[nzlug] Domain lol

[Liz Quilty]

Excuse me for top posting.

What does this have to do with Linux ? take the petty domain squabbles  
elsewhere please.

Liz

On 29/07/2008, at 5:34 PM, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 17:10 +1200, Hosting Direct Ltd wrote:
>> He is selling these domain names for $18.95 per year! I know cost  
>> is $18 per
>> year, either this guy is really nice, or, as you can see in the  
>> footer, it
>> says "DomainsDirect is not associated with Hosting Direct." I  
>> assume he is
>> playing a price game with Hosting Direct. I think he can keep  
>> playing with
>> himself on this one, we are not trying to put other ISP's out of  
>> the domain
>> business like Daniel is.
>
> I think you may be overestimating your importance in the market.
>
>> Other interesting things are, this web site was made today, so I  
>> don't
>> expect any marketing from them I assume, They are not offering  
>> these prices
>> on Web Drive, Domains4Less or to web drive clients or for existing  
>> renewal
>> clients, so I seriously question Daniels business ethic, I assume  
>> it's just
>> setup to halt our market advances.
>
> I suspect the website was set up to sell domains on the basis that if
> you sell tons, you'll make money, even at tiny margins. I suspect that
> it will fail, given the size of the NZ market. I further suspect  
> that it
> has nothing to do with trying to halt any market advances Hosting  
> Direct
> has made, fictitious or otherwise.
>
>> Anyone think we should complain to the DNC, or should we use it as  
>> a tool
>> for cheep .nz domain names.
>
> Complain to the DNC about what? Someone selling domains for too little
> profit? I'm sure they'll be keen to pursue that one.
>
> -jasper
>
>
>
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