The gTLD evaluation fee has been set at USD 227,000 per application. The gTLD evaluation fee does not include fees for conditional evaluations that an applicant may decide to pursue and for which the applicant will incur an additional fee. Conditional evaluations are required in certain application scenarios (see FAQs on Application Types). For more information about what is included in the gTLD evaluation fee, please see question #6 below.
The gTLD evaluation fee includes the option to apply for up to four allocatable variants per primary string application. If an applicant decides to apply for more than four allocatable variant strings under one primary string, the applicant must pay the USD 227,000 evaluation fee for each additional allocatable variant beyond the fourth variant.
Applicants that are qualified for support through the Applicant Support Program (ASP) will pay the gTLD evaluation fee with a discount ranging from 75% to 85%. The discount depends on the number of qualified applicants that are ultimately supported.
For further details and conditions, please see the Applicant Guidebook sections 3.3.1.1 (gTLD Evaluation Fee for Applications with Variant Strings) and 3.3.1.2 (gTLD Evaluation Fee for Qualified Applicant Support Program Applicants).