It would have been nice if you had not made the amount charged public. Then we could have all added our charges and blamed everything on Verisign. :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Peter Ejtel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "opensrs discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:58 PM Subject: RE: [Re: [redemption period]] > The process itself is completed through a web interface provided by Verisign > to the Registrar, they have NOT provided us a real time API in which case we > could automate the process. The problem is the multiple data entries needed, > the submission of redemption reports, and the registrant confirmation > process that takes all the effort and time. Compounding this issue is the > large number of these domains that also need an admin email change, which > combined with everything else makes the process very clumsy and time > consuming. > > We have priced this service to cover our administrational costs without > accounting for any margin which I believe most resellers appreciate, > especially considering some of the quotes I have heard of what other > registrars are charging. > > If you expect us to rake in huge profits processing these orders at $40 on > top of the Verisign $85, you are unfortunately mistaken. Revenue generation > is part of my job and I would have loved to have had it just a little bit > higher ;) > > Let me know if you have any further questions. > > Thanks, > > Peter Ejtel > Sales Manager > Tucows Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Swerve > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; opensrs discuss > Subject: Re: [Re: [redemption period]] > > > Opensrs has stated that there is alot of paperwork required by Verisign. > Thus their (Opensrs's) fee. > > Swerve > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 15:58:03 -0300 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Re: [redemption period]] > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>> What is "all the paperwork" that everyone is talking about? > >>> Couldn't the "redemption" system be designed more > efficiently/intelligently? > >>> > >> > >> "efficient/intelligent" do not exist in the "Verisign/ICANN" vocabulary. > > > > > > > > OpenSrS is charging a heafty $45 on top of Verisign fee. > > Both are playing the same game for the money. > > There is no real work to justify those fees. > > Everything could be like usual renewals, > > just a little bit more expensive. Maybe double. > > But never more than ten times more expensive. > > > > Benjamin > > > > > > >
