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Singaporean drop-catching registrar Gname has added another 200 shell registrars to its collection, bringing its total to over 500.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 200 companies are named Gname 301 Inc through Gname 500 Inc. More accreditations means more connections to gTLD registries and a better chance to catch expired domains when they are deleted.<\/p>\n Gname last boosted its portfolio of shells in December 2023, when it doubled its number<\/a> from 150 to 300.<\/p>\n The latest accreditations will have cost $700,000 in up-front application fees and will add an extra $800,000 to Gname\u2019s costs due to ICANN\u2019s $4,000 flat annual accreditation fee.<\/p>\n This of course has a positive effect on ICANN\u2019s finances. Its fiscal 2025 budget predicted 40 new registrars, and even its high estimate was only for an increase of 57. <\/p>\n It had only accredited 24 new registrars in this fiscal year before Gname\u2019s move.<\/p>\n An extra $1.2 million it wasn\u2019t expecting is almost enough to cover its community volunteers\u2019 hotels bill for a whole year.<\/p>\n Gname\u2019s main accreditation had almost five million domains under management, making it the ninth-largest accreditation of the now over 3,000 on ICANN\u2019s books.<\/p>\n If you find this post or this blog useful or interestjng, please support Domain Incite<\/a>, the independent source of news, analysis and opinion for the domain name industry and ICANN community.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tTweet<\/a><\/p>\n
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