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[Toby]

Originally Posted by LAJ

$60 is the rock bottom wholesale price. I'd be interested in knowing what percentage of people are actually paying that low price. I wouldn't take it for free.

That $60 was preliminary, pre-approval. I believe I saw a figure of $70 or $75 in a post ICANN approval statement from ICM. That would be the wholesale price from ICM to registrars, plus any applicable fees to ICANN etc.

GoDaddy and others are adding a sizable markup. I just can't see anyone buying up a bunch of these. A few will be thinking they have to protect their brand, and a few trying to cut in on someone's .com brand, but at $200+ per domain there won't be much speculating going on.

Unless I'm missing something major I just don't see how ICM is going to recoup the millions they've already spent. Now isn't that a shame *insert sarcasm smiley here*