Dot Nom Registry Operator Financial Projections (Quarterly over 4 Years, Low 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 72 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122 124 126 128 130
A4 Number of staff 0.4 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21
         
B Price per domain year   5.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
C Financing balance required per member 40,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 45,000 45,000 45,000
         
D Number of registrations (domains) 75,000 0 75,000 89,191 106,066 126,134 150,000 178,381 212,132 252,269 300,000 356,762 424,264 504,538 600,000 713,524 848,528
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 80%     54,545 63,661 74,301 86,718 101,211 118,126 137,867 160,908 187,800 219,186 255,817 298,570
D3     Number of registrations (years) 0 82,500 99,966 121,129 210,244 253,326 305,259 367,865 443,343 534,346 644,075 776,391 935,955 1,128,392 1,360,487 1,640,434
D4     Cumulated registered domains 0 75,000 164,191 270,257 396,391 546,391 724,772 936,904 1,189,173 1,489,173 1,845,935 2,270,199 2,774,737 3,374,737 4,088,261 4,936,789
         
E Domains Registered per year         270,257       666,648       1,333,295       2,666,590
       
         
         
F RECEIPTS OF FUNDS          
         
G1 Aggregate new members' contribution 1,120,000 90,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 90,000 90,000 90,000
G2 Aggregate current members' additional contribution 0 500,000 510,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -620,000 0 0
         
H1  Income from registrations 0 412,500 399,864 363,388 630,732 759,979 915,777 1,103,595 1,330,029 1,603,038 1,932,224 1,940,977 2,339,888 2,820,979 3,401,219 4,101,086
         
I TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR QUARTER   1,120,000 1,002,500 1,009,864 463,388 730,732 859,979 1,015,777 1,203,595 1,430,029 1,703,038 2,032,224 2,040,977 2,439,888 2,290,979 3,491,219 4,191,086
         
J  TOTAL Receipts of funds over Year         3,595,752       3,810,083       7,206,268       12,413,171
         
         
K USE OF FUNDS          
         
L1  MANAGEMENT, STAFF, CONSULTANTS          
L2     Compensation and social security 100,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 225,000 225,000 250,000 275,000 300,000 300,000 325,000 350,000 375,000 425,000 450,000 475,000 525,000
L3     Office space, equipment, supplies, miscellaneous 10,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 21,514 23,142 24,893 26,777 28,804 30,984 33,329 35,851 38,565 41,483 44,623 48,000 51,633
         
M1  TECHNICAL RESOURCES          
M2     Main SRS Site 0.5 200,000 100,000 109,460 119,816 131,151 143,558 157,139 172,005 188,277 206,089 225,586 246,927 270,287 295,857 323,846 354,483
M3     Backup SRS Site 0.5 200,000 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 0.60 200,000 50,000 50,000 40,538 59,459 81,959 108,716 140,536 178,376 223,376 276,890 340,530 416,211 506,211 613,239 740,518
M5     SRS software and standard development 300,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 65,567 86,973 112,428 142,701 178,701 221,512 272,424 332,968 404,968 490,591 592,415
         
N  LEGAL EXPENSES 0.5 200,000 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 5% 76,000 31,500 32,446 34,334 36,495 40,477 45,587 51,289 56,431 63,629 71,771 81,019 92,812 104,876 118,726 135,927
         
Q ICANN gTLD REGISTRY FEES 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
         
R TOTAL EXPENSES FOR QUARTER   1,621,000 686,500 706,367 746,018 796,397 880,012 987,331 1,107,067 1,220,046 1,371,213 1,542,197 1,736,391 1,999,048 2,252,392 2,543,250 2,904,459
                
S  TOTAL Use of funds over Year         3,759,884       3,770,807       5,869,846       9,699,150
       
       
T Cash flow -501,000 316,000 303,497 -282,629 -65,665 -20,033 28,446 96,528 209,983 331,825 490,027 304,586 440,839 38,587 947,969 1,286,627
U Reserve 1,500,000 999,000 1,315,000 1,618,497 1,335,867 1,270,203 1,250,170 1,278,616 1,375,144 1,585,127 1,916,952 2,406,980 2,711,566 3,152,405 3,190,992 4,138,961 5,425,587
V Reserve per domain 17.53 9.86 4.94 3.20 2.29 1.76 1.47 1.33 1.29 1.30 1.19 1.14 0.95 1.01 1.10
*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