ICANN’s Missing Picture: The Domain Registrant
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
The main source of funding for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) doesn’t get the attention it deserves. In my open letter to new ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, I made made a key point with regards to domain registrants: “Remember that domain owners ultimately fund your organization. Registries and registrars merely funnel domain owners’ money to ICANN.” It’s a fairly simple idea, but here’s a flow chart. The orange line are registration fees. Registrants pay
