Now masername has an english site version. So what's your opinion? It's possible to offer such prices or it's some kind of fraud?
http://mastername.net/resellerprice?lng=en
This russian company works about a month, and i didn't find any complain on them, but i can't just trust to someone who offering so unreal prices! :(

hmm, I thought the registry sold domain names for $6/year - why would this company resell at that price?

not sure what's up, but why bother with the possibility for grief when you can get your domains cheap at much better known places?

-WC-

Its a con, verisisgn sell cno's at $6 a year to accredited icann registrars.

You buy any domains from them and they will have your credit card details from which they can use for anything...

Originally posted by blob2
Its a con, verisisgn sell cno's at $6 a year to accredited icann registrars.But at the same time eNom offering 'Name Only' accounts as low as $5.99/yr...

You buy any domains from them and they will have your credit card details from which they can use for anything... Hm... I don't thik so. As far i know, they using trusty russian merchant for cc payments.

Any other suggestions?

There were some strange posts lately on WHT, about mastername... Check ALL of them and decide yourself what you will do.

>ClayRabbit: But at the same time eNom offering 'Name Only' accounts as low as $5.99/yr...

The ACTUAL price for eNom's so-called "Name Only" account is $9.98 ($5.99 + $3.99): the $5.99 is very much like a down payment thing because you DEFINITELY will have to pay that extra $3.99 any way.

Since Verisign REGISTRY charges $6 each for CNO (as blob2 has mentioned), what's the point of making all the fuss (of setting up a reseller program) and earn $0 out of it? :confused:

Mastername is a reseller.

They resell for CSL GmbH(www.joker.com).....
however CSL's llowest reseller rate is still around 7 with a ton prepayment, so somthing is definatly in the rye,,,,,

Originally posted by nameslave
>ClayRabbit: But at the same time eNom offering 'Name Only' accounts as low as $5.99/yr...

The ACTUAL price for eNom's so-called "Name Only" account is $9.98 ($5.99 + $3.99): the $5.99 is very much like a down payment thing because you DEFINITELY will have to pay that extra $3.99 any way.

Since Verisign REGISTRY charges $6 each for CNO (as blob2 has mentioned), what's the point of making all the fuss (of setting up a reseller program) and earn $0 out of it? :confused:

Am I missing something? My understanding is I only pay the extra fee if I switch to full service or want to transfer it out, correct? So if I'm sitting on a name (or a few hundred) as a defensive measure or on speculaiton, I may never pay that extra 3.99. And if I upgrade in, say 3 yrs, then my extra cost for that time would be 3.99/3 per yr. Is this not correct?

Oh yes, this may actually be eNom's calculations. I think they are expecting your activation in N years:

5.99N + 3.99/N = 6N

so as long as you activate it in 19.974984355438178915780382328058 years, they'll break even. :D

Originally posted by nameslave


5.99N + 3.99/N = 6N

so as long as you activate it in 19.974984355438178915780382328058 years, they'll break even. :D
I'm no math wiz, but I think you're being facetious since I believe the formula would be 5.99 + 3.99/N = 6 and N=399 years (not taking into account any operational or other costs of eNom to do business).

In any case, the only accounting math I care about is "P", where I figure the amount that stays in my Pocket. :)

I know some math, but frankly... I have no idea of what are you talking about... :)

LOL, can't trick you. :D I must admit that I failed my high school math. :o

But then (apart from my poor math) what's the point of making all the fuss (of setting up a reseller program) and earn $0 out of it?

Originally posted by nameslave

But then (apart from my poor math) what's the point of making all the fuss (of setting up a reseller program) and earn $0 out of it?

zoli: eNom has a "name only" program where it costs (as low as - don't remember the details) 5.99 to register just the name with no services (no DNS, no parking, nuthin) but if you want to upgrade its 3.99. It supposedly costs eNom 6.00 to the registry (NetSol, or Verisign, or whoever the check gets written to). The equation represents a jovial analysis of the number of years for eNom to breakeven on their direct costs.

nameslave:
First, we keep hearing about the $6, but I don't know how accurate it is. Could eNom be getting a volume discount?

Second, sure it costs eNom money to run their business and build their systems. But think about it, once their costs are covered, other than the direct NSI costs, what are the incremental costs per transaction? You have to fund the account first, so they collect credit card costs first. They are building market share and potential for future revenue.

Silverwire, I was actually NOT talking about eNom. ;)

Originally posted by nameslave
Silverwire, I was actually NOT talking about eNom. ;)

While I'm technically a eNom reseller at the maximum level, I am my only active client so I don't know how reseller margins can be applied to the name only account. You seem to be saying an eNom reseller can't mark-up the name only price to clients (at least not while giving the client access to the eNom system)?

Hi

I thought I would give Mastername a try , the interface is easy to use and I registered 2 names www.tauponz.biz and www.touristnz.info although not instant they are both registered OK. They use a good Credit Card acceptance interface which is efficient.

Responce to emails OK as well. So if they continue good I will use this service.

But at the same time eNom offering 'Name Only' accounts as low as $5.99/yr...
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they rent the domains records the www.urdomain.com and urdomain.com to other search engines thats how they make money to cover the cost of $6 for the registry,

but for mastername.net its weird how can they charge $6/dom , maybe just to make enough customer and reputation then raise their prices?! :confused: