One other minor point. You state that you could lose money on the
exchange rate. It's just as likely that you could gain on the exchange
rate - and even get 100% of your submissions.
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
chuck@tucows.com
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Charles Daminato wrote:
> I can understand your concern. Unfortunately we must ask for funds up
> front, and we will not know until the 26th (when we submit our list to the
> registry, from the lists submitted by resellers) what exact number will
> make it from your list on your behalf.
>
> We suggest that you estimate what funds you'll need. If you have a
> general 50% success rate in landrush, put in at least 50%. If you have a
> 10% rate, put in at least 10%. If you're willing to miss out on one or
> two registrations due to actually getting all 100% submitted (and
> remember, the moneys only go on "hold" until we get results from the
> registry) but not having enough funds at first, that's your perogative.
>
> We cannut share lists prior to the submission to registry (competition,
> privacy, etc) so there's really nothing else we can do (except spell out
> exactly how things will work so you can work around the procedure we have
> in place)
>
> Charles Daminato
> TUCOWS Product Manager
> chuck@tucows.com
>
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 Pflege@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Chuck,
> >
> > > "Email to reseller will be sent on June 21, 2002 notifying of accepted
> > > order requests and rejected order requests (duplicates, error in file)"
> > >
> > > You will know on the first day how many domains are going to be submitted
> > > on your behalf - this will give you a "maximum" amount. .....
> > You should only initially submit what you can afford, so you
> > > should have plenty of funds on the final day.
> >
> > Thats not the problem what I can afford.
> >
> > I absolutely accept your policy and I will put sufficient fund
> > but I would like to show the problem arising for non-US resellers:
> >
> > Your plan:
> > =======
> > - 2002-06-19: I will submit f.ex. 1000
> >
> > - 2002-06-20: message from you - not duplicateswithin my list => $20.000
> > maximum
> >
> > - 2002-06-21: have to put additional $20.000 to my account
> >
> > - 2002-06-26: de-duplication within resellers => 100 domains of my list will
> > be submitted to Afilias
> > (make a plus of $18.000 at my account)
> >
> > - 2002-06-30: exchange rate Euorpe - USA has fallen 1%
> > I will ask to refund $16.000 back and leave $2000 in my account
> > because of my credit card fees (1%)+ fallen exchange rate I will loose $320
> >
> > - 2002-07-08: 10 of my 100 domains will be selected (I am always very
> > optimistic)
> > so costs per domain are $20 registration fee + $32 credit card / exchange
> > rate ($320 / 10)
> > = $52 per domain = $26 per year
> >
> >
> > My suggestion:
> > ===========
> > - 2002-06-19: I will submit f.ex. 1000
> >
> > - 2002-06-21: Tucows doing de-duplication within resellers (DIFFERENCE IN
> > PROCESS)
> > Tucows sending email: 100 domains selected - add $2.000 to your account
> >
> > - 2002-06-22: I will to put $2.000 to my account
> >
> > - 2002-06-26: 100 domains of my list will be submitted to Afilias
> >
> > - 2002-06-30: exchange rate Euorpe - USA has fallen 1% (I do not have to care
> > about)
> > (will not need to ask for refund / my credit card fee 1% = $20)
> >
> > - 2002-07-08: 10 of my 100 domains will be selected
> > so costs per domain are $20 registration fee + $0,20 credit card as usual
> > = $22 per domain = $11 per year as usual
> >
> >
> > Matthias
> >
>
>
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