[eastbound]

Application fee with ICANN: $185k, non-refundable,

Yearly fee: $25k

Technical backend with Verisign: $200k per year

Add maybe $100k of lawyer fees.

[culi]

What happens when a company goes under and the yearly fee can no longer be paid? Has a gTLD ever been resigned?

[pzb]

From the ICANN site, 154 gTLD agreements have been terminated. I'm not sure how many due to non-payment, but https://domainincite.com/30105-icann-to-terminate-five-new-g... indicates that at least some have been due to non-payment.

https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements?sort-column=top...

[cenourinhapt]

".active" is no longer active...

[pests]

It’s part of the initial process for you to develop and file contingency plans in case happens. Most likely delegating to a different company in one way or another.

[koakuma-chan]

That's crazy, why is it so expensive

[BeFlatXIII]

time to start fundraising for .fhqwhgads

[bombcar]

I’m there for it; all told it’s not much more than a house …

[BeFlatXIII]

can't wait to be reachable at [e-mail]

[bombcar]

[e-mail]

This is the kind of stuff you’ll see and know I hit the powerball