[ICANN-EU] ICANN / NSI Budget

["Andreas Fügner" <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com>]

Dear all:

There is a discussion about ICANNs budget.

Does anybody have market numbers handy?

How many registrations, renewals, etc. are there annually?
NSI claims nearly 12 million registrations. ICANN lists roughly 2.5 million
ccTLD registrations. At 33 cents per DN that adds to over $ 4.5 million
for ICANN. Which should be sufficient for 16 heads!

The users, the domain registrars, are feeding the system.
Charges for registration, renewal, update, move, etc.
are between ?? to $ 100.
IMHO there is plenty of room for ICANNs budget.

In case somebody doubts the profitability of registries,
have a look at NSI financials at
http://www.hoovers.com/quarterlies/6/0,2167,53266,00.html

or the numbers below:

                               1st Q.00      4th 99    3rd 99    2nd 99
1st 00
Total Net Income     14.7         9.0             7.3         5.8
4.8          in $ Million
Net Profit Margin     15.0%      11.9%     12.3%     12.2%     12.6%

Andreas Fuegner