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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Carisa Wilder 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. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Carisa Wilder Ann Arbor, Michigan United States Carisa Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Robert Gallegos 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. Robert Gallegos Somerville, Massachusetts United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com
by Kevin Sinan Hakkıbilen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi Please don’t make the .com domain more expensive. Sincerely an .com domain owner

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] OPPOSED to the proposed Amendment 3
by J Wadsworth Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am submitting this comment to OPPOSE the proposed Amendment 3. The domain name registration system should be run in the interest of public good. The only beneficiary of Amendment 3 is Verisign. Verisign will maintain a monopoly hold on .com names and will be able to drive the prices of .com names up by 70% over the next 10 years just because it wants to make a money grab. Verisign already reports $300 million in revenue and $198 million in operating income last quarter. Clearly these price hikes are NOT necessary and will only serve to enrich this private sector company at the expense of everyone with a .com domain for their web sites. The internet was envisioned to be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate and are simply catering to private sector greed. Please do not adopt this ammendment. Sincerely, J Wadsworth Fun 4 US Kids 352-283-0615

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com prices
by Lia Prins Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not allow the increase of .com prices. I've used the same URL with a .com extension for years and my potential clients won't be able to find my site without it. My business and so, so many others will suffer drastically. Please reconsider! -- Lia Prins liaprins.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concern Regarding Proposed Amendment 3 to .COM Registry Agreement
by Yuqing Kou Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a small-business owner who uses a .com domain for my business website, I am concerned about the provisions of this proposed amendment. Firstly, the potential of price increases in the future may be prohibitive for my business to retain my .COM domain. If I needed to change my domain, that will negatively impact the web presence of my business which may greatly affect my business health overall. Please consider that many small-business owners like myself rely on our websites to introduce our businesses to customers, and many businesses (especially those that rely on internet traffic) may not be able to afford to maintain a .COM domain with the proposed changes. Secondly, I am concerned about the following provision “The proposed LOI also provides that Verisign will contribute U.S. $20 million dollars over five years.” There is no explanation for how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds will be spent properly. I hope ICANN will take these and other public comments into consideration. Sincerely, Yuqing Kou Owner of Acuherbal Health LLC Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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

Feb. 11, 2020

To whomever this may concern, Upon learning of the very possible reality of .com prices increasing in no small part thanks to Verisign, I knew I must make my voice heard. As someone learning to code and making his own websites from scratch, having some registered .com domains has been an excellent way of making my coding practice have more merit. Increasing these .com prices will not only hurt me, but the many others trying to find a job in tech when there are already so many other hurdles to face in this field of work. While larger companies may not pay any mind to the change in price, it is definitely something that will still affect many others trying to make unique ways of sharing their skill and talents online through a legitimate .com. This price hike only benefits larger companies while finding more ways to distance the working class from trying to make a better life for themselves. Thank you for your time, Gabe Peralta

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] a legal way of stealing money
by Ali Raza Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Stop stealing money from our pockets or at least you should apply on enterprise users not small business owners or blogers. Or schools. Ali raza +971556970015

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I use the Internet but I am not a .com registrant. 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. Olivier Toupin Montreal, Quebec Canada

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

Feb. 11, 2020

If you change the pricing to use .com it will make it unaccessible to many. As well as possibly make us change to other domains

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