as far as i know, opensrs pays $6 or $6.50 u.s.
they then sell to resellers at 10. (not a bad margin.)
i recall reading volume discounts may be possible at opensrs, but not sure.
swerve
> From: "Grant Peel" <grant@thenetnow.com>
> Organization: TheNetNow
> Reply-To: "Grant Peel" <grant@thenetnow.com>
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:42:10 -0400
> To: "William X Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>, "Eric Reinert"
> <ericr@digitalaquarius.com>
> Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Subject: Re: Pricing
>
> The same question still remains... how can they be selling domains at a price
> lower that TUCOWS can even buy them? Do you think they are loosing money on
> each domain for some greater purpose? Or can they buy the domains cheaper
> somewhere somehow that TUCOWS?
>
> BTW, I completely agree on not competing on price only. A few bucks a year
> seems to make little difference to our clients, it IS the service that counts.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Grant
>
> Grant W. Peel
> Technical Administrator
> The Net Now - Expresshost
> grant@thenetnow.com
> http://thenetnow.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William X Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>
> To: "Eric Reinert" <ericr@digitalaquarius.com>
> Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Pricing
>
>
>> Monday, Monday, October 01, 2001, 9:07:29 AM, Eric Reinert wrote:
>>
>>> Hello....
>>
>>> Just a question about pricing....
>>> Recently many of my customers starting finding MUCH lower priced domains
>>> around the internet. They are asking me why my prices are not that low.
>>> They have stopped buying from me and changed to other places such as
>>> godaddy.com who is selling domains for about $9 p/yr. $9 is less than
>>> OpenSRS RSP's are buying them for wholesale.
>>
>>> My question is: How can we compete if they are that low and how is it that
>>> they have the ability to sell at that low price?
>>
>> Don't compete on price. Compete on service. Don't make domain
>> registrations the primary focus of your business plans.
>>
>> If you want to compete on price anyway, then go through the elaborate
>> (and expensive) process of becoming an ICANN Accredited Registrar.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
>> Userfriendly.com Domains
>> --
>>
>>
>
>
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