I'm guessing the $25 profit margin is based on NetSol's legacy $35 retail
price that the public was used to paying, minus the $10 wholesale price.
Is there still a market for the $35 domain? gTLD no less?
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, William X. Walsh wrote:
> 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
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
