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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price hikes without sufficient Internet community support
by Eric Reid Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not make or allow substantial price hikes on .com domains without more Internet community representation.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM
by Peninah Adler Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases
by Mitchell Yager Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to any price increases for .com registries. I operate a law firm dedicated to helping the underserved population gain access to justice and any increases in price directly affect the people whom I help. Please contact me with any questions. Mitchell Yager, MBA, JD Yager Law Firm 8930 Fourwinds Dr #233 Windcrest, TX 78239 210-996-1324 Phone 210-880-6170 Fax mitchell(a)yagerfirm.com [logo-email-1] CONFIDENTIALITY/NON-WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE NOTICE: This electronic communication (including any attached document, file, or previous e-mail) may contain privileged or confidential information. This information is intended only for the use of indicated e-mail addressees, and any privileges are NOT WAIVED by virtue of the information having been sent by e-mail. If you are not an intended recipient of this communication, or a person responsible for delivering it to an intended recipient, BE ADVISED any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this communication or any attachment is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone at (210) 996-1324 or by reply e-mail and promptly destroy all electronic and printed copies of this communication and any attachments WITHOUT READING OR SAVING IN ANY MANNER. Thank you for your cooperation.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Reject Amendment 3
by Oleg Anashkin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, 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. -- Oleg [1] For example, Alphabet, a highly successful player in a very high-margin industry, has an operating margin of around 25%. Verisign's operating margin is over 2.75 times that.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] iCann contract with Verisign
by Lauren Medeiros Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am commenting to say I do not support the agreement iCann made and the significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. that will increase .com prices in the coming years. This is poor business and unethical behavior that will hurt many consumers who purchase website domains.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This decision need to be reversed
by Amer Khalid Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, This ia horrible decision, not because of pruce increase, but because of closed door agreements when it affects all citizens of the web. Please reverse all agreements that were made behind closed doors. Thanks Amer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by David Snyder Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If anything, management of the domain registry system should be getting cheaper since all other associated costs have dropped. Steadily increasing fees speaks not to added services, but to increased bloat an bureaucracy. As someone that does not make money on my .com domain, I ask that you reconsider this amendment.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is not acceptable.
by Robert E Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Regarding the recent Verisign controversy: This type of dealing is unethical and, regardless of the intentions of those making this move, ICANN needs to back out of this deal. This isn’t behavior consistent with the massive amount of responsibility that lies in ICANN’s hands. Don’t ruin the Internet. You won’t be able to — it’ll come back — but in the meantime it’ll just get a lot of good people killed in countries where data privacy is the difference between life and death.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please stop the increase
by Damilare Ajiboye Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello ICANN, The increase will only drive our attention away from .com to other affordable ones....please kindly take this as a plea to stop the increase in price....as this will cause a lot damage and probably the end of .COM in the next 2 years. I hope you hear our voice Best regards.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] amendment 3
by Denver F Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As an online developer for 25 years, I strongly oppose the price increases that we as programmers and developers have no say in implimentation or payoff. The real work is in writing and upkeep of the code, NOT in developing and upkeep in the URL of the site(s). Naming and keeping of websites should stay affordable and stable for the artists who develop sites.

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