Godaddy - ICANN Fee ???

[ChrisTech]

One of my domains were auto-renewed today. Instead of it just being $8.95, the total is $9.20. So I logged in to see what is going on. Shows me ICANN FEE $0.25

When did this start? Anyone know? Is this "fee" charged on all registers? Anyone know? I never knew about this "fee". Something new they just introduced?

[Buddha]

from Tucows:

Q:What is this ICANN fee and why are we being charged for it?

A:On 12 October 2004, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the administrative body responsible for domain policy, approved a new budget with an increase in the fee it charges for every gTLD domain year to 25 cents per year. This fee is in addition to the registry fees and applies to .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info and .name. It is effective 1 November 2004.

As a result, Tucows is changing its standard price for a gTLD domain registration. Beginning 9 December 2004, the price per domain year will be adjusted to US $9.85, plus a separate $0.25 ICANN fee.

Historically, Tucows has included the ICANN fee in the per domain price. The ICANN fee has increased from $0.07 in 2000 to $0.25 in the latest ICANN budget. Tucows is now separating the ICANN fee from the per domain year price and passing the increase on to Resellers.

Basically someone has always been paying the fee. Now you know how much it is and who to complain to - the ICANN.