Slightly offtopic,... where can i see the auctions that are taking place?
tx, josh on 11/10/06 8:53 AM, Maxine Appleby at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
