Dot Nom Registry Operator Financial Projections (Quarterly over 4 Years, High Volume Scenario)
Currency in USD*
Year   2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004
Quarter ending March.01 June.01 Sept.01 Dec.01 March.02 June.02 Sept.02 Dec.02 March.03 June.03 Sept.03 Dec.03 March.04 June.04 Sept.04 Dec.04
         
A A S S U M P T I O N S          
         
A1 Registration Growth factor (per annum)   100% p.a. 100% p.a. 100% p.a. 100% p.a.
A2 Registration Growth factor (p.q.: per quarter) 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q. 19% p.q.
A3 Number of  members 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122 124 126 128 130
A4 Number of staff 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 19 21 23 26 29 32 36 40
         
B Price per domain year   5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
C Financing balance required per member 40,000 40,000 40,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
         
D Number of registrations (domains) 0 300,000 356,762 424,264 504,538 600,000 713,524 848,528 1,009,076 1,200,000 1,427,049 1,697,056 2,018,151 2,400,000 2,854,097 3,394,113
D1     Average duration of new registrations and renewals 0 1.10 1.12 1.14 1.16 1.19 1.21 1.23 1.25 1.28 1.30 1.33 1.35 1.38 1.40 1.43
D2     Number of registration renewals     218,182 254,645 297,203 346,873 404,843 472,502 551,469 643,633 751,200 876,743 1,023,269 1,194,282
D3     Number of registrations (years) 0 330,000 399,864 484,518 840,976 1,013,305 1,221,036 1,471,460 1,773,372 2,137,384 2,576,298 3,105,563 3,743,820 4,513,566 5,441,950 6,561,738
D4     Cumulated registered domains 0 300,000 656,762 1,081,026 1,585,564 2,185,564 2,899,088 3,747,616 4,756,692 5,956,692 7,383,741 9,080,797 11,098,948 13,498,948 16,353,045 19,747,158
         
E Domains Registered per year         1,081,026       2,666,590       5,333,181       10,666,361
       
         
         
F RECEIPTS OF FUNDS          
         
G1 Aggregate new members' contribution 1,120,000 80,000 80,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
G2 Aggregate current members' additional contribution 0 0 0 -1,040,000 0 0 -1,100,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         
H1  Income from registrations 0 1,650,000 1,599,454 1,453,553 2,102,441 2,026,610 2,442,072 2,942,920 3,546,745 4,274,768 5,152,596 6,211,126 7,487,641 9,027,132 10,883,899 13,123,475
         
I TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR QUARTER   1,120,000 1,730,000 1,679,454 473,553 2,162,441 2,086,610 1,382,072 2,982,920 3,586,745 4,314,768 5,192,596 6,251,126 7,527,641 9,067,132 10,923,899 13,163,475
         
J  TOTAL Receipts of funds over Year         5,003,008       8,614,043       19,345,236       40,682,148
         
         
K USE OF FUNDS          
         
L1  MANAGEMENT, STAFF, CONSULTANTS          
L2     Compensation and social security   200,000 225,000 250,000 275,000 300,000 350,000 375,000 425,000 475,000 525,000 575,000 650,000 725,000 800,000 900,000 1,000,000
L3     Office space, equipment, supplies, miscellaneous 20,000 22,270 24,799 27,614 30,749 34,240 38,127 42,455 47,275 52,641 58,617 65,272 72,682 80,933 90,121 100,352
         
M1  TECHNICAL RESOURCES          
M2     Main SRS Site 200,000 100,000 109,460 119,816 131,151 143,558 157,139 172,005 188,277 206,089 225,586 246,927 270,287 295,857 323,846 354,483
M3     Backup SRS Site 200,000 50,000 54,730 59,908 65,575 71,779 78,570 86,003 94,139 103,045 112,793 123,463 135,144 147,929 161,923 177,242
M4     TLD Servers/Zone File Generation/Whois Servers 200,000 50,000 50,000 162,154 237,835 327,835 434,863 562,142 713,504 893,504 1,107,561 1,362,120 1,664,842 2,024,842 2,452,957 2,962,074
M5     SRS software and standard development 300,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 172,971 238,425 316,264 408,831 518,912 649,821 805,499 990,632 1,210,794 1,472,613 1,783,969 2,154,235
         
N  LEGAL EXPENSES 200,000 50,000 54,730 59,908 65,575 71,779 78,570 86,003 94,139 103,045 112,793 123,463 135,144 147,929 161,923 177,242
         
O  ADVISORY COUNCIL BUDGET 200,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
         
P  MEETING EXPENSES, MISCELLANEOUS 76,000 32,864 35,186 43,220 55,193 66,881 78,927 94,122 111,562 131,657 154,892 183,094 215,695 253,505 298,737 351,281
         
Q ICANN gTLD REGISTRY FEES   25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
         
R TOTAL EXPENSES FOR QUARTER   1,621,000 715,134 763,905 932,619 1,209,048 1,454,496 1,707,459 2,026,560 2,417,807 2,839,801 3,327,742 3,919,972 4,629,587 5,423,608 6,373,476 7,476,909
                
S  TOTAL Use of funds over Year         4,032,659       6,397,563       12,505,322       23,903,580
       
       
T Cash flow -501,000 1,014,866 915,549 -459,066 953,392 632,114 -325,387 956,360 1,168,938 1,474,967 1,864,855 2,331,154 2,898,053 3,643,525 4,550,423 5,686,566
U Reserve 999,000 2,013,866 2,929,415 2,470,349 3,423,741 4,055,855 3,730,468 4,686,828 5,855,766 7,330,733 9,195,588 11,526,742 14,424,796 18,068,320 22,618,743 28,305,310
V Reserve per domain 6.71 4.46 2.29 2.16 1.86 1.29 1.25 1.23 1.23 1.25 1.27 1.30 1.34 1.38 1.43
*For its Registry Operation CORE may use the EURO instead of USD
D1 CORE in its com/net/org registration activity experiences an average duration of 1.3, H1 In this financial projection incomes from registration are based on a linear R Total expenses in this financial projection are calculated on
but this a more pessimistic scenario using an average duration growing progressively from 1.1 growth estimate which is most probably pessimistic for the activity in its the basis of a probable rush effect in the early stages
early stages. of the registration activity