Nick Wilsdon wrote: >Gordon wrote: > > > >>We don't atually sell domain names in their own so we can get reasonable >> >> >volume without having to go cut price. > >I agree the mark up in the domain business is truly terrible, that was why I >was encouraged by the auction system. People are willing to pay better rates >for auctioned domains (for traffic/links/good names). > > > I agree with some of your points, the mark up on the domain business is terrible due to the business models of some registrars and hosting companies that choose to offset domain revenue with other income derived from hosting and PPC income from parked and suspended pages. Domain only companies are forced to diversify by adding services to compete in the market. This is why the Tucows parking program is beneficial to those models and should be factored in. If I understand correctly, any revenue share for the auctioned domain is given to the reseller.
In addition, I too feel people who frequent auctions are willing to pay better rates for auctioned domains and this is the reason why I believe the Tucows auctions will be successful. It's also my opinion that buyers will pay the renewal fee if they know the charge is forthcoming upon checkout. Right now it is not fully disclosed and places a terrible lack of credibility on the respective auction seller. The troubling part for me is the need to have a "cashier" area to take these payments. By design we accept payments upon delivery of a service. I had not factored in an "auction renewal fee", easy enough to change, however, the way our systems is designed we grab the current expire date and deliver an additional year. Right now the additional year is already added 20 days before the date the domain enters into the our management system and the new registrant could even pay for the name. ~Maxine >However this auction system has turned into a nightmare. We're now >effectively paying Tucows $5.48 for a lead in the hope we can sell them >hosting or one of our other more profitable services. Frankly, I can get >better value with Adwords. > >The minimum auction price needs to go up to $22-25 *now*. We also need to >know that the charges at day 80 will not be automatic. Then someone ought to >work out what happens to people who won an auction but never renewed their >domain. > >Best Regards, > >Nick > >CEO >e3internet >http://www.e3internet.com > > >_______________________________________________ >domains-gen mailing list >[email protected] >http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
