Cost to become Registrar?

[foz]

Anyone have a ballpark figure to become a .com Registrar?

 

[EdwinEdwin is verified member.]

Here you go...
http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accreditation-financials.htm

 

[foz]

Thanks Edwin. That just seems to be the accreditation with ICANN.

You have an agreement with Verisign (the Registry) to consider also.

The back-end is a another cost to factor, are their any turnkey solutions?

Just wondering if anyone has done it before and what the tally was.

 

[foz]

Talk to these people http://www.logicboxes.com/

Thanks.

 

[foz]

It makes being a .uk registrar all the more appealing - Low cost entry.

 

[monaghanmonaghan is verified member.]

The logicboxes system is the one used by Directi (ResellerClub), some love it many hate it

 

[foz]

The logicboxes system is the one used by Directi (ResellerClub), some love it many hate it

Cheers.

 

[viceroy]

.uk as opposed to .com

What are the costs for becoming a .uk registrar?

 

[foz]

What are the costs for becoming a .uk registrar?

£400-£500 mark. Plus your time and whatever back-end systems you build or outsource.

http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrars/fees/feeschedule/

 

[bensdbensd is verified member.]

http://www.domainbox.com

These guys just followed me on twitter; looking at their website they seem to offer a solution.

 

[foz]

http://www.domainbox.com

These guys just followed me on twitter; looking at their website they seem to offer a solution.

Thanks, looks to be a Re-seller solution connected with Mesh Digital aka Domain Monster.

 

[liam]

Checkout :

http://domaincocoon.com/blog/can-becoming-an-icann-accredited-registrar-save-you-money.html

 

[keanokeano is verified member.]

To make a decent stab at being an ICANN accredited registrar you'd want to be starting with at least a quarter of a million quid - based on being a consumer facing company. If you were just thinking of doing it just to house your own portfolio it wouldn't be worth it (certainly if you were starting from scratch).

 

[foz]

It wouldn't be consumer facing, just private use. More thought and maybe next year.

Thanks guys.