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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No!
by Eric MacKnight Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I object strenuously to any proposal that would allow wholesale .com domain registration fees to rise. --------------------------------- Eric T. MacKnight Teacher & Writer http://www.EricMacKnight.com/ Twitter: @ericmacknight Skype: erictmacknight(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increase
by Laurian Edan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose ICANN's proposed price increase which will make it more expensive for websites with a .COM domain. Any price increases of hosting or domain names will have a chilling effect on on-line commerce. Laurian Edan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase
by عبدالعزيز اللهيبي Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, How dare you do this to us? Please respect yourself and us. Best wishes, Abdulaziz Allhybi Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price increase of .com domains
by Rajat Khare Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I have been an active internet user for the past decade. I have bought multiple .com domains and would have continued to do so but this decision of allowing Verisign to hike the prices would deter me from buying more. I read that the current maintenance costs do not justify this change. Hence, I urge you to reconsider your decision and maintain a cap on the price. Yours sincerely, Rajat

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please note that I am against the planned changes above. I understand that according to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years and that alongside these contract changes, Verisign has agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN's domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. I am entirely against such an open ended commitment without any apparent checks and balances and urge you to reconsider your plans Yours Simon Mustoe - Arthur

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Changes
by Alex Jones Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I’d like to make clear that I do not support the proposed changes to the agreement with Verisign specifically in relation to pricing changes. The best thing about the web is that it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have, you can buy a domain name just the same as everyone else. Allow such drastic price increases would put .com domains out of the price range for the normal person. It may not seem trivial now. But setting the precedent that entire, established tlds can be placed out of the price range of the normal person would be a sad day for the domain name system and for ICANN Regards, Alex Jones Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] opposed to raising prices
by Jared Volpe Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please keep the internet open and don't raise prices on .com domains. Please do better: Taking money from Verisign and not having oversight or transparency about how the funds will get used and who will oversee proper use is bad. Verisign should not be allow to resell domains. It is a conflict of interest. Do better. Finally... you ignored comments in the past. Don't do that. Do better.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase in domain Name Pricing
by Dustan Bilte Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I wanted to write you to encourage you to keep your prices low to allow all peoples throughout the world to have access to diversity of thought on the internet. Thirty some years ago I only had a bulletin board system with a 300 Baud modem where I would share my open source programming free of charge with people all over the world that were new to personal computers. In fact I got into programming because software did not even exist for things that my school, family, and friends wanted to be able to do. I also typed non copywritten works and made them available to people in places where they did not have access to ancient brilliant works of literature. It is funny today I still come across things I have typed or coded that have been made available to all people. Years ago I had skills and talents in UNIX, FORTRAN, PASCHAL, and COBAL, unfortunately today I am disabled and even have trouble reading, but I do enjoy having some domains that allow a web presence to share useful information and ideas. Please help keep the internet affordable. I have been paying for the same domains for many years, and unfortunately as I have earned less and less I have lost many domains due to technical difficulty (like the Register Fly fiasco), and quite frankly high costs. Some domains I was able to get back through paying extortion prices along with providing reams of paperwork to prove my identity, others have been lost forever to companies that are very good at making profit on the web. Please remember the little people out there. It was hard enough to pay for web hosting let alone the high price of each domain registration. Your assistance is appreciated in keeping thought relatively free and readily available. Please come to an equitable pricing agreement using more input from the many interested parties. Thank you for you time. Best wishes, Dustan Bilte

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Com domain price increase
by Gowriekaran Sinnadurai Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, 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. Best regards, Karan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN
by Frigioiu Alexandru Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am very concerned that ICANN appears to be rubber-stamping a major rise in .com prices. There does not appear to be any justification for raising prices. No economic study has been undertaken by ICANN to demonstrate that Verisign needs any more money or that there is some other public interest in raising prices. The price increase appears to be purely a money-grab by an already handsomely paid company. That means only its shareholders stand to benefit from the increased price, not the public. Please be more transparent when decisions like this are made.

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