To clarify the issue of fees paid by prospective gTLD operators, ICANN charged an ‘application fee’ of USD 50,000 for the 2000 round of gTLDs and USD 68,000 for the 2004 round of sponsored TLDs.  There was no ‘set-up fee’ charged once the delegation was made, but there was an up-front fee charged to every applicant.

Keith

From: owner-ccnso-members@icann.org [mailto:owner-ccnso-members@icann.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Shea
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Subject: RE: [ccnso-members] RE: [ccnso-council] agreements and money - idn cctlds

I agree with Lesley’s view.  Also as I understand, there was no setup fee charged for previously delegated gTLDs and ccTLDs.

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From: owner-ccnso-members@icann.org [mailto:owner-ccnso-members@icann.org] On Behalf Of lesley@nominet.org.uk
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Subject: [ccnso-members] RE: [ccnso-council] agreements and money - idn cctlds

Oscar wrote on 03/03/2009 22:20:29:  
> I think we should clarify and differenciate the finantial initial
> delegation contribution ("setup fee") from the finantial ongoing
> (annually) contributions

I think that it might be better to not separate any elements out at this stage, particularly as "set up fees" could include the costs of getting to a launch stage (by this I mean the historic costs of the entire 'project').

Regards,

Lesley