Re: Domain for 9.95 ?

From: Dave Warren (maillist@devilsplayground.net)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2001 - 22:24:12 EDT


> I appraciate the OpenSRS site and services, but the
> wholesale price would be 5.-USD per domain, and we may
> be asked to sell less than or up to 10.-USD, by that
> way we can compete and sell more domains, more
> services, and at the end, OpenSRS will dominate and
> get more cash flow.
>
> Please dont tell me you cant compete, or survive by
> 5.-USD per domain, because these domains are virtual
> and all the process is automated. If you cut the price
> by half, and quadruple sales than you will GAIN 2
> times more. WE will gain 2 times more by selling 4
> times more :-))

Tucows pays $6 domain to Verisign. Assuming they have NO overhead cost,
that would be the minimum they could possibly sell domains at.
Unfortunately, they have servers, offices, and employees to pay.

$5 will *NEVER* happen unless the root registry drops their prices.

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Dave Warren,
 Email: dave.warren@devilsplayground.net
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