We are selling domains at 19$us and we registered 55 domains in the first
two days. Providing both quality and a good price is another option. And yes
we believe that customers will not necessary go for the cheapest, but if you
can provide both quality and a good price, you have a good combination for
customers.
An important point is that average customers don't know who they are dealing
with. What is gonna happen to their domain name if the business close for
example, is a point that many potential customers will ask themselve for
before buying a domain. We are well known in the french market, and every
commercial web sites we started took a couple of month to really works
great. The web may look big, but it is a small world. Word of mouth
represent a certain amount of customers. Keeping an excellent service and
reputation combined with great marketing techniques are the keys who made us
succeed in the web since 3 years. And we believe it will be the same for our
newest service, domain registration with opensrs.
By the way, somebody tried the newest code with transfers?
Wish you success,
Steve Poirier
Inet-Technologies
steve@inet-technologies.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Allen Gelman <hostmaster@ontheInter.net>
To: <bizops-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: $15/year registrations.
> Ken is correct.
>
> At 03:36 PM 3/28/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Market?
> >The market isn't wrecked by competition.
>
> The market is not wrecked by competition (that's why I never said it was),
but
> it can be hurt by resellers selling for too low a price. This is one
reason we
> (the US) have anti-dumping laws (not applicable here).
>
> As business owners, we are aware of the costs of doing business. For this
> reason, we don't just sell for a small margin above raw materials cost.
We
> factor in overhead, risk, etc., and try to make extra money so we can
improve,
> hopefully becoming more competitive through a number of different ways,
not
> merely cost cutting.
>
> >The market IS competition. Your
> >profits may be wrecked if customers choose less expensive options, but
> >in many cases, I believe the low end registrars will be more trouble
> >than they are worth.
> >Some customers won't ever figure that out.
> >Some customers are more trouble than they are worth too. ;-)
>
> I found that to be true, also!
>
> >There may be exceptions, but in time, I think experienced domain name
> >owners will choose to maintain their domain name record through a
> >reputable company with services and reputations that encompass more than
> >just saving a few bucks once a year!
>
> I'm counting on you being right, Ken.
>
> >-Ken
> >http://domains.pacific.net
> >Serving the Internet Community since 1993
>
>
> Have a great day!
> - Michael Allen Gelman
>
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