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Note 11 - Costs to Obtain and Fulfill a Contract
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Capitalized Contract Costs [Text Block]

11. Costs to obtain and fulfill a Contract

 

Deferred costs of fulfillment

 

Deferred costs to fulfill contracts primarily consist of domain registration costs which have been paid to a domain registry and are capitalized as deferred costs of fulfillment. These costs are deferred and amortized over the life of the domain which generally ranges from one to ten years. The Company also defers certain technology design and data migration costs it incurs to fulfill its performance obligations contained in our platform services arrangements. There were no impairment losses recognized in relation to the costs capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Amortization expense is included in cost of revenue.

 

The breakdown of the movement in the deferred costs of fulfillment balance for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is as follows (Dollar amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars). 

 

  March 31, 2025 
     

Balance, beginning of period

 $116,975 

Deferral of costs

  49,408 

Amortized expense included in cost of revenue

  (45,391)

Balance, end of period

 $120,992