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Thread: Debunking the eNom/BR CP myth
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11-18-2006, 09:53 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Debunking the eNom/BR CP myth
I just remembered.. I used to have an account at BR and eNom had sent me a notice about it being converted to an eNom Central account. So, I looked up the email and logged on. Looks exactly like an eNom account. I had no domains in there, so I pushed one from my eNom account. When I check this domain out in my new eNom Central account. It looks exactly the same as in my eNom ETP account. The only difference in the drop down menu was an extra feature for Parking Services.
So where are all those supposed adverts? You know where they are? If you go to their home page at http://www.enomcentral.com, you see lots of adverts on their home page. If you go directly to their login page at http://www.enomcentral.com/Login.asp, lo and behold you bypass all the adverts. Clever, eh?
You know what else? Renewals were $20 year. Not so nice. Maybe that was because I wasn't a reseller with BR. Maybe they get another rate. Anybody?
Now I've gotta wait a week to push the domain backLast edited by stub; 11-18-2006 at 10:07 PM.
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11-19-2006, 11:25 AM #2Web Hosting Guru
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Why do you need to wait a week?
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11-19-2006, 04:15 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Becoz that's their rules.
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11-21-2006, 12:31 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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So is there any BR customer who can confirm their pricing for renewals? Or have they all gone
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11-21-2006, 01:04 AM #5Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by stu2
With BulkRegister I paid a one time $79 fee many years ago for the Reseller account.
After that they had an upgrade option at $99/year.
I never choose to upgrade. Both plans had $12 domain registration pricing.
Under the new eNom arrangement "everyone" would have a $99/year Reseller fee and only the $12 domain cost price.
Add to that the 3% fee to use a credit card. The new arrangement was not attractive.
I did look at the eNom sub-reseller arrangement but that was $8.95 per domain.
I could get $7.95 at SRSPlus with an initial deposit of $250.
At StarGate there is a better price of $6.95 with a $5.95 transfer special for first year.
To get a domain price of $6.95 at eNom I would have to lay out at least $1595 upfront. That was too much for me since I am only working with about 80 domains.
So for my business the best deal was http://www.StarGate.com .
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11-21-2006, 06:05 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Under the new eNom arrangement "everyone" would have a $99/year Reseller fee and only the $12 domain cost price.
I could get $7.95 at SRSPlus with an initial deposit of $250Last edited by stub; 11-21-2006 at 06:10 AM.
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11-21-2006, 09:39 AM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by stu2
The SRSPlus deposit of $250 was to open a Reseller account and those fund were used to transfer and add a year to my domains at $7.95 price. There is no min and the ability to auto add funds as I need to without any fees. Basically it is a pay-as-you-go arrangement. I can maintain a little as $10 balance and add as little as $10 via my Credit Card whenever I wish.
The StarGate Reseller was setup without any funds needed and that was a very nice feature. The StarGate $5.95 transfer price and $6.95 registration/renewal price with a basically pay-as-you-go arrangement is also very nice.
I think eNom should have just moved all the BulkRegister Resellers into a $8.95 Reseller account and dropped the $99/year Reseller Fee. I think that would have solved a lot of problems many have posted in the different message threads.
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11-21-2006, 11:24 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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I think eNom should have just moved all the BulkRegister Resellers into a $8.95 Reseller account and dropped the $99/year Reseller Fee. I think that would have solved a lot of problems many have posted in the different message threads.Signature Under Construction.
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11-21-2006, 02:11 PM #9Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally Posted by stu2
Back at the end of October when the transfer from the BulkRegister system to the new BulkRegister/eNom system that was not an option for BulkRegister Resellers.
We were locked into a $99/year fee and $12 domain price plus our domains were locked for 60 days.
After I started my domain transfers I did finally get a reply from BulkRegister Support suggesting I contact eNom Billing about transfering Reseller account.
Just this week (yesterday) I received a reply from eNom Billing with the details. All the details are just what they have posted on the eNom site. No other considerations for BulkRegister Resellers mentioned.
BASIC $8.95/year Deposit $1495 with gold points 1,495
VOLUME $7.95/year Deposit $3975 with gold points 3,975
BASIC $8.95/year Deposit $495 with no gold points
VOLUME $7.95/year Deposit $995 with no gold points
So for what fits my needs I would need to deposit $995 upfront plus pay 3% fee for using a credit card or PayPal to get the $7.95 price.
I compared that to SRSPlus price of $7.95 with only $250 setup and no extra fees.
Or to StarGate with no setup, no extra fees and a $5.95 transfer price.
I think "my" biggest hangup is the charge of 3% to use my business credit card.
If the option was given to me back in October I may have stayed with eNom at the $8.95 rate (at that time) but once I looked around and read the options to become a StarGate Reseller I went with StarGate. In the long run that choice will save me money for my own situation and business needs.
I really think that each person needs to read and look over all the options and choose the one that best fits their situation. And that is what is great about this forum. We can read and chat about what is available and what is the best fit for our own business. A little knowledge can be a danger and too much knowledge can be a disaster.
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11-21-2006, 03:28 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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They would only give you their standard options. But we know better
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11-21-2006, 04:23 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by stu2
George Orwell, 'Animal Farm'.
Respect My Authoritah! - Eric Cartman (a friend of mine).
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11-21-2006, 09:38 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Yeah! they're the smart ones
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11-22-2006, 09:14 AM #13Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by stu2
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11-22-2006, 09:11 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Smart ones get away or befriend the bigger animal
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