Jim Archer <jim@archer.net> wrote:
> Where is the site that sells domains for $5.99? I have not been able
> to find it...
Really guys, you can't find it 'becoz it didn't last.
It was NameBargain.com which should be easy to find in the archives. The
issue got wide coverage in discuss-list@opensrs.org.
The URL is http://www.namebargain.com/
and if you check it out, you will find the price is now $9.99.
Please read the archives, we've done it all before.
One typical example (I kept a copy) is below . . .
Regards
Patrick Corliss
----- Original Message -----
From: Kit <kitlist@pacificnet.net>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:34 PM
Subject: NameBargain, $5.99 a domain name! Register.com taking over!!!
> Okay, there has been a lot of talk about about OpenSRS lowering their price
> down from $10. First of all, I am not going to tell Tucows how to run their
> business. However, we should bring it to their attention about current
> domain name market price. Currently, we (OpenSRS RSP) has no way of
> competing with NameBargain, a subsidiary of Register.com, in terms of price.
> They are selling a domain name for $5.99 a year. They are losing a penny
> for every domain name sold. Why are they doing that? Guess...
> register.com!!! Register.com has recently purchase both NameBargain.com and
> Afternic.com. Register.com is price discriminating domain names. They are
> going after all the different markets for domain names. Valued added domain
> names, low cost domain names, after market domain name auctions and etc...
> With namebargain.com, they are trying to kill off all the low price domain
> name sellers. Is it legal? Yes. Selling at loss to kill competitors has
> exist for the longest time. Is it right and ethical? I don't think so.
> Register.com is trying to create a monopoly for domain names and they are
> succeeding. That is Register.com's business plan. Kill off competitors and
> monopolize the market. If I was running Register.com, I would have done the
> same thing.
>
> So, currently there is no way for us to compete with Namebargain.com
> (Register.com) in the low cost domain name market. Our only hope of
> competing with Register.com and Networksolutions.com is in the Value Added
> domain names, unless of course you are interested in the after market
> auctions.
>
> Yes, I do want OpenSRS to lower their prices. I don't see why others are
> complaining about RSP asking OpenSRS to consider lowering their prices. If
> OpenSRS is keeping prices artificially high, they will lose a lot of RSP and
> that in my opinion is not a good business plan. Please don't tell me "why
> don't you go buy $5.99 domain names from NameBargain.com then", cause it
> means you miss the point. I resell domain names for OpenSRS at a cost of
> $10 per domain name, I don't buy them. At namebargain.com, you buy domain
> names, not resell them. I and others here are just bringing to OpenSRS's
> attention about our (RSP) potential competitors, not a OpenSRS replacement.
>
> --Kit
>
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