what you are proposing is to trash 90% of melbourneIT .au business. its not a good idea.

Vic

Ron Stark [ronstark§businesspark.com.au] wrote:
> Kim, little would change.  The car dealer does not go out of business
> because he cannot make a profit on registration renewals - he offers service
> and value to his core business to retain his customers.
> 
> The number plate supplier gets his business from new cars that the dealer
> sells - just like it can be with domain names.
> 
> There are really two issues. One is the business model of how profits are
> made.  Domain name renewal profits are so small that it's a service issue
> rather than revenue issue. The real business is in added value services.
> 
> The second issue is that of managing the domain name registration and
> renewal process.  Right now it's done through a central authority, using
> accredited registrars. Under the current model resellers have no standing in
> any case.
> 
> The car registration model is understood by consumers, and it's well proven.
> The only ingredient missing, as far as I can see, is that of acceptance.
> 
> Ron Stark
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Kim Davies [mailto:kim§cynosure.com.au]
> >Sent: Thursday, 6 March 2003 10:00 PM
> >To: 'dns§lists.auda.org.au'
> >Subject: Re: [DNS] Consumer Alert
> >
> >
> >Quoting Ron Stark on Thursday March 06, 2003:
> >| 
> >| All renewals are then done at a *lower* rate, and solely 
> >through a central
> >| authority, or at worst, solely through only accredited 
> >registrars.  Just
> >| like car registration renewals.
> >
> >How would you deal with the current industry which predominantly
> >involves third parties running web and internet functions on behalf of
> >registrants? I'm not sure a company who pays someone to "run 
> >my website"
> >would be expecting to get their bills.
> >
> >If you decide it is a good thing, that there should be the opportunity
> >for a middle man or agent between the registry and the end user - be it
> >a registrar, reseller, afilliate, whatever, you will always have the
> >possibility for problems.
> >
> >If you do eliminate any possibility for a middle man, you may 
> >then get a
> >situation where the middle man will still exist, will register a domain
> >name on behalf of the registrant, with the contact details pointing to
> >the agent rather not the registrant which I dont think is a 
> >good outcome.
> >
> >kim
> >(personally an advocate of the auDA does everything at cost model)
> >
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