Namecheap is only participating in the GA (open registration) apparently.
General avaibility (GA)
December 14, 2016 (10:00:00 UTC)
eurodns.com is taking pre-registrations at 37.00?/year for the GA
https://www.101domain.com/cam.htm is offering EAP Dutch Auction Registrations
*Open Access was meant to be stated as
General Access (too many acronyms).
As far as the mechanics of it;
- The Registry sets its wholesale price to the Registrars who in turn mark up the retail price to the end buyer.
- The Registry is obligated to the ICANN terms of Sunrise and TMCH rules for registered trademark reservation.
- The are certain restrictions imposed on each registry, uniformly, with regard to the reservation of certain ccTLD names as SLD (A.K.A.: Domain names) SLD.TLD.