You can't compete. This is yet another example of big box takeovers.
Wallmart drives thousands of small businesses out of business annually,
steals product ideas right and left,while refusing to pay their
employees a living wage, and discriminating against women and persons of
color bigtime. That is why governments are legislating against them and
class action suits are proceeding. Like Wallmart merchandise, Domains
and certs are commodities. Rackshack is merely taking advantage of the
situation. Resellers can't survive just as resellers, you have to have
some value add to offer. What is your value add?
Travis Reeder wrote:
> So rackshack gets their domains from tucows? How do you know they are
> taking a loss, maybe they just sell them for what they buy them for.
>
> Travis
>
> Joel Moss (Online Networks) wrote:
>
>> Rackshack are selling domains at a loss. Yes they get special pricing
>> from Tucows, but no where near the $5 they are retailing them at. It's
>> all a marketing ploy. Sell you dirt cheap domains in the hope that they
>> can sell you a dedicated server, as that is their main business. They
>> are doing the same thing with secure certs. They sell them at a loss
>> also.
>>
>> Great for Tucows, as they still make profit.
>>
>> Joel Moss
>> HomepageUniverse
>> joelmoss@homepageuniverse.com
>> ===============================
>> Names, Tools & Hosting
>> http://HomepageUniverse.com
>> http://HomepageTools.com
>>
>> ===============================
>> tel/fax: +44 1257 794911
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org] On Behalf Of Travis Reeder
>>> Sent: 03 October 2003 08:23
>>> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>> Subject: rackshack how can we compete?
>>>
>>>
>>> Is opensrs going to at least give us resellers the same price as
>>> rackshack is selling retail?
>>>
>>> Travis
>>>
>>>
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