Actually Donny, that is not really true. The Registries have both a fixed and variable fee in their contracts. The fixed is as you state. The variable however, is not as you state, and can (and perhaps should) increase dramatically. It has been set at zero for the last few years. Interestingly enough, it is we Registrars who have the power to make the Registries start paying a higher fee. Even more interesting, this would have the effect of capping the ICANN budget way below what is being proposed. I will explain more on the conference call. Rob. -----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of Donny Simonton Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:56 PM To: 'Bhavin Turakhia'; 'Registrars Constituency' Subject: RE: [registrars] ICANN Proposed budget is out for public comment Bhavin, I agree with you that larger registrars, on a per volume basis have it much easier than smaller ones. But the registries have contracts with ICANN that say they will only pay x per year. Not x per domain. For example Verisign pays $132,000 per year for currently 28 million .com domains. Or $0.0047142857142857142857142857142857 per domain name. But since the registries have contracts with ICANN they won't them pay anymore. Personally I blame the increase on all of the companies that decided to sue ICANN over the past year! Could you image if say for example Verisign sued ICANN over SiteFinder and they would have won? And then they said they would have wanted back pay from when ICANN told them to shut it down? There would be 2 maybe 3 domain registrars left if ICANN would lose that lawsuit. But we still have no protection from ICANN losing a lawsuit to anybody. So one day when it does happen, and it will, get ready for some real increases. Will the fun ever end? Donny
-----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner- registrars@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bhavin Turakhia Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:20 PM To: 'Registrars Constituency' Subject: RE: [registrars] ICANN Proposed budget is out for public comment
This is a plan to get rid of smaller registrars. That is my two cents on this situation. I would vote for $0.49 per domain flat, rather then making the smallest registrar in
I would much rather myself vote for a $0.49 flat fee per domain year than vote for a model where smaller Registrars are bearing a higher cost than the larger ones. Offcourse id even much rather see a portion of that $0.49 come out of Registries who are already making fixed margins.
bhavin