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

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Ankit Puri New Delhi Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Consumers will suffer most from these price increases
by Hazrul Azhar Jamari Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The internet used to be safe from the causes of inflation in the real world. With this amendment, and a terribly poor economy as a result of trade wars and disease outbreak, consumers who depend on online commerce require ever more to keep costs low. A price increase of 7% will hurt consumers terribly. I am opposed to this price increase and hope the agreement is reversed.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed price increase to .COM domains
by Donnie D Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of several .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. A price increase unfairly and disproportionately targets small businesses like myself who usually have multiple domains compared to large corporations who have much fewer domains. -- *"There is no drought in the river of goodness ... drink from it plentifully."** D²*

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

Feb. 11, 2020

You must not do this! Small businesses like mine will suffer! Sincerely, Yvonne Gettins

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am not happy as a consumer that your company along with Verisign have decided to increase domain name costs as much as you want the next 10 years. That s terrible service to customers around the country. Thanks, Derek

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] what the fudge
by Nathaniel Moore Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Don’t do this. I understand adding a little of a few years to make up for price increases but 70% over 8 years. That ridiculous.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] against amendment 3 - limiting freedom and human rights
by Tyson Gibby Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Currently the internet is one of the greatest advances in the progressing the freedom and human rights of the world. One of the main reasons for this is that the internet is a bastion of the freedom commerce of information and commercial goods. This is happening because the internet has a very low entry price. Inexpensive domain names are a key part of this. Increasing these prices will increase this cost of entry and make it more difficult, if not impossible, for many to participate in this great expression of freedom and human rights. Thank you for your consideration.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public comment re: Verisign contract changes
by Travis Bryant Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a multiple domain holder and a long-term user of the domain name service, I strongly urge you to reject the Verisign contract revisions. The public is aware that you made these proposed changes without proper overbite and in a way that is irresponsible to the continued health of the internet. If public opinion matters at all anymore, this voice is saying to keep domain costs low enough that they're not just the playthings of the largest corporations, and keep your contact process both honest and transparent. Thank you, Travis Bryant Hillsborough, NC

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unwanted changes: ICANN and Verisign contract
by Sohrab - سهراب Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I have been recently made aware that ICANN and Verisign made changes without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. As an owner and user, I can admantly say that the changes proposed in their contract are outrageous and will have a massive negative impact on the Internet as a whole. For starters, the ten year annual 7% price increase is absurd. Moreover, the contract allows for other price increases for certain extraordinary situations. This is completely unacceptable, as this has the potential to skyrocket the price. This lack of regulation, places too much power in the hands of these two parties, with no real benefit to the community or Internet users around the world. Moving on, the contract also references Verisign agreeing to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN’s initiatives regarding the security and stability of the domain name system. Why is Verisign doing this? How will ICANN spend the all this money? And who will ensure that the funds are properly spent? Again, this is completely unregulated and it needs to be corrected to the negative impact this will create. This nex tpoint is about how the new contract will allow Verisign to operate its own registrar, except for selling .COM domain names. But to circumvent this, Verisign is allowed to act as a reseller of .COM domains, through another registrar. Effectively, the company that controls 80% of domain names will also compete with domain registers and maximizing their control of domain name pricing to the detriment of other competing registrars. This might result in lower prices to consumers, but having fewer registrars will harm competition, choice, and domain name services. Verisign’s registrar could also use its position to charge higher prices to consumers, and at the same time raise registrar prices. Once again, this needs to be regulated before the industry is monopolized. Lastly, as detailed on "Standing Up to ICANN to Keep Domain Prices in Check" and "pricecaps.org," over 3,500 comments were submitted in support of price controls for the .ORG, .INFO, and .BIZ TLDs. Only six comments supported removing price controls. ICANN discounted the comments that were in favor of maintaining price caps. A number of the comments were submitted using an online tool, which caused the comments to be discounted as “spam” by the ICANN Ombudsman. ICANN removed the price caps, primarily relying upon a biased preliminary analysis from 2009 by an economics professor that did not reference any data. This unethical behavior behavior is in direct retaliation of those looking to keep the price caps, which only further evidences the need to regulate the actions of this party. The changes in the contract between ICANN and Verisign is appalling and insulting to the entire internet community. This agreement is completely out of line and needs to be corrected. Otherwise, this will cause harm to the Internet as a whole. Regards, Sohrab

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

Feb. 11, 2020

This will harm economy of internet business. Please consider the growth of internet business. Warm wishes, Arafatul Hasan Cloud Computing Consultant Mobile: +358445002317

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