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

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name among others. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Julius Salonen Tampere, Finland

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Nemo Bengaluru, Karnataka India

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. wanyu China

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

Feb. 10, 2020

To whomever it concerns, I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The Internet was a space of freedom, and that it should remain. To ensure this freedom, anybody should be able to own a domain name, the only entry barrier being technical competency (which is lowered every day thanks to new management services). A domain name price should never be a barrier preventing people from owning their place on the Internet. If the proposed price increase is due to Verisign finding that the dot com registry is a hassle, I am sure you should be able to find another organisation willing to handle that without needing to increase the price. Better yet, maybe you should anyway ask for another handler for the dot com registry, one that could make these domain even cheaper and, more importantly, one that should be non US based. Regards, Nicolas Bernard Arches, France

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Ken Crossman Oak Park, Illinois United States ___ Ken Crossman NamingVentures.com (312) 848-9486

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to .COM Price Increases
by Stephen Johnson Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I see no justification for why .COM prices should increase. Verisign is already reporting operating margins around 60% and pays their CEO (*one person*) over $9 million *per year*. The idea that they are struggling to cover their costs is ludicrous. TLD's should be managed for the public good, not the greed of corporate executives. Sincerely, Stephen Johnson

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am writing to express my opposition to proposed Amendment 3 of the .COM Registry Agreement. I am the registrant of multiple .com domains. Given the current issues with the proposed .ORG takeover, it would be inadvisable to consider any changes to other TLDs until those issues are resolved. Furthermore, were it not for those issues, the proposed .COM price hike is unjustified. Although I am not privy to Verisign's financials, I have seen it estimated that their costs per domain registered range from $1 to $3.50. This gives them a current profit margin of ~60%. Given that ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest, not in Verisign's interest, and that a profit margin of 60% is extremely high in any indistry, ICANN should instead be proposing to lower .COM prices. Michael Buckley Portland, Oregon

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Josh Voigts Wheaton, Illinois United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Leon d'Ancona Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Leon D’ Ancona missisuaga Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name, and I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. These prices should go down over time, not up. St Louis, Missouri United States

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