Have you ever thought they could be losing money? And they all buy their names at the same price by the way ;-)
Lee Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Eric Reinert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Pricing > The same question still remains... how can they be selling domains at a price lower that TUCOWS can even buy them? Do you think they are loosing money on each domain for some greater purpose? Or can they buy the domains cheaper somewhere somehow that TUCOWS? > > BTW, I completely agree on not competing on price only. A few bucks a year seems to make little difference to our clients, it IS the service that counts. > > Regards, > > -Grant > > Grant W. Peel > Technical Administrator > The Net Now - Expresshost > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://thenetnow.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William X Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eric Reinert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:46 PM > Subject: Re: Pricing > > > > Monday, Monday, October 01, 2001, 9:07:29 AM, Eric Reinert wrote: > > > > > Hello.... > > > > > Just a question about pricing.... > > > Recently many of my customers starting finding MUCH lower priced domains > > > around the internet. They are asking me why my prices are not that low. > > > They have stopped buying from me and changed to other places such as > > > godaddy.com who is selling domains for about $9 p/yr. $9 is less than > > > OpenSRS RSP's are buying them for wholesale. > > > > > My question is: How can we compete if they are that low and how is it that > > > they have the ability to sell at that low price? > > > > Don't compete on price. Compete on service. Don't make domain > > registrations the primary focus of your business plans. > > > > If you want to compete on price anyway, then go through the elaborate > > (and expensive) process of becoming an ICANN Accredited Registrar. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Userfriendly.com Domains > > -- > > > > >
