registrar margin

The difference between what a registrar (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar charges a customer for a domain and what it pays the registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry and ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN for it. Registrars set their own retail prices (glossary)retail price What a customer pays a registrar or reseller for a domain name. Full definition of retail price, so the margin varies widely. Many accept a low margin on domains and earn more from hosting, email and other services.