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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] pricing increases
by John Chiasson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a small business owner I use a .com domain. Allowing compounding price increases over time without justification will be a detriment. If the cost of registering TLD's needs to increase due to inflation, that is understandable. In that scenario, the increase should be tied to the inflation rate, not an arbitrary percentage. Regards, John Chiasson john(a)blueskydivers.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No increases
by Shawn R. FitzGerald Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If there were competition among operators of the same TLD space, the market would regulate pricing and the Internet would be safe from wild and varied price changes. But that's not what we have. Instead, Verisign has been granted a monopoly on the .COM TLD space, and so competition cannot temper prices. With this proposal, Verisign will be able to increase pricing, unchecked, to levels that will have noteworthy impact on both small business and enterprise. It cannot be allowed. In the absence of competition, costs must be kept as low as possible. Allowing this increase would be abuse. -- Shawn R. FitzGerald shawn(a)srfitzgerald.com 412-921-2468

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases in .com domains
by Hisham A. Ghaith Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir's It is amazing that you wish to increase the prices so drastically by capitalizing on the monopoly created between ICAAN and Verisign. These price increases are neither justified nor correct. No one should be allowed to have such a monopoly on anything, let alone being allowed to apply drastic unjustified price increases. We hope you never succeed in this endavour, and maybe some day soon your monopoly will be broken Hisham Ghaith

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com changes
by Tyler Higley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I urge and plead with you at the same time not to raise the cost of .com domains. It may put more money in the pockets of a few executives to increase the price, but that will subsequently put further strain on countless average people who are already trying their best to make a living and not be price gouged everywhere we go! Best, Tyler

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dot Com increase
by DANA ROSCOE Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Any price increase has a huge effect on the end user and Web owners. That should be considered before any price changes are made. In my opinion. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain name increase
by Kevin Kiejko 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. Verisign is has a monopoly on .com registrations. It is an unfair abuse of power for the price to go up so much when the actual cost of providing the service continues to decline. Kevin Kiejko

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not raise prices
by Joshua Zader Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This back-room deal between ICANN and Verio to raise prices is bad for consumers. As an industry professional, I stand firmly opposed. Joshua Zader

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Since the 1990s, I am and have been a registrant of many .com domain names. I strongly oppose the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. As a California nonprofit public-benefit corporation, ICANN is required to act in the public's best interests while pursuing its mission to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier system. Increasing the wholesale rate for .com domain name registrations from the current rate of $7.85 is not in the public's best interest and not necessary for ICANN to pursue its mission. The proposed amendment to allow annual price increases of 7% has no reasonable basis and is not associated with anticipated cost increases on the part of Verisign. While the current rate of $7.85 has been frozen since 2012, the costs of domain name registry operators and domain name registrars has been decreasing. If anything, the freeze should be made into a permanent rate cap and the rate should DECREASE. By all appearances, Verisign will be paying $20M USD to ICANN as a bribe to persuade ICANN to allow Verisign to significantly increase the wholesale .com rate and, thereby, significantly increase Verisign's profits. Over the years, I have served as a board member on multiple nonprofit boards. If this amendment is approved, ICANN's board of directors should be ashamed of themselves. Sadly, ICANN's relationship with Verisign and other registry operators appears to be a classic case of "regulatory capture", where the organization (or government agency) that is supposed to regulate an industry ends up being "captured" by that industry and serving the interests of the industry rather than the public interest. If ICANN and its Board of Directors truly cared about the public interest, ICANN should take a close look at its relationship with Verisign and evaluate whether Verisign is the best organization to continue serving as the .com domain name registry operator. I would be shocked if a competitive RFP process did not result in identifying another, reputable organization that would commit to providing a better level of service than Verisign at a lower .com wholesale rate. In fact, if ICANN is seeking additional capital (under the belief that ICANN needs additional funding to pursue its mission), I expect the organization identified in such an RFP process would even agree to make ongoing financial contributions to ICANN that exceed the $20M payment Verisign would be making under the proposed amendment. Sincerely,Andrew Hanna Commonwealth of VirginiaUnited States of America

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to Amendment 3
by Alex Paradowski Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

No to Amendment 3 Alex Paradowski 2554 Waterman Ave Granite City, IL 62040 314.440.8072 alex(a)alexparadowski.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Sleazy price increase
by Keith Conner Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed price increase is very sleazy. Sincerely Keith Conner

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