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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Sergey Kovalyukh 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Sergey Kovalyukh Barrie, Ontario Canada

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to price hike without public participation
by Chet Kasper Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I just hear on the news you plan to increase registration prices. Why? *I am opposed to your price increase* as I have no idea why you are doing this. Seek public participation next time. -Chet.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't conduct price increase negotiations in secret
by Saralee Etter Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a struggling small business owner, I object to ICANN allowing price increases on my .com domain name without any input from me or any place I have my domain registered. This move must be negotiated in public and with full consent of all the parties, not just by two powerful entities that can pass along their costs and keep the profits without helping the customers who rely on them. Sincerely, Saralee Etter ettersaralee(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed increases in domain costs
by manager＠uppublications.ltd.uk Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As the owner and manager of multiple domain names (currently around 150) I have huge concerns over the proposed increases in the cost of domain registration. Extrapolated across the board for others like myself, it makes for a massive increase in costs that far exceeds inflation. That there should be a small increase to the cost of domain ownership is reasonable, that these should build without reference, year on year for the foreseeable future is tantamount to unfair practice and will certainly impact on the various projects I have on hand and will force me to close many. Please reconsider. You are pushing out hobbyists, those with personal websites and low budget web-designers - which is (or possibly as a result of these proposed changes "was") a large percentage of your customer base. According to Internet Live Stats - although there are 1.7 billion websites on the internet, only 200 million are currently active. Far worse 75% of currently registered websites are parked or suspended. The proposed increase in costs, year on year, will make this situation even worse. Gaile Griffin Peers <mailto:manager@gmgpspain.com> manager(a)gmgpspain.com <mailto:editor@grapevinespain.com> editor(a)grapevinespain.com +34 681 001 300, +34 96 646 1913, +61 (8) 6102 1345, +1 (617) 830-1897 <http://www.javeagrapevine.com/> www.javeagrapevine.com <http://www.uppbooks.com> www.uppbooks.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't raise dot com registrations
by Ryan Pendleton Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I don’t think a price increase to the .com is a wise decision. It is especially suspicious why it is being considered in these circumstances.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a several .com domain names for business and personal purposes. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. A price increase will cause a hardship on me and my business and there is no actual public benefit to a price increase. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest and the price increase will only benefit Verisign. Brendan Wells St Louis, Missouri United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Marla Felton 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. We are a small non-profit and cannot afford a price increase. Thank you. Marla Felton Stamford, Connecticut United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Janine Pearson : j9design Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello. I am against this amendment to the Registry Agreement because a price increase will affect any individual who would like their own domain name, especially small business owners like myself that don’t make money off of their website. Keeping domains a reasonable price will allow individuals to maintain a presence on the web. Janine Pearson Santa Fe, New Mexico

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Voting against .com price increase
by Nick Brown Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, I have learned via online research that ICANN intends to increase by over 70% the price of the .com TLD. I am writing this email to formerly object to this intention. The price of TLDs is already very high compared to the relative data storage cost for the period of 1 Year. Choosing to nearly double the cost of such TLDs simply because Verisign have essentially offered your organisation a $20 million dollar bribe is irresponsible. There is already a vast trend of domain name squatting, where vendors will automatically scoop up domains simply for the potential to resell them in the future. This behaviour has, and continues to, bias domain ownership in favour of the rich, and prevent fledgling businesses or other potential domain owners from having equal accessibility to the domain namespace. As a software engineer and web domain owner, I understand how automated the process of domain name registration & ownership is. While human-occupied jobs do exist within this realm, such as those working for top-level DNS providers and security firewalls for top-level DDOS protection and the like, the majority of the process of registering and managing domain names is performed and maintained by software agents. Therefore I do not see justification in such a hefty and spontaneous price hike, especially when money exchanging hands between your organisation and Verisign is involved. Please do not follow the monopolistic behaviour of companies like AT&T, Comcast or Verizon. The reason inequality is rife in America is due to rich-favouring tactics like these companies demonstrate. To follow suit by accepting the Verisign bribe simply to hike prices for the end consumer would be disastrous for the future of equality of domain accessibility. Please instead focus on setting a healthier and kinder example of encouraging equality, by redirecting your efforts to instead deconstruct and prevent domain squatting, or automated & exhaustive automated domain purchasing. This would help ensure that TLDs remain available and accessible to every person with such interest, rather than exclusively favouring the wealthy and supporting their ongoing land-grab in this arena. Yours sincerely, Nicholas Brown

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

Feb. 11, 2020

We strongly oppose this proposed amendment 3 which is an ill conceived amendment that is totally anti existing users of .Com domain and should be scrapped immediately. Issax Peria

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