Ok, So they're an auDA funded/setup company Well I guess I'm to eat my words.. wow. talk about domain monetisation though..
Can anyone explain to me the justification of charging a $550 fee? Is it to keep the domain registrations to a minimal level? Is it to recoup the setup costs? I'm not trying to be condescending or anything, just trying to understand the justification for it. Regards James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd > >> I can understand $65/$99 for it, the $550 fee charged by >> auDA*cough*aucd.org*cough* how ever, is blatent false advertising, >> and misleading. > > Not really... the $550 actually goes to the community domains mob... > the registrar does indeed only get their little fee on top. It's insanely > ridiculous, but that's the way it works. I'm sure I could have thought > of much more interesting ways to blow a million dollars that to create > this miserable organisation. > > Aside from that, if a customer goes to one of these registrars and asks > about community domains, they are fully expected to "pass their client > on", and then hope that after they've been approved, they come back. > Obviously, any registrar with a brain will instead encourage them to > buy something else. Something that is cheaper to the registrant, more > recognisable to visitors, and more profitable to registrars (ie, ANY > OTHER domain type!) > > I cannot believe anyone would want one of these domains - and am > even more surprised that any registrar bothered supporting them... I > just hope that when it collapses (as it inevitably will,) that they don't > expect further auDA funding. > > Cheers, > Kirk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
