I agree, although we are hanging in there with Tucows for a while, I am not sure why. Our customers could care less about our so called better service, all they care about is unlocking their domains so they can move to a lower priced registrar with more options, better interface, bla bla.
You have to question your position when your customers are leaving and can purchase domains at retail level lower than what you pay wholesale. G P.S. regarding the mini rush... huh P.P.S. I am guessing Tucows meant to change it to 9.75 not 9.85 to make it an even 10??? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim McAtee > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: wholesale pricing impacts > > > Seriously? A mini-rush to save a bloody dime? > > That said, it seems nearly suicidal for a registrar to be raising prices > at _all_ when there's enormous competition in the industry and so much > downward pricing preasure. Tucows service has been nice, but I think > we'll be moving on to a new registrar where we can save some real money. > A 30 to 50% difference in cost is something we can no longer ignore. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:05 PM > Subject: Re: wholesale pricing impacts > > > > Hello, > > > > Since the price increase doesn't take effect for a few days, and we're > > allowed to renew domains early, we should see a mini-rush of renewals > > on the day before the price increases by smart investors. It's kind of > > like when the TTC (Toronto public transit system) announces a price > > increase for tokens -- it makes sense to invest in them before the > > price increase. > > > > The size of the increase is 1%. If your opportunity costs (alternative > > similiar risk-free investments) are 2% per year (realistic under > > current interest rates in Canada/US), for example, then it takes 6 > > months to earn 1% of your original investments. Thus, you should renew > > 6 months' worth of domains early (assuming simple linear interest, no > > compounding). > > > > Roughly speaking, mathematically, if your opportunity cost of funds is > > C (e.g. C = 0.02 for 2%, 0.05 for 5%, etc.), then you should renew: > > > > 0.01/C * years in advance. > > > > C = 1% ---> a full year of renewals in advance > > C = 2% ---> 1/2 years worth of renewals in advance > > C = 4% ---> 3 months worth of renewals in advance > > > > Since it's only a 1% price increase, TTC tokens might be the better > > investment (those often go up 4 or 5%!). ;) > > > > Sincerely, > > > > George Kirikos > > http://www.kirikos.com/
