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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't raise the prices!!! For Small Businesses!
by thirdpotato＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam: The internet has provided tremendous opportunity for small business and start-ups. The potential fee increases appears to be excessive. (I wish I could raise my prices 7+% per year with the blessing of the government!) These types of decisions might make the United States Post Office relevant again. Rein in the price increases on .com! Sincerely, C. Walker

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, Please see below ... I agree with this in it's entirety. 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. Michael Torriero Detroit

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Asmawi Onepage 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. MOHD ASMAWI MOHAMAD NOR putrajaya Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] VeriSign contract comment
by dan＠lifelighttherapy.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, The idea that VeriSign could even consider raising prices reeks of corruption. The .com registry prices are already at least double what they would be if there was an open market. Even most registrars make less than $3 per domain, and they have to charge credit cards, maintain individual accounts, and provide customer service to end users. They also often include tools like URL forwarding. There is no way even the current $7.85 can be justified outside of a monopoly. Raising that further is out of the question. The discussion should be how much should VeriSign be forced to lower the price if they want to keep the contract.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. I am a registrant of several .com domain names. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. 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. Love, Phil Cole Cromwell, Connecticut United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Stephen Sequeira Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I am writing to express my profound disapproval of the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. The proposed amendment allows for a possible 70% (or more) increase in wholesale .COM domain prices over the next 10 years. That is ridiculous and unconscionable, especially since there is no reason whatsoever for such a drastic price increase. Furthermore, the whole arrangement looks like straight up bribery. Verisign pays ICANN $20 million, and (surprise surprise) gets a ton of new benefits in return? Well that is the very definition of corruption. Do not enact this amendment. It is unnecessary, unreasonable, and immoral. Sincerely, Stephen Sequeira

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. Unless there is an accompanying benefit, I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Otherwise, I see no justification for the increase in costs to .com owners. The cost of maintaining my .com domain records is surely not increasing, and the revenue received by these organizations should be more than adequate to maintain the infrastructure profitably. Randall Jackson Morgantown, West Virginia United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against the amendment
by J Harder Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am appalled at the proposed amendment that would allow steadily increasing domain name prices. This is not good for small businesses or consumers. How does Verizon even come into the equation? They paid you to do this? Is that ethical?! I’m against the amendment proposal. Remember who you represent here.... Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't make it difficult for small companies and start ups to maintain rights of their domain
by gumyum Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't make it difficult for small companies and start ups to maintain rights of their domain I do not want verisign to be able to dictate how much my domain renewals will cost.

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