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I'm sorry but I don't see how any serious reseller
could consider godaddy as a viable alternative for OpenSRS or any other
registrar. At most you would be a glorified affiliate, not a
reseller. And the retail rates they charge makes it impossible for you to
earn enough to make it worth your time as their "wholesale" rate to "resellers"
is almost the same as their retail rate. And if you tried to
charge more, the client would leave you to register the domain directly with
godaddy at the lower rate once you introduced them to godadday.
Just my opinion.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:02
PM
Subject: Re: Referral List AND
alternative wholesalers with better offerings
The issues are very simple. Opensrs has chosen to bury
referrals rather than fairly advertise them on their websites. Thats
because they are in direct competition with their resellers. I want
opensrs to have at least a one inch square hot button called 100% Resellers
List on all their sites. They Opensrs/Tucows,of course, will refuse to
do so, because they are serving their own interests, which are in conflict
with our interests and ends.
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 List
IMHO, the reseller list and any "issue" about who is or
isn't on it is a red herring.
Regards,
Eric Longman
Atl-Connect Internet Services
You'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 responsiveness
of
Tucows 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 in
a
tiny number of new prospects), wouldn't that be of relatively greater
value
to a small company than a large one? And if it is of such small value,
and
so controversial, why not do away with it altogether?
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