Good question, this is exactly the problem. Anyway, as much as OpenSRS would
like us to believe, there is little evidence that bulkregister is going
bankrupt.
Ashish
----- Original Message -----
From: Ramy Nabil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: Domain for 9.95 ?
> I agree with you William,
>
> But how to make customers think in the same way while they are price
oriented and in the
> same time the ICANN protects their domains in case any of these registrar
went out of
> business.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ramy Nabil
>
> "William X. Walsh" wrote:
>
> > Hello Omar,
> >
> > Tuesday, April 17, 2001, 10:18:15 AM, Omar Chavez wrote:
> >
> > > Though it's been discussed to length previously, I think is time
OpenSRS
> > > revises its pricing structure downward to accommodate market
realities.
> > > If other registrars can manage charging the END USER $8.95 (with all
the
> > > high costs associated in reaching those end users), there is no reason
> > > why OpenSRS can give us resellers a price closer to $8. Coming from
> > > Tucows -which has traditionally been known as an open source heaven,
and
> > > provided the low cost of acquiring us resellers, there must be a way
for
> > > them to better compete and dominate the market while helping us all.
> >
> > > Last week we had a heated discussion in our company regarding the
> > > possible switch from OpenSRS to Godaddy.com, since they'd charge us
much
> > > less than OSRS and their interface is as good as or superior... we
> > > stayed course mainly because we believe in long-term relationships,
but
> > > I'm not sure next time around I'd be as willing to defend a good
partner
> > > who is too blind and deaf to the market it serves.
> >
> > Considering that OpenSRS is the fastest growing registrar, I'd say
> > that they are doing a good job serving the market, and that the
> > customers think the same.
> >
> > We can have a company who is in it for the short term, and is
> > unstable, and quite possibly be at risk for going out of business by
> > competing over a matter of a dollar or two over transactions, or we
> > can have a company who is in it for the long term, and balances
> > stability and price, and has found the right combination.
> >
> > If you are trying to make a living off of domain registration, then
> > perhaps you should become an ICANN Accredited registrar, since that is
> > the only way you can even try to compete on price.
> >
> > But don't expect decent us to give you decent odds at surviving at
> > that level of the game.
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
