> including the enormously high salary they must pay Charles for the 24-hour > support he provides above and beyond his normal job responsibilities...
Hrm... Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Bryan Waters wrote: > Isn't the real answer as follows: > > If you want cheaper prices, then become ICANN-accredited and start your own > registry. The $10 price point pays for all the overhead that Tucows incurs > including the enormously high salary they must pay Charles for the 24-hour > support he provides above and beyond his normal job responsibilities... > > But seriously, i've looked for cheaper sources but my key criteria was that > the customers belong to me. I sell, manage, support and market to the > customers instead of just passing them off through a coded link to another > site. You won't find that anywhere else with one or two exceptions and > those exceptions are worth mentioning for lack of quality, stability and > timeliness of product introduction. You simply won't find better than > Tucows and if you ever do decide to become accredited then you will see > where the $4 goes to... ;) > > -bryanw > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kai Schaetzl > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: wholesale higher then retail (PHP Client? Transfer adding > more than 1 year? Price? > > > > >1- Is $10 the best price we are ever going to get with OpenSRS? I find it > a > > >bit frustrating that my wholesale price is $10 and GOdaddy sells retail > for > > >$8 or is it $8.95. Seems I should be able to get a cheaper price wholsale > > >then retail?? Isn't that how it's suppose to work? I love OPensrs but I > do > > >have a bit of an issue with the price being higher than what I can buy > for > > >retail. > > absolutely. > > > > So, what price do you expect from Tucows to compete with Godaddy? $7 ? Are > you > then going to *guarantee* that you sell at $8 ? > > Don't tell me that you want $8 or $9 - then you wouldn't be able to compete > with Godaddy, anyway. > > > Kai > > -- > > Kai Sch�tzl, Berlin, Germany > Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com > IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org > ClubWin - Help for Windows Users: http://www.clubwin.com > > > > >
