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Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing
Chris and all,
Nice. But be sure you have at least a 10 yr. contract, have Michael
as your legal rep. pro bono, and an unlimited corp credit card for
traveling and entertaining expenses with a tiered pricing/costing entertainment
advertising costs you feel is necessary for promotion purposes as well
as tiered pricing on you fee and/or salary. >:)
kidsearch wrote:
> One thing I do know Michael. I bet I could sell more coop domain names. I
> might give it a shot, but ICANN must give me make me an accredited
> registrar. :)
>
> Who does own chicken.coop anyway? Just razzing you Michael.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Michael D. Palage" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "icann
> board address" <icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing
>
> > 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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--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obediance of the law is the greatest freedom" -
Abraham Lincoln
"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is
very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt
"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
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IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC.
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