Re: [freedns] Feedback...

[Johann Visagie <wjv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 01 Nov 1998 at 16:40 SAT, Christiaan Keet wrote:
> 
> Currently we've got around 300 domains registered under za.net and za.org and
> so far we haven't had any negative feedback.  I was just wondering if anyone 
> on this list is actually using the domains and if so what for? Or are people
> just registering them purely for vanity purposes?

They're ideal for really small clients (private businesses or non-profit
orgs) who might turn their nose up at paying a few hundred rand for a domain.
I've been able to sell a number of people (and at least one ISP) on the idea.

I do think that za.{net,org} should be more widely publicised among smaller
ISPs and Web developers, though.

An idea might be to get one of the Web companies who host a local banner-ad
service to be sympathetic to the cause.

What you definitely want to do is keep za.{net,org} "respectable".  Like it
or not, flashy banner ads on high-profile and graphically well-designed sites
is one way to do this.  Nobody will take a company with (say) an ml.org
domain seriously.  This is just bad marketing of the concept, IMHO.

-- V

Johann Visagie | wjv@xxxxxxxxxxxx | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559
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