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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increases?
by skpabc＠protonmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

These price increases seem excessive, and unfair to the little guy who's trying to start or maintain a business. Please come up with a better way to do what you need to do. Maintaining a website is costly enough already, and we need new businesses to succeed in this economy! Thank you Stacy Prince Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to amendment
by Jackson Ray Hamilton Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

> 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 the increases don’t stop there. > > This 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. > I am voicing my opposition to this amendment because it is likely to increase my domain renewal costs over the years. I want to contribute to the worldwide online community, but I also must keep a budget for my real-world costs, and the latter will come first for me. Attempts to increase the costs of domains will not net more profits for you, rather they will cause me to constrict my domain holdings and, in general, exercise more caution before committing to new domain stewardship — CUTTING into your profits.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] prohibit the sale
by Len and Lisa Mills Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To all whom it concerns : Public ownership of the Internet and its addresses is essential to vigorous health of our democratic society. The service providing web addresses, similar to those providing street addresses for postal service, must remain a minimal cost service. Such a service must not shut-out citizens communications and commerce because of the cost of a publically functioning address (known as a Domain). This service must not be placed in the hands of those who operate on the principle of "the highest price that will produce the maximum profits". Please re-examine the custody of Domain names and place them firmly in the public trust. Sincerely, Len Mills

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Wright, Alan N Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not let the .com domain market ‘go greed’ and inflate cost of future domain names without justification. Thanks. Al Wright Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] New ICANN Amendments increasing .com prices
by Dennis Kirui Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed change to increase .com prices over the next 10 years, is punitive and will negatively affect our small businesses. I am against this policy and vote for it not to be implemented.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DO NOT CHANGE THE PRICE INCREASE
by Phil Engel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You are not a monopoly and do not have just reason to change the .COM price increase for the ENTIRE WORLD. That is incredibly unfair!!!! *Phil Engel*

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I don’t support this.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t do that
by Jack Dalrymple Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Come on guys... don’t be raising .com prices like crazy. Offensive. thx jack! twitter: @jackterror skype: jack-dalrymple linked: in/jackdalrymple JackDalrymple.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I oppose increased fees on .com domain names
by Joshua Jensen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I fee like the subject line says it all. It’s bad for small business and the world when ICANN and Verisign make secret agreements to allow for price increases. Josh Jensen Sierra Vista, AZ Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unacceptable!
by Sameer Ahmed Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi ICANN, I do not support the price hike ICANN has incorporated in it's new contract with Verisign. These changes do not protect domain owners and are negatively affecting the Internet as a whole. That's probably why these changes are kept secret and implemented behind closed doors. Regards, Sameer

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