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

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please be advised that as a business owner and owner of multiple domains I strongly oppose the proposed domain price increases. Increasing prices of internet services affects everyone, and can hinder growth and learning, especially in disadvantaged areas. Thank you, Eric Steinberg Sunrise, Florida USA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] 🛑 These changes will deprive me of having an online existence
by Ben Abbes Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not make these changes because it will deprive me of having an online existence. As you knew domain name registration is not a choice, everyone has to pay the registration fee each year. Considering that .com has an international reach, it must be affordable for website shoppers around the world, regardless of their purchasing power. This price increase exceeds the budget of users in several low-income countries. And then change the interest as we know it today. 🛑 I'm against these changes 🛑

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not raise our internet rents beyond what we can afford
by lakeswholelakes . Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To ICANN, You cannot in good conscience raise the "rent" of website hosting for the next 10 years. You will exclude many people who, not being multinational corps, do not have the resources to be spending ever-more of their already tight budgets on holding on to their own names, especially ones that they already have. Do not betray your registrees, the ones who make the internet what it is. 70% increase is too much, too much for you & certainly too much fpr us who value a free and accessible internet. Sincerely, Stephanie Beattie

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Oswald Abraham Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am a user of .com website. With the current economic conditions staggering around the world, and business having negative growth, it is insane to think of price increases for .com websites. I wish to state my objection to any price increase now or into the future. Yours sincerely Oswald Abraham

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment
by Alistair Tait Snowie Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not agree with the proposal. This will harm small businesses to get a presence on the web as well as make it more difficult for developing countries to get an online presence. *Alistair Tait Snowie* *Managing Director* Mobile: +44 7717 181343 Private Office: +44 1259 727600 (Scotland) Trading Floor: +44 203 740 8670 (London, Tait Capital/Ebury) alistair(a)taitcapital.com Tait Capital UK, 105 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QT *taitcapital.com <http://taitcapital.com>* *Tait Capital UK Limited is part of Tait Global Holdings Ltd. * This email and any attachments may be confidential and legally privileged. If you have received this e-mail and you are not a named addressee, please inform the sender by return email and delete both emails. If you are not a named addressee, you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. Any statements made, or intentions expressed in this communication may not necessarily reflect the view of Tait Capital UK Limited. No content herein will bind Tait Capital Limited or any associated company unless confirmed by a formal contract from Tait Capital UK Limited. Any figures or amounts given in this e-mail are quotations only are subject to change. Tait Capital UK Limited. Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 10146256) Tait Capital makes no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Registered Office: 105 Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW1E 6QT. Tait Capital UK Limited is owned wholly by Tait Global Holdings Ltd, for more information visit www.taitglobalholdings.com.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] What a waste
by Canis Aves Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

A terrible abuse of power, putting the Internet right into the hands of corporate interests. Great job...not.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domain increases over the next decade
by Kim Golter Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I was troubled by the recent disclosure of an agreement made between ICANN and Verisign that allows an increase in the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years. As a nonprofit leader, every dollar counts for us. Every, single dollar. It’s hard enough to raise the funds necessary to fulfill the mission we have. To add more burdens in something so basic and ubiquitous as .com domains - which we rely upon - is confounding and oh so frustrating. I hope your organization reconsiders. In fact, I urge it. Respectfully yours, Kim Kim Golter Founder/CEO Jeremiah’s Promise E: kim(a)jeremiahspromise.org <mailto:kim@jeremiahspromise.org> P: 650.739.6038 W: https://www.jeremiahspromise.org <https://www.jeremiahspromise.org/> Ready for the Next Step? https://www.jeremiahspromise.org/programs <https://www.jeremiahspromise.org/programs> Nonprofit Support? https://www.jeremiahspromise.org/leadership-initiative <https://www.jeremiahspromise.org/leadership-initiative>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM registry pricing
by rcombs Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am not aware of any reason for the price of domain registration to be increased. The cost-per-domain to operate a registry has only dropped as infrastructure has gotten cheaper, and that trend shows no sign of reversing. The .COM registry runs extremely efficiently at large scale. There is no reason for prices to outpace inflation, and indeed one would expect them to be _dropping_. This change is not sensible.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] 70% increase
by Fraser Rennie Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have a small website development company and deal with small businesses regularly. They depend on affordable domain names to allow themselves to present themselves on the internet which is a hugely vital role in marketing in the modern day. This price increase seems futile with little explanation. Fraser Rennie Saura Digital Media

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases
by Leo P Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose the price increase on .COM domains. This will mostly affect small businesses that are already struggling.

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