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

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by Imagine Breaker Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Just register my unhappiness about price hike due to amendments or whatever. Please continue same price structure as before. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase for .com
by Autumn Wallace Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

There is no reason to increase the price of .com real estate. They have recently created various other extensions expanding the market. Also it just seems to be added to the incessant greed present on this plane of existence.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to Price Gouging!!
by K | O Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear ICANN humans, I beseech you to please consider humanity, consider right versus wrong, and to choose the right path moving forward. I beseech you NOT to increase prices for domain names by increasing .COM prices. This would be a vile act that would truly cement the capitalist oligarchy in its throne. If this is your goal, however, then I wish you luck when you and your greed die, only to be met with a more eternal fate of regret and rot as you turn restlessly in your grave when you consider what you've done to humanity. And as I don't believe this is your intention (to support the capitalist oligarchy), I am sure you will do the right thing and secure/ensure fair prices for humans to access reasonably priced domains all around the world. Thank you for your consideration, A human who cares about other humans, a human who believes in the notions of "justice" and "democracy"

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the .Com price Hikes
by Jacques Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi, we the collective people of .com owners are opposed to the price hikes you are actioning You will be destroying the dreams of individuals wanting to start a business using .com and just adding to the cost of running the business of those who have already started the journey of becoming established .com owners. We understand that the economy of the world is growing and the price of goods and services must increase and we would be in full support if your plans we're in line with what would be deemed acceptable. We the collective people of .com owners strongly ask that you humbly reconsider your planned actions. I am assured that my thoughts are aligned with the collective as I have helped many individuals apart of the collective start their .com website. Love and Regards *Jacques Oostenbrink *

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Wayne Buckholdt Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

In an era in which the cost of domain names should be declining, due to everything being automated, I recently discovered that the price of .com domains will soon be going up by 7% most years. This far exceeds the rate of inflation and represents an additional tax of approximately $400 on my portfolio of .com domains during just the first year. For a small business owner like myself this is a significant burden. Should Amendment 3 not be rescinded, I will be writing my congressman, senator, and President Trump, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to initiate an antitrust lawsuit against ICANN and the Verisign monopoly. What ICANN should be doing is putting the .com registry up for bid. I¹m sure that there are many competent companies, such as GoDaddy, who could deliver this service at a much lower cost to the end user. This would benefit millions of users instead of only ICANN and Verisign, which have effectively been given a license to steal. Do not underestimate the power of millions of .com domain owners, when they speak in unison. Sincerely, Wayne Buckholdt Owner of MindPal LLC

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Hanaba Munn Welch Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am opposed to proposed price increases for .com domains. In my case, my main website is actually a non-profit. At this point, we can't simply change to .org. Our current address is too well known to change. The uncertainty of the rate increases over time and how they will filter down to ordinary people is disturbing. The whole process sounds like "taxation without representation" -- the complaint of early American colonists against Mother England. I believe that was a legitimate complaint at the time, and I believe the principle holds today. Hanaba Munn Welch

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by John Littleton Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 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. I am a web designer who registers and manages my client domain names. Domain name registration is a public service and the cost for that service must be directly related to the cost of providing that service. Find another organization to manage .com domain names. John Littleton Medford, Oregon United States - John - John Littleton J'ELan Web Designs

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment
by sommer fanney Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

It is important to know the purpose behind these proposed changes, including the reasoning behind ICANN's receiving of $20 million extra funds from Verisign. How would the $20 million be used to support the stability and security of the domain name system, and why is this amount of money needed to do so? Do we have evidence that the domain name system's stability and security is at risk? Additionally, it would be unhealthy for the domain name market, as well as the integrity of the internet, for Verisign to act as a reseller of .COM domains. It is vital that the internet use remain fair, and price increases could skew the use of the internet as a platform towards increasingly wealthy people. This could change what kinds of information is shared, and how. The wider access people have to using the internet as a platform, the better off it, as well as we, will be.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by So May Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

TOTAL FUCKING RIP OFF. YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by vincent＠solwazi.net Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am against the price increases.

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