I'd be interested in getting access to names that are dropping. Josh/Swerve
> Hello, > > --- Ben Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have to question the wisdom in this notion. Obviously for any >> given >> product offering there is a threshold below which it is not >> profitable >> (either because revenue is zero or negative). Perhaps Tucows did >> some >> forecasting and concluded that the potential revenues from a service >> nobody really wants to buy or sell would be outweighed by the costs >> of >> setting it up. > > The simplest approach would just involve partnering with Pool or > Namewinner or eNom or SnapNames for $10K/month or whatever they're > currently getting for batch-pool thread rentals. Over a year, that's a > lot of "easy" money that can be reinvested into enhanced services for > resellers, or passed on to shareholders, or adding customer service > reps, etc. > > And, maybe once some of the folks who've caught a $1,000+ name > experience OpenSRS, they might like it enough to switch other names to > the company. Folks who are less price-sensitive, and more > service-oriented are probably the ideal customer for OpenSRS (assuming > they don't take a disproportionate number of resources of the firm in > support time....I'm probably "low maintenance", I hope!). :) > > Sincerely, > > George Kirikos > http://www.kirikos.com/
