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

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am associated with the secondary market in domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. 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. Gerald Legere Winston-Salem, North Carolina United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against increased fees for .com domain names
by misty＠stillwatersnc.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against increased fees for .com domain names. Sincerely, Misty R. Lawrence LCMHC, LMFT, NCC Still Waters Christian Counseling 17830 Statesville Rd., Suite 235 Cornelius, NC 28031 Voicemail: 704-579-6263 Fax: 704-579-6264 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment on Proposed Amendment 3
by Brandon Galbraith Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I believe that allowing wholesale prices for .com domains to rise 72% over 12 years, which is far more than the rate of inflation and also far more than Verisign's underlying costs of maintaining the registry could possibly increase by, will dramatically hurt the internet ecosystem. It will especially hurt small website operators, like myself, and will discourage internet users from creating blogs and personal pages, with the end result of reducing democratization of the internet. Verisign reported a 69.4% operating margin in Q1 2019, so they clearly do not need the extra revenue from this price hike. ICANN has granted a monopoly over .com to Verisign and ICANN has a duty to every internet user on the planet to carefully regulate this monopoly to prevent abuse by Verisign. The only conscionable thing to do right now is to freeze wholesale .com prices and re-evaluate 5-10 years from now. A policy that allows price increases tracking the rate of inflation (but no higher) may make sense in the future, but right now Verisign is already collecting far more from their .com monopoly than any company would be able to in a competitive market [1]. It's simply not right to allow them to raise prices at this time. Brandon Galbraith [1] For example, Alphabet, a highly successful player in a very high-margin industry, has an operating margin of around 25%. Verisign's operating margin is over 2.75 times that.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Higher Dot Com Costs Harm Access
by Josh Farkas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Raising dot com costs to registrars hurts universal access to these critical domains. The value of TLDs is their ability to be purchased by all types of consumers, regardless of income level. The ability for fees to grow in 8 out of 10 years pushes domains farther away from average consumers, and make the web a less friendly place. If growing revenue from registrars is necessary, then transparency in this process is key. Thank you, - Josh [image: Photo of Josh Farkas] JOSH FARKAS Strategy Ninja [image: Cubicle Ninjas] <https://cubicleninjas.com/> [image: New Project] <https://calendly.com/cubicleninjas/30min> [image: 1-877-77-NINJA] <+16309406337> Get Insights <http://getinsights.ninja/> See Work <http://seework.ninja/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not to increase .com domain price
by Showkat Chowdhury Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don’t increase .com domain price Regards showkat Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Change to . COM domain pricing
by Adnan A M Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The changes proposed by ICANN will effectively make the . Com domains inaccessible to most of the users. Currently . Com domains are the preferred domain name for most businesses and individuals. Making them expensive would cause a select few people to have access to it and cause honest fair individuals bear th brunt of it for not being able to afford a. Com domain effectively hurting their business and profile online.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] increase behind closed doors
by byron.ater02＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To ICANN Members; It must be nice to sit there and pay another company bribe money. How does that feel to take money from my pocket and pay it to another company? If it wasn’t for the many people who deal with the . com and generate the number of websites you would not exist. So it isn’t the fact that you own this, you control this. I believe that you need to rescind this decision based on the realm that is not financially feasible for some companies that you support capable of paying such a high price. Nor the fact that you did not go and ask the members of your community if it was ok to place such an increase on them. Every where around the world and every economy around the world is suffering. So your not alone in that space. It is time to suffer along with everyone else till the dust settles. /R Byron Ater Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increases
by Chris Zell Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I understand that you have to keep up with inflation, but 70% in 10 years is way out of line don’t you think? It’s also to bring Verisign in and allow them to be a registrar and a reseller too. Not in favor of these rule changes and this massive price hike. Thanks Chris Zell Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Collusion and bribery
by michael＠robinson.me Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Allowing Verisign to raise the wholesale costs on .Com names and being their own registrar while forwarding 20 million dollars to ICANN gives the appearance of Collusion and bribery. Since ICANN is nonprofit, I would much rather see a small increase in ICANN fees charged directly to consumers, if necessary. I personally own over 200 domain names for my own use (not for resell), and it would be a significant burden on me to bear unfettered increases in domain costs. Verisign's dominant position allows them to strong arm its competitors and, in affect, function like a monopoly. It would be better for ICANN to accept their gifts without making concessions. Please consider carefully your decisions regarding Verisign and how they may impact Consumer Protections. Thank you, and Best Regards, Michael Robinson https://SoulReacher.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Richard Mistik 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. There are no dramatical increases in costs to justify any price increase. 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. Richard Mistik Bratislava

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