ENOM controlled sub-reseller account pricing

[EM @MAJ.com]

As reseller of ENOM, I received an email regarding their reseller update. One of news will hurt other sub-reseller accounts due to controlled account pricing.

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Here's the message:
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Three quick announcements:

1- Functionality to update the IP address of name servers has been added to the
API and soon to the website.

2- A control has been added to sub-account pricing. No accounts can be established
with less than $8.95 per year for .com net org info biz and us.

3- Reporting functionality has been added to the website. Check it out under My eNom.

Matt Stearn
Vice President
eNom, Inc.
16771 NE 80th Street #100
Redmond, WA 98052
425-883-8860 x202
[email protected]
www.enom.com
"An ICANN Accredited Registrar"

 

[alldig]

Now I have to take my reseller accounts page down....this is terrible...

 

[NamePopper.com]

Wait a darn minute eNom.

I just received the same letter--and I'm still scratching my head.

"No accounts can be established with less than $8.95 per year for .com net org info biz and us."

Unless there is something more to this--it completely changes the entire foundation of their system.

What in the world of holy domains is happening here...

 

[alldig]

I'm glad I still have my $6.95 account

 

[NamePopper.com]

Yeah me too Digger...

However--I was getting ready to set up a couple friends as "subs" under me--and already quoted them the price.

 

[EM @MAJ.com]

Definitely GoDaddy will take this a big advantage for their sub-reseller account ....

I'm still confuse with ENOM sudden changed. What can we do as reseller .... I guess nothing !

On the brigther side, we can get good market of domain name. But again this is another marketing strategy that need to flourish to our existing sub-reseller. I'm not sure though if my existing sub-reseller will be affected by this changed of pricing scheme. I'll ask my support staff to check this.

tw.

 

[GiantDomains]

I just tried to set up a reseller account - yep, they changed it! I think its because all those people on ebay selling 6.95 accouts for $5 set-up. They were losing profit magin by the truck-load! No one was buying retail!

Oh well.