I think maddox want the free 5k$ to ;)

free 5k for what?

You're missing the point.... they aren't fake registrars. Well, some are constantly "under construction" but keeping up with their dues or whatever.... but I would think they can only do that for so long before ICANN will can them.

I think the main reason that domain snapping people are willing to pay others who WANT to become registrars is because there are a certain number of requirements that must be met in order to become, and continue to be a registrar.

If it was easier to start new companies and do it themselves than it is to pay someone $X/month then they would just do it themselves.

Getting ICANN accredited isn't free:

http://www.icann.org/registrars/accr...financials.htm

An indian company pays as much as an american even if that amount of money is more in india.

With registration blacklist I ment to blacklist all expiering domains so they get a huge delay or an order could not be proccessed.

Here you go....

Become a registar

In addition to demonstrating that you have the technical skills and business plan required to operatate a registrar...

You'll need a cash deposit,
And Irrevocable standby LOC from your bank,
and a security bond -- IIRC it was around $75,000 to $100,000 minimum for the year.

It takes money to make money :winkwink:

Yes, i got the point.

My "fake registrar" point was about the ugly templates and the no support from thoose registrars. Like thoose registrars were used only to snap domains.

I know you need lot of stuff to become one, "fake" was not the good word for it.

The "fake" was about the same ppl controling all of them or take over access on all of them to snap domains, like you explained.

If you are a registrar how much does each .com domain cost you?

Right.... which is why it is important that people getting into the registrar business actually WANT to become a registrar.

However, if you are in India, your monthly overhead will be much lower than in the states (ie, salaries of IT staff)

So having a benefactor that is willing to assure that you make a profit every month in exchange for exclusive access to a certain function of your service without really effecting your service as a whole... could be seen as a good thing.

As far as I know - $6

Depends, but as far as I know ~5$ for the bigger ones.

Sorry... my error, you don't need all 3.

You just need one of the above for the amount that will cover at least the required minimum for your first year (which I think is USD $75,000+/-)

Would be too less profit for the real discount ones (eNom high volume, Directi, dotregistrar etc.).

Maybe they have a special deal then.

But I'm not so sure about that.

It could be some sort of loss leader or other formula where they know if they have X registrations in bulk, it will give them Y registrations above $6 (from the added exposure of climbing up the "Top Registrars" ladder)

No idea.