Saving the Domain Name System : Domain Name Registrars

[How the changes will affect domain name owners]

Current domain name registrars will see their business destroyed by the new plan. There are several hundred firms currently in the business of registering domain names, either as their sole business or as part of a package such as web site hosting or a similar service.

The new domain names will ONLY be available [according to the proposal] to the official Registrars, who will have to pay $10,000 plus a variety of other fees for the priviledge of joining the "exclusive club" of entities that can register domain names. Under the current system, registries add value to InterNIC's registrations by providing DNS services, email forwarding and other services. This opportunity will be lost, the business gone forever.

Even if the process is opened up, with many Registrars competing for registrations, there is no place for second-class entities that have to make a living by adding a profit margin on top of the costs due the various Registries.

The only alternative is not really an option for many small companies: find the money, and meet the financially exigent requirements imposed by CORE. That is the only way all these companies will keep going.

[How the changes will affect domain name brokers]