Comments on: Survey: Price, Security Most Important When Choosing Domain Registrar http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/08/survey-price-security-most-important-when-choosing-domain-registrar/ News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Domain Investor http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/08/survey-price-security-most-important-when-choosing-domain-registrar/comment-page-1/#comment-554031 Domain Investor Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:13:53 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10565#comment-554031 Quote - "ICANN should require all major registrars to submit a proof of their financial stability." #1. All registrar applicants show financial capability when they apply for a new registrar (or ownership change). #2. Icann has gotten tough regarding Icann payments. If a registrar has financial problems, it will show quickly because of the quarterly Icann payments. Plus, I assume Verisign informs Icann when a registrar is a slow pay with the Verisign monthly bill. #3. Icann has no interest or capability to monitor and micro-manage the daily internal operations of a 1,000 registrars. #4. All registrars have to go through a renewal process every 5(?) years. And, Icann have canceled some registrars during the renewal process. #5. The majority of the registrars make most of their revenue from other operations than selling/renewing domains. Most registrars make very little from new/renewed domains. Registrars main source of PROFIT. Godaddy - TDNAM - Hosting - SSL Enom - Namejet - DemandMedia Fab. - ppc Moniker - Snapnames - DomainSponsor Netsol - Namejet - hosting Name - ppc - selling domains Reseller - ppc Namescout - catching/re-auctioning domains DirectNIC - ppc/Parked Tucows - Namejet - ppc - other operations Dotster - selling expired domains Nameview - Hitfarm The above registrars probably contain/manage/control 95% of all domains. Quote -
“ICANN should require all major registrars to submit a proof of their financial stability.”

#1. All registrar applicants show financial capability when they apply for a new registrar (or ownership change).

#2. Icann has gotten tough regarding Icann payments. If a registrar has financial problems, it will show quickly because of the quarterly Icann payments. Plus, I assume Verisign informs Icann when a registrar is a slow pay with the Verisign monthly bill.

#3. Icann has no interest or capability to monitor and micro-manage the daily internal operations of a 1,000 registrars.

#4. All registrars have to go through a renewal process every 5(?) years. And, Icann have canceled some registrars during the renewal process.

#5. The majority of the registrars make most of their revenue from other operations than selling/renewing domains.
Most registrars make very little from new/renewed domains.

Registrars main source of PROFIT.
Godaddy – TDNAM – Hosting – SSL
Enom – Namejet – DemandMedia
Fab. – ppc
Moniker – Snapnames – DomainSponsor
Netsol – Namejet – hosting
Name – ppc – selling domains
Reseller – ppc
Namescout – catching/re-auctioning domains
DirectNIC – ppc/Parked
Tucows – Namejet – ppc – other operations
Dotster – selling expired domains
Nameview – Hitfarm

The above registrars probably contain/manage/control 95% of all domains.

]]> By: Mansour http://domainnamewire.com/2010/02/08/survey-price-security-most-important-when-choosing-domain-registrar/comment-page-1/#comment-553754 Mansour Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:29:33 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=10565#comment-553754 Great Job Andrew I can also say Price goes hand in hand with security. We have witnessed, in the past, the collapse of RegisterFly.com who offered domain names for less than $7.00 and ended in insolvency. ICANN should require all major registrars to submit a proof of their financial stability. Can you imaagine the mayhem on the Internet if one of the top five registrars went out of business? There is no time for another Lehman Brothers or AIG. Great Job Andrew
I can also say Price goes hand in hand with security. We have witnessed, in the past, the collapse of RegisterFly.com who offered domain names for less than $7.00 and ended in insolvency. ICANN should require all major registrars to submit a proof of their financial stability. Can you imaagine the mayhem on the Internet if one of the top five registrars went out of business? There is no time for another Lehman Brothers or AIG.

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