An email sent to me by a reliable source narrates a recent story about domain Registry/Registrar dot.PH taking on a Public Relations agency to spin the idea why PH domains still costs $35 a pop.
I say good luck to the PR agency and the team that handles the purportedly “Disini” account. The agency is actually looking to hire more people on board to handle the new account. The continued pressure from lobby groups and the negative press might have prompted this.
This discussion has been ongoing now for years and you look back at my old posts about the issue:
12/19/2005: CICT to ask ICANN to revoke dotPH control
10/25/2006: Why dotPH is still expensive?
12/18/2006: Will the .PH issue die a natural death?
03/30/2007: Joel Disini responds to dot.PH Pricing discussion
At least that $35 is now just Php1,435 compared to years ago when it was Php1,925. Technically speaking, the PH prices have gone down by 25%. That’s due to the stronger peso against the dollar and not dotPH actually lowering the domain prices. Come to think of it, if the exchange rate of $1 goes down to Php10, the PH domains will cost as much as the .com prices today.
My suggestion, use the PR funds instead to give out discounts, long-term promos and other price-cut sales. There’s so many I can think of — annual one-day one-dollar sale, 50% off on 10 year registrations, buy .com.ph get the .ph free or register for 5 years and get free hosting for life. I’ve actually had a short chat with the guy in charge of their other business (email/web hosting) and I hear they’re trying to do some promos, though it was about 2 years ago.
In any case, it would be really interesting how the PR team will spin this one.
Hi,
Our company is selling PH Domain Registrations at $25 or PHP1075 per domain. We are setting up new website but for now you may contact PHDOM****@****.*** for information on how to get your PH domains from us.
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Of course the statement was an exaggeration Yuga.
@ CallCenterVet, we’ve been reselling PH domains for a couple of years now and we’ve had some fair success with it. From our experience, we could have sold double the number if we had it lower.
@Andre
what’s the point? Nobody’s buying…