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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disagree and refuse
by mostafa hassan Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I refuse the new decisions taken about .COM Price Increases. Sent from my Redmi Note 4

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Deyan Vitanov Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 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 [1]. It's simply not right to allow them to raise prices at this time. Deyan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Pls stop .com theft
by satheesh kumar Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hello, Hope you are doing great and do great in future too. Kindly stop the price increase of .com domains. .com domains are the king in domaining industry because of the attraction and pricing. Pls don't increase the price and spoil the .com Already .co, .io and other tlds are taking more interest over .com Pls don't spoil the .com and Domainers future. Thanks, Satheesh Domainer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] 7% is much too high
by Dave Bates Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

This should be capped at some inflation index. It seems like something funny is going on with this monopoly.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] plea to not increase wholesale pricing for .com domains
by Laurinda Alcorn Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Greetings, I am an individual, who purchased a .com domain for my UX -Information Architecture design portfolio. The site provides examples of my past work and methods around the management of information. It is not a retail or ecommerce site. The url is https://www.laurinda-alcorn.com. I am sure there are many other individuals out there, who own a .com name. An increase in wholesale pricing would likely to be reflected by my domain registrar, Namecheap. This will be distressing for me, as the proposed increase in wholesale pricing is greater than the likely rate of inflation. Please consider the impact to individuals like me. I am not in favor of the price increase currently under consideration. Thank you Laurinda Alcorn, M Sc , Information Science & Certified UX Designer https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurinda-alcorn-508/ https://www.laurinda-alcorn.com Available for Opportunities As: Client Success Manager User Experience Designer Information Architect Content Strategist Chief Librarian Open to locations in: Philadelphia Berks County, PA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] STOP THIS NONSENSE!
by Jason Attard Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a registrant of many .com domain names for personal and business use. I am against the proposed price increase of .COM domains. On the contrary, as an NGO, you should work at stabilising such prices for the very good of all! Consider the impact on businesses in Third World countries more than anything else!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the lobying
by Darvydas Šilkus Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Internet name usage with tld .COM have been made an utility that every business and working person need to have in this digital age. How come you raise the price higher and higher after the usage have been steadily increasing since the beginning of the internet? It's as if you would raise water prices because people could use less of it. That's not an option for any size businesses! Please stop this lobying and don't make any more hustles for SMB's as it's already a big hustle to compete online.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com amendment
by Neil Jon Harrington Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Please do not increase fees for .com domains. I manage a site for a small business and the increases to .com sites will be detrimental. Thank you, Neil

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Marie Kim Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hello! I am opposed to the price increase for .com domains. Many of us are operating as small businesses and we are already paying just to keep the domains maintained. How can you ask for increases when there's absolutely no added feature or value being added to the domain; it remains as is from the day I bought it. Best, Marie Kim

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Marie Kim Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Marie Kim Los Angeles, California United States

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