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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment3 to the .COM registry agreement
by Dina Psichogiopoulos Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains The current rate of $7.85 is already far more then justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. There is no justified reason for an increase. To increase the price will significantly affect all internet users. Creating budget uncertainties, discourage diversity, inhibit small business growth, discourage interest groups, limit the sharing of information. In times of great change and upheaval in our world, the sharing of information, thoughts, interests, are imperative to our growth, strengths, abundance. This increase will do more harm than good.... D.Psichogiopoulos Australia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Monopoly + guaranteed price increases = no accountability
by Shawn Baker Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am AGAINST proposed amendment 3. It is already unclear how the monopoly situation the Verisign enjoys is benefitting consumers of the .com TLD (the vast majority of whom are small business owners and individuals). Open this up to competition or clearly explain what consumers will get in exchange for prices rising >2x faster than inflation. Shawn Baker

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep a cap on domain name registration prices
by Chan Meng Chong Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

ICANN's new agreement with Verisign will allow Verisign to increase wholesale prices for .com domains every year, allowing .com wholesale domain prices to grow by more than 70% over the next decade. This makes .com domains less accessible and more expensive for businesses. Please keep price increases to no more than inflation levels. Also, can ICANN please share what it plans to do with the additional $20m that Verisign has agreed to pay ICANN over the next 5 years please? Could this $20m be a key reason for the planned increase in .com prices? How will ICANN spend this additional money, and who will ensure that it is channelled towards domain infrastructure? Thank you. Yours Sincerely, Chong Chan Meng

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not raise fees
by Beau Mccoy Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I implore you to NOT raise .com registration fees.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain price increases over the next decade
by Rod Ashcroft Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

It is currently a toss up on whether or not to renew many .com domains, given the annual cost of holding on to them. Your increasing prices of .com domains through the Verisign deal will have one effect - domain owners will drop more domains. I have hundreds of domains - most of them of little commercial importance. Rather than sit and wait in the hope that these domains will one day realise some commercial value, if you proceed with these increases I’ll ruthlessly go through my portfolio and shred everything but the very best. I suspect a lot of other domain owners will do the same. This won’t just negate your price increases, it will decimate your revenues. If it is your intention to discourage people from registering .com domains then this is a sure-fire strategy to achieve that aim. Sent from my iPad

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Com domain price increase is wrong
by Grant Boutiette Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am wholeheartedly against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices..... This is all driven by pure greed. NO ONE WANTS THIS! 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* not in the interest of a few. Grant Alexander

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not raise .com domain prices
by Matthew Lorentz Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I do not see any reason why a global, open system like DNS should be governed by a few people behind closed doors. I do not support raising .com domain prices and I hope you will reconsider your policies for negotiating such deals with more transparency and accountability. -Matt Lorentz

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign proposed .com price increases
by Maret Kunze Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Please stop ICANN and Verisign from raising our .com fees each year. Things are expensive enough as they are now. I don’t like the $20 million kickback agreement Verisign wants to make with ICANN over a five year period . This isn’t right. There is too much corruption out there already; we don’t need more. We need transparency. Thank you, Maret Kunze-Roche

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com is not a TopLevel Domain
by Aaron Contreras Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Verisign contract changes
by Gregg Williams Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hello, I very much disapprove of this contract change as it is. I don't like the lack of transparency, and I think the current change gives too much to Verisign and too little to ICANN. Raising domain fees for 40% of ICANN's business (.com fees) is HUGE, and a flat payment of $10M is a ridiculously small payment for the power it enables Verisgn to have. If Verisign is only going to pay a flat $10M, there should *strong* caps limiting how much they can raise .com prices each year. This contract change, as is, is extremely against the best interests of the public. Please make changes in favor of the public interest. Thank you. Gregory P. Williams

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