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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Shivansh Singh Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't do that, we can't afford that type of home in domain names

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment changes
by Peter Jarosak Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed changes will allow prices to double in 15 years from 2026. With the clause that major DNS attacks can allow a price increase even in years that it was not going to raise, you only need to hire a firm at 7% cost of next year’s price increase to break even and not get caught. This seems like it is written for businesses and no longer considers those that could barely afford to own a single domain name to start a business or communicate about the world around them in an environment that is theirs to control and not owned by a business with 50 page privacy policy. How many small businesses or people in poorer countries will be restricted from ever compete in the .com domain? You should not allow exceptions to years that there will not be a price increase, especially terms where business could take the short term loss to create in order to have higher profits moving forward. The terms in should be more like 1% every 3 years or something similarly low so that you are not creating a domain extension that is economically out of reach for 1/2 the world. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no increase request
by Mis Palabras Con Letras Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good Morning, I am against the increases they plan to apply to domains. Some pages, like mine, are small and have no income, so any price increase is a major problem, which may have an impact on the existence or not of the web. Please think carefully about these changes that can affect many people who have no profits. Thanks for listening. Greetings, *María José Guillén* *Mis Palabras con Letras* *Twitter: @misPconL* *Instagram: @mispalabrasconletras * *mispalabrasconletras.com <http://mispalabrasconletras.com> *

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Ali Shan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Ben Sutton 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. An increase in .com prices would detrimentally hurt my business. -Ben

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment to Registry Agreement
by Kristin Greene Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I am writing to express my concern to the amendment of the Registry Agreement. I understand that this change may not affect large companies so much as they have the wherewithal to weather such changes. However, I am new female startup. I believe this change will affect women going into entrepreneurship and hamper new women owned businesses. A fellow signee posted an analysis: 20 year Cost analysis: $ 7.85 / year 2018 $10.29 / year 2023 (31% increase over 2018) $13.49 / year 2029 (72% increase over 2018) $17.68 / year 2035 (125% increase over 2018) $23.17 / year 2041 (195% increase over 2018) The current prices are more than fair and no one is interested in an increase except for Verisign. In addition to affecting businesses, this will hamper people who invest in domain names for their own personal reasons – perhaps to blog, journal their adventures, or even protect themselves from someone else getting it and hurting their reputation. I would hope that you wouldn’t want the domain names to become another thing that divides those who have the resources and those that don’t. I’m not saying to not make money, but it would be great if we could enable as much access as possible. Thanks for the consideration of keeping the annual fee as is. Kind regards, Kristin Greene Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign should not be allowed to increase the wholesale price for domains
by Ali Shan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If the prices are increased than the ordinary businessmen that are regularly coming online to host their websites will deviate from doing this and the income of ICANN will be decreased and it will also effect the developing economies and under privileged regions.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment comments
by Boss MobileGames Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, as a consumer the main issue with the amendment is the 7% price increase for 4 out of 6 years (coincidentally the upcoming 8 years), this seems so far above any type of inflation rate. Combined that there is no detailed explanation on the necessity or allocated spending on infrastructure upgrades that warrants such increases. Not only does this seem bad for a consumer like myself, but all in all for the overal market I am unsure if this is the way to go, the internet is still upcoming in many parts of the world and keeping the accessibility as best as possible can only mean good things overal. Anyway, you do you, but if there are many worried reaction I hope you would reconsider and go over all amendment points very critically. Regards, Arno Bos

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com - Disapproval of price increase.
by DAVIS CHANDY Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not increase .com price. Buy back .com from Verisign. They are not capable of running.com and free internet with its true ethics. Kindly do not sell your dignity and integrity for money. How come we trusted you guys? This shows board members of ICANN cannot be trusted. Soon you will be focusing only on money making and nothing else. Shame on you. Sincerely opposing, Davis Chandy.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN January 3, 2020 Verisign contract terms change announcement
by Tim Kuechler Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, As an owner of .com domains I do not agree with ICANN's decision to allow Verisign the wholesale price increase schedule for .com domains as announced January 3, 2020. Furthermore, I question what the $20M payment from Verisign to ICANN will be used for and how that will be monitored and made public. I consider the changes announced to be harmful to Internet .com domain stakeholders such as myself, and I would like these changes to be reversed, and a public consultation to be held and a formal review process where alternative contract terms that are not harmful to Internet stakeholders such as myself can be considered and implemented Tim Kuechler, P. Eng. ------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE - AVIS IMPORTANT ------------------------------ Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. Recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender and sender company accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. This email transmission and any accompanying attachments contain confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above email address. Le courrier electronique peut etre porteur de virus informatiques. Le destinataire doit donc passer le present courriel et les pieces qui y sont jointes au detecteur de virus. L' expediteur et son employeur declinent toute responsabilite pour les dommages causes par un virus contenu dans le courriel. Le present message et les pieces qui y sont jointes contiennent des renseignements confidentiels destines uniquement a la personne ou a l' organisme nomme ci-dessus. Toute diffusion, distribution, reproduction ou utilisation comme reference du contenu du message par une autre personne que le destinataire est formellement interdite. Si vous avez recu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le detruire immediatement et en informer l' expediteur a l' adresse ci-dessus. ------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE - AVIS IMPORTANT ------------------------------

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