Re: rackshack how can we compete?

[Michael Dean]

You can't compete.  This is yet another example of big box takeovers.  
Wallmart drives thousands of small businesses out of business annually, 
steals product ideas right and left,while refusing to pay their 
employees a living wage, and discriminating against women and persons of 
color bigtime.  That is why governments are legislating against them and 
class action suits are proceeding.  Like Wallmart merchandise, Domains 
and certs are commodities.  Rackshack is merely taking advantage of the 
situation.  Resellers can't survive just as resellers, you have to have 
some value add to offer.  What is your value add? 

Travis Reeder wrote:

So rackshack gets their domains from tucows?  How do you know they are 
taking a loss, maybe they just sell them for what they buy them for.

Travis

Joel Moss (Online Networks) wrote:

Rackshack are selling domains at a loss.  Yes they get special pricing
from Tucows, but no where near the $5 they are retailing them at.  It's
all a marketing ploy.  Sell you dirt cheap domains in the hope that they
can sell you a dedicated server, as that is their main business.  They
are doing the same thing with secure certs.  They sell them at a loss
also.
Great for Tucows, as they still make profit.

Joel Moss
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Subject: rackshack how can we compete?

Is opensrs going to at least give us resellers the same price as 
rackshack is selling retail?

Travis