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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Price Increases
by Adrian McKeon Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir or Madam, The internet is a public utility not a private money bank. Increasing prices of .com domains will have an adverse affect on the great majority who can afford it least and limit their access to global economic and social opportunities. Poor people in developed and non developed economies should not be penalised in this way. If ICANN proceeds in this regrettable manner there will eventually be legislation to curb its power. This damage its credibility and impact returns to shareholders. It is feasible ICANN responsibilities may even be transferred elsewhere. Taxation of global internet giants indicate such global action by authorities is not just a vague threat. Faithfully, Adrian McKeon Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please keep .com prices down low
by Arthur Okonkwo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I run a web development agency. We design and host websites for our clients. I completely oppose this raise. This will automatically scare SME’s away from taking their businesses online here in Nigeria and Africa. Technology cost are decreasing and this helps to win more people, organization, businesses and firms onboard. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection to rise wholesale price for .com domain
by Neo Ko Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I believe that allowing wholesale prices for .com domains to rise 72% over 12 years, which is far more than the rate of inflation and also far more than Verisign's underlying costs of maintaining the registry could possibly increase by, will dramatically hurt the internet ecosystem. It will especially hurt small website operators, like myself, and will discourage internet users from creating blogs and personal pages, with the end result of reducing democratization of the internet. Verisign reported a 69.4% operating margin in Q1 2019, so they clearly do not need the extra revenue from this price hike. ICANN has granted a monopoly over .com to Verisign and ICANN has a duty to every internet user on the planet to carefully regulate this monopoly to prevent abuse by Verisign. The only conscionable thing to do right now is to freeze wholesale .com prices and re-evaluate 5-10 years from now. A policy that allows price increases tracking the rate of inflation (but no higher) may make sense in the future, but right now Verisign is already collecting far more from their .com monopoly than any company would be able to in a competitive market. It's simply not right to allow them to raise prices at this time. - Neo

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

Feb. 11, 2020

It's a bad idea. Please don't increase the pricing of. COM as this will discourage a lot of people

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment
by Amine Tbaik Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This should be illegal and whoever made this deal should be sued Domain names belong to the public and there should be a small fee to register them Not a commercial price in exchange for them The price increase is unlawful

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICCANI'm a registrant of a .com domain name.I'm 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. Wenfang ZhangBeijing, China

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

Feb. 11, 2020

This is a scam move. Please don't behave as drug dealer who have control over our life and make prices higher each year.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases is not acceptable
by Mohammed Zaghloul Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello! I am writing to object to the price increase planned for .COM domain prices. They already very expensive and making them even more expensive is unfair. Sincerely, Mohammed Zaghloul

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't allow price increase for .COM domains
by Dmitry Frank Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Please don't let this amendment to be applied, it's really no good for the majority of people. Allowing Verisign to increase .COM domain prices cannot be justified. Dmitry

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

Feb. 11, 2020

This is a shameless attempt at ripping off users, both corporate (who might mostly not be very affected, as others noted) and private. ICANN is supposed to be a non-profit organization, but this sudden and substantial price increase agreement does not bode in any way with a non-profit policy. ICANN's price policy should be focused on the benefit of users, not increasing the profits of one reseller (I wonder who and how much they had to bribe in order to get this permission to rip us off). Sergiu Mihalache

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