Quote Originally Posted by splitice View Post
Verisign charges all domain name registrars $8.39 as the wholesale rate. If your registrar charges less than this it's either a loss-leader or a scam. Beware.
This is not true. Wholesale price for .com is $7.85. Registrars are also required to pay an ICANN fee of $0.18. So the break even price for one .com domain is $8.03.

In addition, Verisign occasionally arranges promotions. This allows registrars to sell below the wholesale price until they run out of quotas.