How is it spam to send advertisements through the postal system? That
is how they sent us the original offer we received several months ago.
We found OpenSRS because of something that was posted by a member of
their staff on a mailing list we receive. Was that spam? No, it
happened to be an unsolicited advertisement that was posted because of
the value it provided to the list members, but it was not spam.
How is it spam to spend special offers to your registered resellers? I
checked our email records and saw that we did receive this message as
well, but it was sent to us as a special discount rate to celebrate
their reaching their one-millionth domain. Nothing on it to indicate it
was sent to the general public.
Why should they mentioned the sign up fee since those who received this
announcement had already signed up as resellers with them. The sign up
fee had already been paid, why mention it again?
As for competition with their resellers, the only way a client can
receive a rate with them that could compete with a reseller would be to
pay the sign up fee and order at least 11 domains a month, which would
allow them to register at the $15.00 rate. Less than that they would
pay $19 per month as well as the registration fee. Unless you are
charging $25-35 a year, I don't see how that can compete with you.
With OpenSRS, any client of yours can pay $250 for 25 domains a year,
not a month, and get the same $10 rate you pay. So it is much easier
for your clients to get the rate you pay under the OpenSRS system than
it is with Bulkregister.
Which shouldn't be a concern either way. We receive several inquires a
month from people wanting to resell domain names under us or ask if we
give volume discounts. We just send them an email, giving the URL of
the OpenSRS page and suggest they set themselves up as an RSP. Domain
name registration is only good as a value added service to clients you
already service or to attract new clients.
There are too many RSPs and others offering to register domain names for
$10 per year to the general public to worry about competition. These
companies have already killed domain name registration as a profit
center. The only way to handle it now is to bundle it with other
services you provide or to offer it at a price that just covers your
cost to provide the service and use it to attract new clients to the
other services you provide.
Frankly, both are good companies, set up with different purposes in
mind. Both have advantages and disadvantages. I don't see any useful
purpose served in bashing either company. Make constructive suggestions
for improvement, yes. Bashing, no.
just my opinion
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gerrard" <bill@daze.net>
To: <bizops-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: RE: Bulk Register now $10
> I see they are spamming people.
>
> > At BulkRegister.com, we sell domain name registration services at
> wholesale
> > and never compete with you for your customers by offering services
such as
> > web site design, web hosting or ISP products.
>
> But they do compete with you for domain registration by sending this
spam to
> your customers and allowing direct registration to the general public.
>
> I wonder why they didn't mention their yearly "membership fee"?
>
>
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