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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Regarding recent .COM Changes
by Saadman Shafiq Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please explain why these increases are necessary, if they are not valid enough to share with the wider community please change the decision to support this deal with Verizon. Kind Regards, Sadman Shafiq

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment in Disfavor of Price Increase
by Josh Hoffer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed price increase of the .COM registry is unnecessary and greedy move by ICANN. The cost of facilitating a registry, in this case by Verisign, has never been cheaper on a per domain basis. Therefore there is no satisfactory reason that a non-profit organization would increase costs towards the very people it is intended to serve. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that these comments will even be considered and at worse they will simply be called 'spam'. So we must hope that eventually investigations into this and the related .ORG scandal will bring the individuals responsible for this greed and misconduct to the eye of the law and the public. Not only is this comment against the proposed price increases, it is also against ICANN control of the DNS root zone and any other aspects of the internet at large. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed domain name .com tld registration fee increase
by Mohammed Kamal Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To: ICANN With all due respect, I am a junior web developer with three domain names that I currently own and operate. The proposed price increases will be detrimental to my economic situation as I am not generating enough total revenue to justify paying higher domain name registration fees, increasing web hosting fees, etc. I am respectfully requesting that ICANN be considerate of struggling web developer such as myself when deciding to implement the fee increases. Thank you kindly. From: Mohammed Kamal - Junior Web Developer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] private agreements make you look untrustworthy
by Jeffrey Samorano Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN and Verisign Inc., I am opposed to the .COM price increase. I strongly urge you to reconsider any private agreements that will lead to financial consequences for all those who rely on the internet for conducting business. Making "secret" deals behind closed doors will have a significant and negative impact on your companies' trustworthiness and social credibility. *This directly contradicts your "bottom-up, open and transparent process."* *Jeffrey Samorano*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unfair .com deal
by Lamsal, Saurav Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello ICANN, I believe this is extremely unfair to small businesses and young entrepreneurs. 20$ mil, for one company is not a good deal sacrificing the entire web devs. Thank you!

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a number of .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains as I don't think it is justified. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices, and the current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. How can you justify the increase of these domain names? ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest but in stead is focused on making extreme profits. Dean Edridge Auckland, Auckland New Zealand

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No price hike
by Jesse E. Afolabi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, Netizens around the world deserve better. Netizens from third world countries deserve an opportunity to establish an enterprise without much of an hassle. Please do not raise the price. Thank you. -Jesse

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop price hike
by Vineet Kapoor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please reduce the price rather than increasing it to promote digitalization. You’ll only be discouraging people to do online business and professions. 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 Hawkins Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign wants 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. Kind Regards Michael Hawkins Auckland, New Zealand

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please keep my site affordable
by Carol Ring Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, Wholesale registries charge Namecheap a set fee per domain name per year. According to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and the increases don't stop there. This will mean that .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. Please, please keep my little site affordable. Kind Regards, Carol

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