Subject: Re: Ethical Issue
From: LEX DUNKELMAN (thepay@home.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 16:30:24 EST
Lynn you're absolutely right on both points.
The problem for me is that most my clients are small business people and
half of them don't even know what a domain is. Often virtual hosting guides
list these businesses within their guides but never through a client's
domain name. This is really unfortunate because the clients think they have
the full benefit of the Web and don't realize they do not have their own
identity or any control over their future Web applications. That is
precisely why I created http://www.GuideToToronto.com
I intend to make sure anyone listed in my guide has their own domain name
registered in their name. This is an important service my company can
provide. Half the restaurants and small businesses I'm dealing with have
had their names taken either by cyber squaters or other businesses in other
jurisdictions using the same name. This is quite unfortunate.
Lex Dunkelman
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn W. Taylor <Lynn@BusCom.net>
To: <resellers-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: Ethical Issue
> On point #1: BulkRegister.com's use of automatic calling machines shows a
> lack of ethics: if you are worried about ethics you probably should not
deal
> with them.
>
> On point #2: domains are either registered, or they aren't. Those who use
> the term "reservation" are actually registering the domain and parking it
on
> their own servers should you decide to make it "live" later.
>
> If a domain is not registered, someone else can register it. Explaining
that
> to a customer may help them make up their mind more quickly.
>
> -- Lynn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LEX DUNKELMAN
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:14 PM
> To: resellers-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: RE: Ethical Issue
>
> Two points
>
> A bit of the misunderstanding, the real issue I have with Bulkregister.com
> is they're using an auto dial telephone to solicit business. This is an
> illegal act and if they are allowed to break the law to gain market share
> without any negative ramifications, then we clearly have a problem. The
> matter that we are talking about may or may not be indicative of their
> business practices. In fact, this may have just been a client of there's
> but it could have been one of their principles. This whole thing may have
> been a coincidence. In one case I registered a domain and was contacted
the
> next day by someone who also wanted to register that domain and offered to
> buy it from me. I have never sold a private domain and I needed this
domain
> for business purposes so I had to turn him down. Coincidence happens all
> the time.
>
> The real issue is this, if we place a domain in the hold pattern can
someone
> find out about this and register the domain. None of my clients can make
up
> their minds quickly (some can't even use a computer) and I am a little
> worried they will lose their domains if someone has access to this
> information. We have a responsibility to protect our clients interests so
> security in this matter is extremely important. When we checked domain
> availability, can this check be seen by other computer users? How can we
> best protect the privacy of our clients?
> Lex Dunkelman
> sales@GuideToToronto.com
> http://www.GuideToToronto.com
>
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