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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed rate hike
by Carrie Schneider Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

It is distressing that you plan to raise rates for .com domains for your benefit. I oppose this proposition. Sincerely, Caroline Schneider Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the .com price increase now!
by Konstantinos Zournas Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a .com registrant and I strongly oppose the proposed price increases in .com domain names. I also represent all my clients here in Greece that are also owners of .com domain names. I am writing this comment with full knowledge that I will be ignored by ICANN. This comment period parody that ICANN has built only legitimizes their predetermined corrupted decisions. Comments, just like with .org where 3,200 comments were ignored, will once again be ignored. Verisign will get permission to print money through the .com price increases while ICANN gets some spare change from Verisign as a gift for their "services". Billions of dollars will flow from the global economy to the pockets of Verisign employees and shareholders without any real economy justification. The cost of maintaining the .com registry is going down while Verisign remains the domain name monopoly that it is. Verisign is running the .com registry at a cost of below $3 per domain name while charging $7.85. Apparently that is not enough for ICANN. $3 is already an inflated price. If the .com registry contract was put up for a public bid, as it should, then the cost would drop $2 and could even approach $1 per domain name. How does ICANN justifies a 30% price increase over 4 years on domain names that cost so little to maintain and operate? Oh wait. ICANN said that their are not price regulators. But yes they are. They always were price regulators of the WHOLESALE pricing. They are not regulators of the RETAIL pricing. ICANN was always setting a maximum wholesale price on all legacy TLDs like .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz. Only 2 months ago did it change its tune and started saying they are not price regulators. ICANN is a price regulator of legacy domain names just like every country in the world regulates the pricing of its own ccTLD. Of course the 30% price increase is just the beginning. .Com domain names will keep increasing year after year, squeezing money from unprotected registrants all over the world. Verisign's monopoly violates people's rights all over the world. I hope governments from countries all over the world get involved to stop this theft. ICANN is now working for their registry friends instead of doing their job that is protecting the public from unjustified price increases. ICANN people are just doing anything so as not to lose their bonuses and to secure their next high paying job at one of the registries they help get richer. Biggest example is Fadi Chehade, former Chief Executive Officer of ICANN, that is now consulting for Donuts that has over 200 new domain extensions and also consulting for the potential buyers of .org. ICANN removed the price caps on .org domains despite public outrage. Now ICANN is being investigated by the California Attorney General. Verisign is one of the most profitable companies in the world with some of the highest profit margins ever observed. People all over the world are not working to pay the Verisign tax that ICANN imposes on them. Stop the .com price increase now! Konstantinos Zournas OnlineDomain.com https://onlinedomain.com/2019/04/29/domain-name-news/wake-up-people-icann-a…

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

Feb. 13, 2020

There is no obvious reason to support carte blanche fee increases. First, there are no qualifications provided for cost increases such as increased costs. Second, giving a monopoly authorization to blanket increase rates on a continual basis with no justification, oversight or market alternatives is essentially an attack on free economy. This is all a terrible idea that benefits only Verisign. There are real long term ramifications to open and equal global internet that will be caused by this policy.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No price increase please
by Peter Passchier Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Dear people, It seems like you are looking into commercializing the internet domain names as much as possible, but that should not be your goal. You should serve the public in general and make the registration of domain names possible with the smallest of profit margins. If you are a Not For Profit organization, you should take great care that individuals and other organizations don't profit at the expense of the general public. Anything beyond this is oligarchy, monopolizing a resource that should be public, and eventually corruption. You cannot ethically justify these price increases in the light of your responsibilities to the public. Blessings on your work, Peter

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

Feb. 13, 2020

Very disappointed in the proposed changes to the contract with Verisign, Inc. Please do away with this bad deal & protect us small businesses.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM registration fee increase proposal
by Justin Hayes Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I think this proposal is pure rent-seeking behaviour and should not be allowed to go forward. Domain registration is expensive enough as it is. -- *Justin Hayes *Systems Administrator *REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington* *Empowering REALTORS® to succeed.* -- This message, including any attachments, is privileged and may contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and permanently delete the original transmission from the sender, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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

Feb. 13, 2020

I strongly oppose this amendment. Giving the benefit of doubt that perhaps there are some good intentions within it, granting VeriSign the ability to increase the wholesale price of .COM domains by 7% annually is ridiculous. After the first increases, the price would be 31% higher than today. Then, presumably after a two year hiatus, another series of 7% increase could be piled on top. Rinse and repeat. ICANN and VeriSign are supposed to be working for the public good, but this type of monopolistic pricing will result in less Internet availability for individuals and companies. This is definitely not in the public interest.

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

Feb. 13, 2020

Sending my lack of support for this, with the goal of keeping dotcom domains affordable for all.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] public comment
by Kimberly Mooney Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Please stop these contract changes with Verisign. You are harming the public by doing this and it will have a significant impact on the internet, as well as drive many people out of the internet entirely due to significant cost increases. Sincerely, Kimberly LS Mooney Mooney Law PC 1832 South Macdonald, Suite 202 Mesa, Arizona 85210-6115 (602) 200-0229 Phone (480) 302-7815 Fax e-mail: kim(a)mooneylawpc.com<mailto:kimberlypugh@cox.net> Legal Notice: The information contained in this message is intended for the addressee only, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is prohibited. If you have received this information in error, immediately delete this e-mail and notify the sender at kim(a)mooneylawpc.com<mailto:kimberlypugh@cox.net> that a wrong e-mail address was used to contact the intended recipient of this message. If the subject matter concerns settlement, the document is transmitted on the condition it is a communication subject to Rule 408, Ariz. R. Evid. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I strongly oppose the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Eric Hough 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. 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. Please do your duty and reject this amendment. Eric Hough San Diego, California United States

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