The advantages of obtaining an ICANN Accreditation can be broadly categoarized as:

The Cost Advantage

• Buy at Base Cost: Registrars buy directly from the Registries:

TLD	Registrar Cost	Average Wholesale Cost
.com	7.52	9.52
.net	5.58	8.73
.org	6.93	8.74
.info	2.75	9.14
.biz	7.03	8.97
.mobi	7.30	16.49

The Brand Advantage

• Consumer/Industry Recognition - The ICANN Accredited Registrar logo represents a sign of trust, stability and strength. Every Whois query of a customer’s domain states the Registrar’s name.
• Differentiation - There are only 150 active ICANN Accredited Registrars as against the 1000's of Resellers worldwide.
• Boost Sales of Allied Services - Expansion in domain name growth provides Registrars with the opportunity to accelerate sales of various other high-margin web presence products (like web & email hosting, website builder, etc.) that most customers need along with a domain name.
• Tap the Reseller Market - ICANN Accredited Registrars have the best chance to establish and retain a wholesale business through an extensive Reseller network.
• Complete Control, Autonomy and Secrecy – Obtain complete autonomy and flexibility over support, marketing and all other mission critical facets of your domain registration business.

Additional Revenue Opportunities

• Domain Parking - Registrars reserve the ability to monetize all inactive and expired domains sponsored by them resulting in additional revenue opportunities.
• Land rushes - The ability to collect pre-registrations during the 'Sunrise' and 'Landrush' periods of new gTLDs represents a significant profit opportunity, available only to ICANN Accredited Registrars.

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