and mail back to them)
>> >
>> > Questions:
>> >
>> > 1. Did they legally purchase the OpenSRS whois database?
>> > 2. How else could they have gotten my OpenSRS hostmaster postal address?
>> > 3. Anyone else get one of these?
>> >
>> > Letter is 'signed' by Linh DePledge, Senior Manager, Network Solutions
>> >
>> > Tony
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
