Second, they have chosen to only show 3 resellers at a time, and these 3 are offered over and over again, and small resellers zre denied this opportunity. I believe that the difference in price small resellers pay as opposed to the large resellers is sufficient such that we should be treated equally in this matter. One large alphabetical list that the customer can download and explore. Who cares if the list is solicited by competitors. If a competitor gives me better service, I will go with them. Opensrs/Tucows will not do this because of their interests, again, which are in conflict to those of its resellers.
Third, for my business, I want to explore all possible sources of revenue, not be patronistically told, oh that doesn't work anyway. It is time resellers throughout the world rose up against its Tucow predators and took matters into their own hands.
Fourth, why is South America blocked out of the referral lists? If I can sell domains to filipinos and Indians, why can't I sell to Brazillians? Why is that area blocked out? What side deals has Tucows set up to our disadvantage?
I am definitely exploring lower cost alternatives like www.godaddy.com, which comes highly recommended by my peers in California.
ezgoing wrote:
In this case it is entirely a matter of perception. "Those who are listed" apparently have one perception of the value of being listed and "Those who are not listed" have a different perception of the value of being listed. At least a different publicly stated perception of the value of being listed. :)Small resellers see the referral list as being valuable and a service being unfairly denied to them by OpenSRS in favor of a few big resellers. This issue is turning into a issue of trust and fair treatment more than a source of new business. Since so many, including OpenSRS, insists the referral list has no value and is virtually worthless as a source of new business why doesn't OpenSRS just go back to the old policy of listing everybody and putting this issue to bed? This would make the small resellers happy again and would not hurt the large resellers as it does not provide them much in the way of new business. (If it is true that it does not generate much business, which I do not know) The fact that OpenSRS will not do this and the fact that certain individuals keep posting how worthless the referral list is as a source of customers just fuels the perception of small resellers that the list is indeed a good source of referrals that is unfairly being denied them. These denials just deepen the mistrust of OpenSRS by part of it's small reseller community. Given all the alternatives for resellers in today's market this issue can turn into a real loser for OpenSRS if they continue the current policy of favoring a few resellers with the referral listing. And as I have stated previously, I have no interested in being added to the referral list. And I too am tired of seeing this issue debated and would like to see it put to rest but I can understand the frustration of those who wish to be listed and feel they are not being treated fairly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WebWiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "discuss-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 6:23 AM Subject: Re: Referral ListIMHO, the reseller list and any "issue" about who is or isn't on it is a red herring. Regards, Eric Longman Atl-Connect Internet ServicesYou're right, Eric. It really isn't the reseller list, it's the relationship between Tucows and the small reseller. The real issue is the perception by some resellers of unfair treatment, and the responsivenessofTucows to listen and deal with the problem. Even if the referral list is worthless, why should small resellers be excluded? And if it is only nearly worthless (i.e. if it only results inatiny number of new prospects), wouldn't that be of relatively greatervalueto a small company than a large one? And if it is of such small value,andso controversial, why not do away with it altogether?
