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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] increase in .com pricing
by nigerian weadding clothes Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 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 $14.99 is already far more than justified. Other registries such as .uk are much cheaper even though they benefit from less economies of scale than .com 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. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Michael Sumner Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 2020

I am a domain investor. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. There is obviously no stakeholder outcry to increase prices on registrants. Registrants themselves obviously don’t want to pay more. So who does the proposed price increase stand to benefit? Only Verisign. It stands to reap billions of dollars more, all paid for by registrants, and for no genuine reason whatsoever. If the proposed fee increases go into effect, by the end of the six-year agreement term, the fee for each .com domain name will increase to $10.29 per year, a 30% jump from current levels. Even conservatively assuming that in six years’ time there are only 140 million .com domain name registrants, that increase of $2.44 per year, per domain name, would result in $341,000,000 more revenue for Verisign per year. Verisign already enjoys an incredible operating margin of around 60%. By any reasonable estimation, Verisign is not suffering for lack of revenue nor is it deserving of increased revenue. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. If ICANN is to be trusted as the steward of the .COM Registry on behalf of the global public interest, ICANN must ask itself why it would effectively hand over billions of dollars in registrant money to its contracted service provider? Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price, particularly when it is already handsomely paid and others could do it for far less. As we saw with the .Org Fiasco, bad things happen when a registry operator treats the registry as an asset that belongs to it, rather than acting as a mere contracted manager. If there was ever any hope that the new gTLDs would present effective competition to .COM so that prices would naturally be constrained by market forces, the results are in and it didn’t happen. Because of Verisign’s market power, and in the absence of putting the .COM Registry out for bid, price caps are necessary to protect the public from Verisign’s ability to abuse its market power by raising prices far above levels that would exist in a market where there was effective competition. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. I want you to do so. I want you to look out for registrant interests in particular, not your service provider’s financial interests. Setting prices is a policy matter when it comes to the .COM Registry. If ICANN intended to adopt such a radical policy of permitting Verisign to set its own prices, that is a matter for stakeholders to determine, and there has never been any such policy development nor agreement among stakeholders. Michael Sumner Maryland, USA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Linda Carruth Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 2020

To Whom It May Concern, I am a registrant of a .com domain name, actually 57 .com domain names, some of which are for sale because they no longer have websites. Some domains are portfolios and some are attached to online shops. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. 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. If the price does go up, I will likely have to decide which domains I will not renew, and move forward from there. Others will likely do the same. Linda Carruth Cleveland, Ohio United States L W Wallace Co 216.459.8303 Graphic Solutions for Business and Industry http://lwwallace.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by 홍영진 Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 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. Hong young jin Daegu, Daegu South Korea

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Allen Furrer Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 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. Allen Furrer Brookston, IN

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Allen Furrer Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 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. Allen Furrer Reynolds Allen Furrer allen(a)biotownag.com 317-408-7335 direct

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Ambi N Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 2020

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. Anbi Bengaluru, Karnataka India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Shaikh Masood Alam Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 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. 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. Masood Thuwal, Makkah Province Saudi Arabia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Daniel Eisenhut Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am a registrant of a .com domain name and I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices and 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. Do your job! Daniel Eisenhut Auckland

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Marc Feb. 8, 2020

Feb. 8, 2020

I am strongly opposed to any increase in domain name pricing structure, including the .COM top level domain (TLD). The proposed changes would result in increases up to 7% per year times 4 years. Other more expensive TLDs are already starting to become too expensive to keep due to escalating renewal costs. An average .com currently costs approximately $8.28 (average comparing 3 different of the top 10 domain name registrars). Increasing the .com price by 7% per year for 4 years would increase this price to $10.86. This would then raise the "renewal price" significantly above the "initial purchase" price. This increase is far in excess of wage rates. Already, regular wage earning people are finding it difficult to hold on to certain TLDs because of price escalations. Over time, the constant inflation of TLD pricing will result in an imbalance of corporate ownership, and subsequent "gentrification" of the .com TLD to the point that it displaces the common person from owning them in the long term. I urge reconsidering any regular increases in price of the .TLDs, and ask to limit such prices increases to no more than 2.5% per year. Sincerely, Marc Fruchtman 606 Laurel Valley Way Salisbury, NC 28147

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