Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris and all,

  Good questions Chris.

  My answers are given Michaels representation of the .coop registry
me thinks he may be feathering his own nest so to speak.  In any
event and self interest aside, tiered pricing, variable or not, seeks
to limit competition which is not healthy on the whole.  Nothing
wrong with self interest though.  >:)  Michael *might* better his
self interest if he advised his client ( .coop ) in more innovative business
methods/ideas to increase their revenues... Perhaps he can hire you
Chris, as a business mentor consultant for his client?  Than you can
present your "tiered pricing" consulting contract terms.  >:)

kidsearch wrote:

> Okay, Michael, not shooting at you but . . .
>
> 1. How does allowing tiered pricing foster competition on the web? (Not just
> competition between registries and registrars, competition for all small and
> large business owners)(ICANN's mandate to foster competition was not meant
> only between registries was it?)
>
> 2. How does tiered pricing benefit the average Internet user?
>
> 3. What do you mean by flexibility? (They make money from the current domain
> name pricing structure. As a business they are also allowed to sell anything
> else they want to improve their bottom line. The inability to create other
> revenue streams sounds like a management problem at the company's level.
> Price hikes are not the only way they can survive or pay bills.)
>
> 4. Do you agree that giving more power to the registries, coupled with ICANN
> stifling innovation and a free market by not allowing more companies to
> create better, commercially viable TLDs gives the appearance of collusion
> between ICANN and the current registries? Can you see where it appears that
> while ICANN limits the choices of consumers while allowing the registries to
> raise prices so the current registries make more money while keeping out any
> competetition so they can do so?
>
> 2 + 2 = 4 every single time.
>
> Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
> http://icann.thingsthatjustpissmeoff.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael D. Palage" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Danny Younger'" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:08 AM
> Subject: RE: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing
>
> > Danny:
> >
> > I respect the position of you and others with regard to this issue. I
> > realized when posting this proposal I would be taking a position in
> > between two diametrically opposed viewpoints where I was likely to get
> > shot at by both sides. Notwithstanding this reality, I think my proposed
> > contractual changes are such that it provides the registry operator the
> > flexibility that it needs in its operations, while protecting the
> > reasonable expectation interests of existing registrants.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:57 AM
> > To: Michael D. Palage; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing
> >
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > The Community has drawn a line in the sand.  Catering
> > to the naked greed of registry operators is not an
> > option.
> >
> > Your proposed compromise is not acceptable -- owing to economies of
> > scale, prices should be going down, not up -- instead of increases, we
> > should be discussing a fixed percentage annual decrease.
> >
> > All price hike proposals should be withdrawn.
> > Registries should focus on profit enhancement only by
> > way of new registry service offerings.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Danny
> >
> >
> > --- "Michael D. Palage" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All:
> > >
> > > In the interesting of continuing a very constructive
> > > dialog with regard
> > > to tiered pricing, I have published the following
> > > article on CircleID,
> > > see
> > >
> > http://www.circleid.com/posts/tiered_variable_pricing_compromise/.
> > > Some of the initial comments such as George's
> > > continues to take an "all
> > > or nothing approach" to the current registry
> > > contracts.  The purpose of
> > > this article was to address what I saw as one
> > > loophole which could be
> > > closed to protect reasonable expectation interests
> > > of registrants while
> > > allowing registries the flexibility to use
> > > tiered(variable) pricing in
> > > their business operations.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Michael D. Palage
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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