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

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. Despite there clearly being potential financial gains to be had by raising the registration fee on .com domains, the global DNS registration system should be run primarily as a public concern. The only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are verisign itself, at the expense of the public. While price hikes such as this likely won't mean much to the larger business concerns that buy in bulk, it will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. At worst, this could prove yet another point of pressure that convinces a small business to make their online presence exclusively in the Facebook walled garden and eschew the web itself. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they SHOULD be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate; short sighted profit chasing at the expense of all else. Please do not adopt this proposal. Osmar Fraga Marketing Consultant Travel Marketing MX m: +52 (624) 109-8123 w: travelmarketing.mx OBTAIN A FREE WEBSITE AUDIT!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increasing .com domain fee not good
by Vipasha Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Increasing .com domain fee not good fee is not good. It will not only affect me but the entire online community. I personally on the behalf of whole online community do not want ICANN to increase the fee. Namecheap I am with you. Thanks Vipasha

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases through ICANN and Verisign agreement
by Rajesh Patel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good Morning All. I would like to make this comment in relation to the above as I believe this is unjuist and unfair. I have a .com address registered through Namcheap and believe that the deal made between ICANN and Verisign has not included consultation with user and the ICANN comminity and not considerated their feedback. The price increases that will subsequently follow as result of this deal will harm consumers and the Internet as a whole given that .COM domains make up 40% of all registered domain names online. Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years which will mean that .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. The deal does not detail any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. These changes will have significant a impact on the Internet for years to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision. Kind Regards Rajesh Patel

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on .com amendment
by Graham Viljoen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would like to make it known, as a .com domain owner that I disagree with the changes being made to the ICANN/Verisign agreement. The .com top level domain is the most well known and well used on the internet and changes to the pricing structure now and increasingly in the future will have an adverse impact on especially newer and smaller entrants into the market. I would also like to see transparency in how any additional funds that have been negotiated will be controlled and spent. Regards Graham Viljoen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Octavia Campbell-Davys Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against the proposed changes. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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

Feb. 11, 2020

It is bad to increese d fee and a lot of people will be affected and some will have to move to other extension stop they agreement

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Protest against changes
by Tasin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am appalled by these changes and plans for forced price increases in .COM domains. Best Regards, Tasin Ishmam B.Sc Computer Science & Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology https://tasinishmam.com/

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to .COM price increase
by Alyssia Nair Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am writing regarding the proposed price increase to .COM domains. I strongly oppose this proposition by ICANN. Many people will be in my position of ill-affording such non-transparent price hikes. ICANN and its partners stand to make a lot of money through this proposal, but there is very little being said on how exactly those new funds will be spent. Also, there seems to be no cap on price increases due to take place over the next eight or ten years. The internet is a tool that affects the lives and livelihoods of many millions; one organisation should not have the power to financially punish people all over the world. If ICANN insists on going through with such price hikes, then I believe it only fair that they be completely transparent with exactly why such price hikes are necessary, and where and how these extra funds will be spent. Alyssia Nair

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not to increase prices
by julkar nain Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please help our small businesses stand. Please do not increase price

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This "deal" reeks of corruption
by Johannes Ekman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this proposed price hike scheme is the product of blatant corruption. You are not even hiding it. If this insane quid pro quo goes through then rest assured the European Commission will be notified.

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