Sounds interesting, however, I'd like to add a couple suggestions:
a) Let's go for 250 RSPs. This makes the barrier to entry only $50 instead
of $100
which makes even more people interested.
b) Each RSP should have access to the WHOIS database for their own marketing
purposes,
for selling other services, now, and at a later date.
c) What about lost business from the 250 RSP's who participate? ie:
RSP A's web hosting customer @networksolutions.com gets the marketing
info,
and renews with "renewdomain.com" instead of RSP A. :) We should mention
this
as one of the risks.
d) Direct Mailing participation should be an "add on" or optional service
to which RSPs could pay to consent to.. some may wish to direct-mail
their
own way and may not be interested in the "renewdomain.com" method.
e) New RSP's who "want in" a month later, should pay a premium, perhaps
$100 to have access to the WHOIS database.
f) Perhaps OpenSRS's legal team could help us out with the legalities of all
of
this, after all, OpenSRS will definately benefit from this large
marketing
campaign.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 2:56 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Whoa!! NetSol gets REAL slimy
>
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
