Jun 15, 2007
I got some nicely branded marketing in the mailbox yesterday from Register Direct. They are selling domain name registrations and web hosting, with a nice affiliate package.I have been signing up for affiliate schemes quite a bit recently, so this was interesting enough to read.
The interesting part
The interesting part of all this is that domain names are now a commodity, and in New Zealand everyone is selling the same thing at about the same price. The notable exception being Domainz, whom I moved away from years ago because of silly prices and poor admin interface.
I'm now paying between NZ$29 - $35 per year for domain names through Webdrive, but prices generally range from $25 - $45.
It wouldn't be surprising then that Register Direct's pricing of NZ$59.95 didn't excite me too much. $25 is a great aff payout, but their price is basically normal retail price + affiliate commission. Yes, I know this is how it normally works,
I wouldn't normally post about this, but...
Is it too much to charge almost $60 for something when everyone else sells exactly the same thing for $25 - $45? Perhaps a $10 affiliate payout would be more reasonable?Personally, I'd rather take the smaller affiliate payout, and have a product I'm happy to promote. Certainly from a customer's point of view, I feel better when most of my money is going to paying for servers and staff, rather than affiliates.
This post isn't meant to be a dig
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- Jun 20, 2007
.nz domains are a lot more expensive than GoDaddy's $8.99 generic names, as is the case with most country-specific names.
Godaddy claims they manage one third of all domain names on the internet (I think that's what I read) and that's not surprising given their great pricing.
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Michael - Jun 20, 2007
I haven't yet figured out why people are paying so much for New Domain Names. I know that you can purchase a new Unregestered name from Godaddy.com for 8.99. They even have auctions for existing domain names that may still have traffic. some of those prices are as low as $5. As for the Hosting, they host domains for as little as $36 per year and that includes 10 databases, 20 subdomains, email, and your One Year Domain Registration. The Bandwidth is something like One Gig and Storage of 10 gigs. If you purchase a domain from then I believe that the Transfer is Free to a different Hosting Service, So why not use Godaddy. They even have great customer service, and easy to use FTP uploads. (and no I'm not a spokes person or an Affiliate marketer)