February 2020 - comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Benjamin Bergman Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I have heard about the deal ICANN has made with Verisign to significantly increase costs of .com domains over the next ten years. As a major component of the internet, access to .com domains is an important feature of the internet. Please reconsider your agreement and aim to have future conversations that could affect wide ranges of small communities more publicly in the future. -Ben

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase .com domain fees
by Mariam Hamed Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, I hope all is well! It just came into my notice that you will increase the fees on the .com domain names. I would like to vote no for that decision as a student it's not okay for me to pay more for my domain name. Thank you, Mariam

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the .com price increase!
by Alex Friedman Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This change is ruining the internet, I will be forced to stop using this tld

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against .com domain price increase
by Aleksandar Prokopec Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of the .com domain. I am against the price increase on .com domain. This increase was negotiated behind closed doors and Verisign has no right to dictate the price. This hurts internet as a whole, and the existing prices are already too high. Aleksandar Prokopec

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement Commnet
by Ihor Onyshchenko Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

The proposed amendment 3 looks like a document that will allow Verisign to be a monopolist. Also, Verisign will be able to "control" most of the prices. I own more than 50 domains. *I do not support this amendment. * Feel free to write back if more information is needed. Sincerely, Ihor Onyshchenko

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing changes to ICANN Amendment
by Tom Geldner Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am in opposition to any initiatives that will potentially raise the price of .COM domains. There is no benefit to the registrant and this only looks like an unnecessary money grab. I personally own some 10 .COM domains and this would great an additional hardship as a small business. Tom Geldner 2814 Rancho Pancho Carlsbad, CA 92009 Tel: 760-814-8105 Cel: 858-610-9020 Web: <http://www.geldner.com/> www.geldner.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against!
by Freddie Sahhar Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am against the changes proposed ICANN behind closed doors. These changes are purely for money. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment comment
by Layne Brookshire Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am concerned about the amendment as it affects my personal small businesses and those of the students I coach to open their own small businesses. I always encourage students to use namecheap as it is such a great price for what you are getting and a reliable company. This price increase will majorly impact costs for small business owners and many may change providers after years of loyalty to namecheap due to the way the amendment was handled without respect to loyal customers. Please consider our requests as we’d like to stay with you without such a drastic price increase. Thank you for your consideration. -- Layne Brookshire Owner, Ms. Placed Pro Organizing 512-987-8303 | layne(a)msplaced.com www.msplaced.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am concerned about this amendment to the Registry Agreement
by Bob Madewell Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear Madam, or Sir, I am concerned about this amendment to the Registry Agreement because it will affect, not just me, buy any individual who would like their own domain name. I am 100% sure that no corporation will object to the 28% cost increase every six years as they earn money off their domain name and paying almost any amount would be acceptible to them. However, there are a great deal of small businesses that would see this as a burden as well as individual users out there that have purchased their own domain name and are using it for personal use, not commercial use. Several of us have multiple domain names, if for no other reason than to protect our own names from being used to run a website. I personally have about 6 that I use to protect myself and my family while also allowing my children to be able to have a domain name that is exclusively theirs. 20 year Cost analysis: $ 7.85 / year 2018 $10.29 / year 2023 (31% increase over 2018) $13.49 / year 2029 (72% increase over 2018) $17.68 / year 2035 (125% increase over 2018) $23.17 / year 2041 (195% increase over 2018) I am aware that the 7% is a maximum per year for each of the four years and, theoretically, there could be no increase or a sub 7% increase some years, however, I have little faith on this being the norm and, most certainly, CANNOT plan on it being any less than the full 7% in any fiscal plans made. I understand it would be extremely difficult for you to create a regulation that would charge businesses more and individuals less, however, that may be what is required at this time. This would leave a loophole for businesses to have an individual register their domain name, however, no corporation of any size will be willing to leave their domain names in private hands. This would also allow fledgling businesses (aka startups) to keep their costs low at first. Remember, many businesses have been started in individual's garages. You may also assume that all ".com" domain names are used for, or are supposed to be used for commercial purposes, however, this is not the case today. If this had been defined and enforced from the beginning of the internet, this would be a non-issue, however, to start enforcing it today would cause many many individuals to lose their domains. Yes, there are other top level domains they can move to, however, that doesn't alleviate the fact that they would be losing an asset they had invested much time, money, and resources acquiring. Please keep the annual fee very low or consider a more flexible charging system for the .COM top level domain that will keep it accessible to individuals and small businesses. -- Bob Madewell

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't let the .COM prices go up
by Dave Buchwald Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Simply said, prices should not go up. Thanks.

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