We would provide the interface the resellers want. Cameron Powell VP of Business Development and General Counsel SnapNames 115 NW First Avenue Suite 300 Portland, OR 97209 (503) 219-9990 x229 (503) 274-9749 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting Registrars and their Customers to the Secondary Market in Domain Names -----Original Message----- From: Kris Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:28 PM To: Elliot Noss Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ok, a quick question (Was 'Re: ATTN: Resellers -- input requested on domain name back-orderi ng -- John Payne & Rich') Elliot Noss wrote: > > Quick note. I was asking whether it was a good idea or bad idea to have > folks like Cameron raise the issue with you guys directly on the list when > they want us to make it available to you. Short form: yes, it was good, and please continue to do it. Long form: I think it was a good idea. I don't think that this list needs to be as stringent about staying on topic -- we all have (or should have) the ability to filter messages so we can keep this list seperate from our important stuff, so it shouldn't really be an issue. > A couple of you thought I was asking whether us offering SnapNames was a > good or bad idea. Well, that was my impression and I'm going to share the answer to it to: Short form: Not as they have proposed. Long form: I believe William X. Walsh covered this quite well -- why ask a company with dubious character to provide a service that surely OpenSRS could provide directly, or provide the hooks for the RSP to do so itself. As you may have noted in my previous e-mails with Cameron, I really don't like the idea of paying (or having "store credit") for something I didn't receive. > Please note, we would only offer it if a) you control the customer, b) you > can manage it through the api and c) we can get you a better deal than you > would be able to get yourself. >From what I can gather from Cameron's description, none of these are necessarily the case. I believe the idea he has is that there would be a seperate interface for a SnapName product, which the customer would be referred to if they need the product. -kb -- Kris Benson ABC Communications +1 (250)612-5270 x14 +1 (888)235-1174 x14
