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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Robin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, I understand that ICANN are considering amendments to the .COM registry agreement. As a small-business owner and IT contractor for many companies and charities I am concerned with several aspects of these proposed changes. 1. *_Any increase_**_in the wholesale price_* of .COM domains will affect the often slim profit margins of freelance web developers, and affect my customers decisions with regard to whether a .COM, or even a website is worth their while. Why not just have a Facebook page - they are free after-all. 2. I am concerned with the *_involvement of Verisign as a controller of registrar pricing_*... as well as a domain registrar itself? That seems like a severe conflict of interest. 3. Apparently over 3,500 comments were submitted to a previous ICANN consultation... but were ignored as being 'spam' due to a number of them using an online tool. I hope ICANN will be considering more comments during this consultation. I hope you will consider the above points, and please also note that .COM domains are not all owned by large companies who can afford price increases - many smaller companies will be affected if these decisions are taken in haste. yours sincerely, Robin Gillett brocweb.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments
by Alex Sanchez Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would like to voice my opposition to Verisign being allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, Thank you. Alex Sanchez

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase .COM Price
by Fernando Topaz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I've just learn that you want to increase the price to .com domains and by doing it you will be increasing the price to be creative and that's a crime just comparable to the increase of prices of medicine that people need to continue living. If you proceed with such an arbitrary path you will create a world wide problem that's completelly unnecesary and that's because it's against the people to be against the people. Don't do that!. Sinceramente. Fernando

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Am so sad
by Hon. Sanya Wycliffe Odwori Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is so heart breaking and going to be reorganizing many .com users and perhaps many .com domains might be dumped and left for a few rich people something that doesn't bring in business to maximum. Please leave the prices as they are. Help us please. Thanks in advance.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain Fee Increases
by Balboos Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Storage and computational power have become ever cheaper. How can you justify not one, but a series of increases to domain pricing (particularly .COM) when cost for equipment and resources have dropped faster than any sort of inflation. There's talk (whatever that's worth) of some back-room deals to enable larger groups like Verisign increase their profitability. Also, very possibly driving the smaller registrars out of business . . . and, of course, followed by even steeper price increases. I've seen this with "Home Depot" destroying the local hardware stores and then increasing prices whilst reducing services. Is this where we are headed? Or perhaps, are you working on causing consumers to relinquish their .com domains by increasing the pricing? Please send and, for that matter, supply publicly, some sort of justification for this plan that is valid - and delay or desist implementation until public opinion can not only be openly solicited but also properly taken into account as the chief interested party in all such matters. :SSM "The difference between Genius and Stupidity is that Genius has its limits" - Albert Einstein

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domain price increase
by Kirk Matkin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of many domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. This would have a negative effect on my business and STRONGLY oppose this move. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Other GTLDS have been able to lower costs. 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 and this backroom deal is reprehensible. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. _________________________________ Kirk Matkin kmatkin(a)matkindesign.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I OPPOSE Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Harry Williams Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN Proposed amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement will do little more than raise revenue for the rent-seeking monopolist, verisign. As a .com domain owner I strongly oppose passing this amendment. Kind regards, Harry Williams

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] oppose Amendment 3
by em8748 Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose Amendment 3. These price increases will hurt small players who already have the odds stacked against them in a global market with massive monopolies to compete against. ICANN's authority is purely popular agreement --that can change. EM

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to the price increases set forth in the third amendment.
by Andy van der Gugten Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I want to voice my opposition to the price increases indicated in the 3rd amendment. Thanks Andy van der Gugten

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop .COM Price Increases
by Bob Moorehead Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The internet works extremely well partly due to its low costs. Raising prices as I've read ICANN intends to do will stifle the growth and commercial aspect of the Internet. Please limit any increases to a very small amount. Thank you, Bob. -- Bob Moorehead Bob(a)NetworkAnalysis.com (970) 215-1850

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