what is the reason for the additional $0.20 domain registration fee?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – www.icann.org) introduced a mandatory fee of $0.20 for each domain registration per year. This fee is effective as of November 1^st, 2004. It applies to new domain registrations, domain renewals and domain transfers.

Examples:

• If your domain registration period is one year and your domain registration regular price with Aplus.Net is $7.95 per year, you will be charged: $7.95 (one year Aplus.Net registration fee) + $0.20 (one year ICANN fee).
• If your domain registration period is five years and your domain registration regular price is $7.95 per year, you will be charged: 5*$7.95 (five year Aplus.Net registration fee) + 5*$0.20 (five year ICANN fee).

Note: This additional ICANN fee applies to the following domain name extensions - .com, .net, org, .biz, .info, and .name.