You missed the point. OpenSRS client registrations don't go to tucows else because tucows is shown as the registrar and when you check their web site they are wholesale only. So the client must register at least 25 domains to switch to them.
enon.com client registrations show enom who does offer retail registrations but they charge $29.95 which is more than most resellers charge, so the client has no incentive to leave the reseller for enom. To become a reseller with enom requires at least a $300 deposit the last time I checked. godaddy.com registrations show godaddy as the registrar and their site offers domain registrations from $6.95-8.95 per year and hosting from $5.00. per month. So if you charged more than $8.95 for domain registration or $5.00 for hosting your client would leave you for them once you introduced the client to godaddy by using them to register the domain. While some clients will find godaddy on their own, why do the work for them? And yes, we have lost clients to godaddy just to gain them back months or a year later due to the poor service of godaddy but why lose the revenue during that period? And unfortunately some don't care about service, just price. So how good you are doesn't enter into the equation so again why help them find a cheaper source than you? In My Humble Opinion, any reseller or web host who uses godaddy is a fool, as they are giving godaddy their client or they are working for pennies a year. As I said, this is just my opinion. :) I also quit referring coffecup software to my hosting clients when coffeecup started offering hosting services. If all hosting companies would stop using suppliers that offer hosting in competition this trend would probably stop as I am sure that hosting companies indirectly control where a lot of auxiliary business of their clients are placed. I know we handle the domain registration and certs of 95% of our hosting clients. And most that need merchant accounts follow a link from our site for a merchant account when they sign up for hosting. We provide a trusted vendors link page on our web site where we recommend products to clients as offering good trustworthy products and you can bet that it does not include any company that offers a competiting product to us. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Csongor Fagyal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ezgoing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "discuss-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 4:58 AM Subject: Re: Referral List AND alternative wholesalers with better offerings > ezgoing wrote: > > > 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. > > > I think your reasoning is wrong or incomplete. If this hold hold true, > all OpenSRS registrants would go directly to GoDaddy, because they are > cheaper, wouldn't they? > > - Cs. > >
