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

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Voting against this motion as the current $7.85 price tag on .com domain’s is already unjustified. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppose
by Robert Rognlien III Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose increasing domain name fees, and want more transparency in the way these agreements are reached, as well as enforcing the way that money is spent on domain name infrastructure. -- *Robert Rognlien III* 310.803.0722 *RobertRognlien.com* <http://robertrognlien.com/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Emyr Williams Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, Your recent proposal to increase .com prices has come as a shock and will impact my ability to operate a website as a freelancer. Not only is this move to charge more being done without consultation it seems to be driven solely by greed and profit, something which is at odds with the way the internet has been since it’s inception. I’m sure 70% increase will easily be absorbed by many large businesses but I and many others will have to seriously consider having a website is viable and move their online presence solely to social media to reduce overheads. Please reverse this decision, not only will it be perceived solely as a money-grabbing exercise it will totally undermine your organisation’ credibility and move the internet community to find alternative solutions to the problem and curb the activities of ICANN. For the benefit of everyone — don’t do this, it’s self-destructive and undemocratic. Emyr Williams

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain Price Increase
by Peter Noah Thomas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir or Madam: I don't use my .com domain for business. It is for my personal website. The domain costs too much already for an individual who just wants to write a blog. If you can find a way to charge more for businesses, then fine, but those of us who have personal websites are paying too much already. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No!
by Neil Ward Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Just don't. Regulatory misuse is a terrible thing. Neil

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com name
by Carleen Weaver Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I do NOT LIKE THE INCREASE in the domain name. I understood the price was reasonable, however it is not cheap going forward. There was no notice or information regarding the increase DO NOT INCREASE .COM Carleen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Thomas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not support . Com price increases as proposed!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please Stop
by wamp90 Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It is highly unfair for you to be able to raise the prices on .com’s Stop!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Terrible
by econn9 Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is the type of slippery slope that makes the internet a gradually more terrible place for regular consumers. Keep things the way they are please

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to amendment 3
by Emile Fugulin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. Emile [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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