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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by nicolas tirel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As an owner of more than 15 .com domain I’am seriously opposed to a price increase ! Technology make everything less expansive every year ! Try to think different to before wanting to raise the price. Sincerely. Nicolas

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

Feb. 11, 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. Warren Melbourne, Victoria Australia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Guillaume Demers Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments to the proposed amendment to the .COM registry agreement. I have a domain portfolio of over 1,000 .COM domains. Considering the origin of the price increases that have made their way into many registry agreements, I'm opposing any potential price increases, especially for .COM. The increases were originally allowed due an out of court settlement between ICANN and Verisign, that was decided without any community input and should have been time limited. Being quite technical myself, I do not see any obvious reason for the cost to run the registry and the DNS servers to increase. Technology gets cheaper in scale and the number of registrations is still increasing. Many other potential operators have made credible statements (and bids) that show that the registry can be run at a lower price. Thus, the rate should remain fixed at $7.85, or even be lowered. As a public company, Verisign's biggest obligation is to their shareholders, which means they need to increase their profit as much as possible. This does not align with the interest of the community and stakeholders in the ICANN process. ICANN's goal is to keep the internet technically stable, this is not done by granting arbitrary price increases. *Guillaume* *wanted(a)gmail.com <wanted(a)gmail.com>*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Russellville Pastor 2 Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am writing in response to the proposed amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I and the church I represent have a total of three .com domains between us, and this amendment would increase the fees on them to the point where it would be difficult to justify keeping all of them. Put differently, it would make having .com domains increasingly less of an option for us, and I suspect we’re far from the only one. Please revise this amendment so as to keep .com domains accessible and affordable for many. Nicholas Davelaar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rev. Nicholas Davelaar Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) 2810 S. Knoxville, Russellville, Arkansas www.covenantrussellville.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Alexander Johnson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As an owner of multiple .com domains I strongly disagree with this proposal. Verisign is not adding value here and has provided no sound or valid reason for the prices increases.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Strongly Against
by Jason Masters Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As an internet user, website owner and operator, and professional web developer, I cannot fathom how you can possibly justify this change. This is nothing but monopolistic extortion. Unless Verisign's costs are expected to rise faster than inflation (which they are emphatically not), then this is completely unjustifiable on the grounds of the public good. This is merely enriching verisign at the public's expense. It's indefensible and preposterous on it's face. Seriously, you all need to give your head a shake for thinking this was halfway reasonable, it goes against the very principles that our economy is based on, for no reason whatsoever except enriching a singular private company. Regards, Jason Masters

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increases in .com domain names
by Claire Fuller Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dears sirs, I object to the concept of .com domains increasing in price year ion year. If this happens I will change my domain to an alternative. And regards Claire Fuller Claire Fuller +1.604.905.8359 Pemberton, BC

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Nwoye Tochukwu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As an intending domain investor, it will be very bad for me and other investors, Imagine having 100 domains that needs to be renewed. I stand against the price increase on dot com domains. It is not on our interest.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My opinion
by Egypt Tourz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domains are an essential part of the internet
by Jorge Solórzano Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Arbitrary increasing the prices of .com domain names will hurt an extremely large part of the internet consumers, please don't let this happen, Verisign already makes many millions of dollars by leveraging the economy of scale with hundred of millions of .com domains, and that allows them to maintain and improve their infrastructure without any issue and still have large profits, if we allow them to increase the prices, that will make more hurt than good, just too fill the pockets of a few greedy actors and hamper the innovation of the internet.

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