Icann Registration Fee!?

[domaindirk]

Just renewed a domain and GoDaddy charged and additional "ICANN" :angry:

"Fee charged by ICANN

This mandatory fee is charged by ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers: www.icann.org). and becomes effective on November 1, 2004. It is 25 cents per domain name registration year. Thus, the fee on a one year .com registration would be 25 cents. The fee would be 50 cents for a two year registration (i.e. 25 cents times 2). Additional years would be at 25 cents per year.

ICANN fees apply to .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, and .name."

Looks more like a "tax" then a "fee". Maybe ICANN needs to drop the ".org", or go to a ".com" for their website.

DD :-(

 

[JoDomains]

got the same here! I have no idea what is this fee?! Is it only GoDaddy or all registrars?

 

[starg8]

got the same here! I have no idea what is this fee?! Is it only GoDaddy or all registrars?

The fee applies to all Registrars. The new ICANN budget can be found at http://www.icann.org.

Tom

 

[adoptabledomains]

The fee applies to all Registrars. The new ICANN budget can be found at http://www.icann.org.

Tom

The question now is which ones will add the fee as an add-on and which will include it in prices. I'm guessing any registrar charging $12 and above will probably absorb the fee, and many under $8 will add it or raise prices slightly.

 

[imaproject]

This is a load of crud, why is everyone always so money hungry? Now I see why that guy reg'd AntiICANN.com lol. Bastagez

I would hope most just take the fee as a loss.. but I reggy domains for $4.. I am sure thats going to go up! BAH!

 

[radioz]

Actually, Go Daddy is running a 'sale' on .COM, .NET, and .ORG names now. They are $8.70 vs. $8.95! I guess that they are just 'adjusting' us right now.

My thought is that the expensive registrars might even use it as an excuse to raise their prices. These guys obviously aren't looking for us except perhaps to trap us through Pool or something! The truth is that a lot of 'non-domainers' people are afraid to change registrars. My wife works with a company that handles trade association business. They had someone who was with NetSol that the IT person tried to talk into going with one of the less costly registrars but they strongly did not want to leave NetSol as they thought they were likely getting better service there (ie - The old 'you get what you pay for' thought) than they would at the less costly registrar. I suspect that if NetSol should go back to $70 that they'll still be there. Heck, if someone will charge them $100, they may just want to move!

 

[imaproject]

Its ganna be weird to see how this all plays out on the 6.95 (well all) enom reseller accounts or any domain reseller.. Hopefully I can still reg at $4 lol

 

[Dave Zan]

They had someone who was with NetSol that the IT person tried to talk into going with one of the less costly registrars but they strongly did not want to leave NetSol as they thought they were likely getting better service there (ie - The old 'you get what you pay for' thought) than they would at the less costly registrar. I suspect that if NetSol should go back to $70 that they'll still be there.

I doubt NetSol and those who charge big would have to raise prices. I'm sure
they already factored that.

Then again, among those who charge within the $30+ range, NetSol seems
more reliable and has more "freebies" to offer, although I can be wrong about
the reliability factor...

 

[cnnetbiz]

Actually, all ICANNN Accredited registrar are required to pay such fee to ICANN. While some regsitrar collect such fee from customer, some are not.

why don't you choose CNOBIN? the price of CNOBIN is $6.59, No other hidden fee required!