- Category: gTLDs
- Topic: Registrar Application and Accreditation Fees
- Board meeting date: 4 June 2001
- Resolution number: 01.65, 01.66
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm
- Status: Completed
Summary
Board revises registrar application and accreditation fees.
Text
Whereas, in resolution 99.16 the Board approved the charging of an application of US$1000 fee for those seeking to be accredited as registrars in the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains and a US$ 5000 fixed component of the accreditation fee for those registrars;
Whereas, on 17 April 2001 ICANN posted on its web site a proposal to change those registrar application fees and annual registrar fixed accreditation fees, with a detailed explanation of the nature of the change being proposed and the reasons for it;
Whereas, since then an online public comment forum for comments on the proposal, at which members of the public can see the comments of others and reply to them;
Whereas, on 3 June 2001 a public forum was held in Stockholm at which the proposed fees were discussed;
Whereas, the Board has carefully considered the comments received;
Resolved [01.65] that the fee for making an application to be accredited by ICANN as a registrar shall be US$ 2500, without regard to the number of top-level domains for which accreditation is sought, for applications submitted on or after 1 July 2001; and
Resolved [01.66] that the fixed fee for accreditation for registrars accredited under agreements signed after 17 May 2001 shall be US$4,000 annually for the first top-level domain in which they are accredited to perform registrar services and US$500 for each additional top-level domain.
Implementation Actions
- Revise registrar application and accreditation fees.
- Responsible entity: ICANN Finance Department
- Due date: Not applicable
- Completion date: 1 July 2001
Other Related Resolutions
- Resolution 99.16 - Board approves and directs implementation of Registrar Accreditation Policy: http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-04mar99.htm#99.16
- Resolution 04.40 - Board directs Staff to develop a recommendation for appointing an Expert Advisory Panel to gather facts and assess issues concerning the competitive registry-registrar marketplace and the Registrar Accreditation Policy: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-11may04.htm
- Resolutions 07.50, 07.51, and 07.52 - Board directs staff to conduct a process to arrive at proposed amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement for Board consideration: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-29jun07.htm
- Resolutions other than those that are listed above are TBD.
Additional Information
- Funding: These resolutions revised registrar application and accreditation fees to more closely reflect the cost of administering the accreditation program; see <http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/stockholm/registrar-fee-topic.htm> for more information.
- Information on the Registrar Accreditation program as implemented within ICANN is available at http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accreditation-process.htm.
- A list of all ICANN-Accredited Registrars is available at http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accredited-list.html.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.
