Dot Nom Registry Operator Financial Projections (Quarterly over 4 Years, Expected 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 0.5 8 9 10 10 11 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 31
         
B Price per domain year   5.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00
C Financing balance required per member 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 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
         
D Number of registrations (domains) 150,000 0 150,000 178,381 212,132 252,269 300,000 356,762 424,264 504,538 600,000 713,524 848,528 1,009,076 1,200,000 1,427,049 1,697,056
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%     109,091 127,323 148,601 173,436 202,422 236,251 275,735 321,817 375,600 438,372 511,634 597,141
D3     Number of registrations (years) 0 165,000 199,932 242,259 420,488 506,652 610,518 735,730 886,686 1,068,692 1,288,149 1,552,782 1,871,910 2,256,783 2,720,975 3,280,869
D4     Cumulated registered domains 0 150,000 328,381 540,513 792,782 1,092,782 1,449,544 1,873,808 2,378,346 2,978,346 3,691,870 4,540,398 5,549,474 6,749,474 8,176,523 9,873,579
         
E Domains Registered per year         540,513       1,333,295       2,666,590       5,333,181
       
         
         
F RECEIPTS OF FUNDS          
         
G1 Aggregate new members' contribution 1,120,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
G2 Aggregate current members' additional contribution 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1,100,000 0 0 -1,160,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
         
H1  Income from registrations 0 825,000 799,727 726,777 1,261,464 1,519,957 1,831,554 2,207,190 2,216,716 2,671,730 3,220,373 3,881,954 4,679,775 4,513,566 5,441,950 6,561,738
         
I TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR QUARTER   1,120,000 905,000 879,727 806,777 1,341,464 1,599,957 791,554 2,267,190 2,276,716 1,551,730 3,260,373 3,921,954 4,719,775 4,553,566 5,481,950 6,601,738
         
J  TOTAL Receipts of funds over Year         3,711,504       6,000,166       11,010,772       21,357,029
         
         
K USE OF FUNDS          
         
L1  MANAGEMENT, STAFF, CONSULTANTS          
L2     Compensation and social security 100,000 200,000 225,000 250,000 250,000 275,000 325,000 350,000 375,000 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 650,000 700,000 775,000
L3     Office space, equipment, supplies, miscellaneous 10,000 20,000 21,892 23,963 26,230 28,712 31,428 34,401 37,655 41,218 45,117 49,385 54,057 59,171 64,769 70,897 77,604
         
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 81,077 118,917 163,917 217,432 281,071 356,752 446,752 553,781 681,060 832,421 1,012,421 1,226,478 1,481,037
M5     SRS software and standard development 300,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 86,485 119,213 158,132 204,415 259,456 324,910 402,749 495,316 605,397 736,306 891,984 1,077,118
         
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 32,845 35,144 37,847 43,571 51,334 58,712 67,108 76,699 88,948 102,854 118,714 136,878 157,761 181,853 210,986
         
Q ICANN gTLD Registry Fees 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000
         
R TOTAL EXPENSES FOR QUARTER 1,621,000 714,737 763,028 819,785 949,986 1,113,007 1,267,955 1,444,260 1,660,679 1,917,905 2,209,941 2,543,002 2,949,442 3,387,972 3,893,905 4,505,712
                
S  TOTAL Use of funds over Year         3,918,550       4,775,209       8,331,528       14,737,030
       
       
T Cash flow -501,000 190,263 116,699 -13,009 391,478 486,950 -476,401 822,930 616,036 -366,175 1,050,431 1,378,952 1,770,333 1,165,594 1,588,045 2,096,026
U Reserve 1,500,000 999,000 1,189,263 1,305,962 1,292,954 1,684,432 2,171,382 1,694,981 2,517,911 3,133,947 2,767,772 3,818,204 5,197,156 6,967,489 8,133,083 9,721,128 11,817,154
V Reserve per domain 7.93 3.98 2.39 2.12 1.99 1.17 1.34 1.32 0.93 1.03 1.14 1.26 1.20 1.19 1.20
*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