Why does CIRA have to charge Registrars fees for domain name registrations?
• There are two factors that explain why CIRA has to charge fees for registering domain names: a) A majority of the dot-ca user community wanted a professionally operated real-time registry. This is what CIRA was tasked with implementing. To fulfill its mandate, CIRA had start-up costs for such things as staff, offices, equipment and overhead. b) As per the Transition Agreement between UBC and CIRA, CIRA has agreed to compensate UBC for its efforts in developing the dot-ca registry in an amount of $4,348,800 to be paid out over the next few years.
