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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases
by appy beemer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Your price increases will make it harder for people to start businesses. I work with people who are tiny businesses just starting out. They are budgeting to the penny to get those businesses off the ground, and even small increases will harm their ability to do that. Appy Beemer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against domain price increase
by Jose Luis Canizales Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have a few .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Please maintain the price. | Ingeniero de Sistemas y Computación. | Jlcanizales.com <http://jlcanizales.com/> | joc.kni <http://jlcanizales.com/> | +57 312 896 33 41

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against this amendment regarding .com price increases
by K. Steckel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good morning. I am a freelance artist/small business owner of SteckelFX LLC, whose website is steckelfx.com. My website is very important to my business, as it acts as both a resume, and a point of reference for my customers. I am very much against the proposed amendment regarding .com pricing. The suggested change that an increase of 7% each year for 4 years, a 2 year freeze, and then a repeat of the cycle with no end or cap in sight is both terrifying and disappointing to me. Terrifying because many freelancer's fiscal situation is tenuous at best, and the prospect of one necessary component (among many other necessary parts) of our livelihood skyrocketing to astronomical and unnecessary proportions fills me with dread, and that makes me disappointed. It disappoints me that the internet, possibly the greatest human invention ever, that thing which connects the world, is having a large portion of it put into a stranglehold. A stranglehold that is the first step to this wonderful source of information being smothered and controlled by only those with the pocketbooks to do so. I understand that a price increase on a simple domain name may be small, but it is a small step towards the giant leap of the fall of the original idea of the internet. The internet has already been twisted by greed and corruption, whose repercussions are difficult for the common user to avoid (case in point, I'm sending this from a google account). I implore you to not aid in this. The complete lack of transparency of why you are receiving 20 MILLION dollars, and furthermore how that money will be spent by you, is worrisome. Please take a moment to put yourself in our shoes, and see how this looks. It looks like a bribe by a powerful corporate entity. It looks like you can be bought. I'm not accusing you of this, but I ask that you think about how it looks. I am disheartened by these actions that you have taken, and it does not paint a good picture of the future. I have taken the time to write you these comments, even though I doubt that you will take them into consideration. As was shown when the price-caps were removed from .org, .info, and .biz Top Level Domains. When over 3500 people in your community are against an action-- when less than .001% of them support the price cap removal-- it is hard to believe that you have an interest in what we the people have to say when you appear to ignore our voice. It wounds us that you removed those pricecaps based primarily on a *biased preliminary* analysis that did not reference any data. Where is the sense or logic in that? Once again I implore you to reconsider this amendment, for your own image if not for the ethical and moral well-being of the internet. Sincerely, Steckel Bleier -- SteckelFX LLC -- Your client and a member of the ICANN community

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Regarding Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement My opposition to this amendment is pretty simple. I manage several domains and it is a constant challenge to keep clients from clicking on fake, overpriced, domain registration emails taking advantage of their ignorance about how things work. The high price has been the biggest reveal. Climbing prices for the real thing only contributes to an internet environment riddled with suspicion & distrust. It has been restorative to deal with real businesses offering the real fees; but the worst thing about no cap on raising the fees is how it will exclude many legitimate small businesses, already strapped by a variety of monthly fees, from participating in the web. Athena Holtey TopKayaker / GeoOdyssey LLC "Promoting safe and skilled kayaking from sea to shining sea." 1805 Route 16 Center Ossipee, NH 03814 603-733-7736

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not ok with this!
by Jesus Ruppel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Why did you make this deal behind closed doors when you know it can affect 40% of websites worldwide?? I hope you have a good explanation for this and of course I leave this comment to let you know that I am "against" this! -- Jesús A. Ruppel

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] "Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement" is monopoly
by Anish M. Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The TLD using for a person or personal use get impacted as the decision-makers have back support with corporate and without concern of the Users taking decisions is like creating a monopoly. The proposal should have a lock with Giving full clearance change in charges as per the Agreement period and with voting it should have agreed by every TDL users about the price increase as per the agreement period.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Rate Increase for .com website
by Atty. Theodore D. Kafkas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good Morning, Please don't increase the ICANN Rate for .com website. Thank you. -- Sincerely, Atty. Theodore D. Kafkas Law Office of Theodore D. Kafkas P.O. Box 320072 Franklin, WI 53132 www.kafkaslaw.com kafkaslaw(a)gmail.com (414) 751-4304 ** This transmission from the Law Office of Theodore D. Kafkas may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or attorney work product. If you are not the addressee, note that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy it and notify this law office immediately.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Very Disappointing
by Scott Drinkwater Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Very disappointing to see this deal being done behind closed doors and with upto 70% price rise over the next 10 years. I hope you will look into changing this, all you will do is force people not use domain names or move to something new. Closing off people that could access the services. Kind Regards Scott Drinkwater London

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] COM price increase
by Karim F. Nappo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Pricing
by Jodi Ryan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Your back door deals are an affront to the American people and Business owners like myself. Please publish your price increases just like EVERY OTHER UTILITY and allow public input. Sent from my iPhone

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