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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Akintola seun samuel Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Akintola Seun Samuel Lagos, Nigeria. ᐧ

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment and Commentary Criticism
by Kevin Edwards Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

To Whom It May Concern, > "ICANN org is not a price regulator and will defer to the expertise of > relevant competition authorities." If you have been limiting wholesale registrar's prices and are now allowing higher prices, then you are, by definition, a price regulator or price fixer. > "to support ICANN’s initiatives to preserve and enhance the security, > stability and resiliency of the DNS" Was that already part of your mission or is that mission creep beyond basic name assignment? In either case, you should clarify what exactly requires more money and how it will be spent, if you want public support. It wouldn't be bad for ICANN to stop regulating prices if the result would be a properly competitive free market that naturally seeks lower prices for independent services, but the market is basically a monopoly at your level and Verisign is paying you to let them raise prices on other people. As an aside, I have a friend whose self-named domain: stephaniewohar.com was hijacked or drop caught by Chengdu west.cn for unrelated spam purposes, and it would have cost her upper hundreds or thousands of dollars to recover, so I'm not particularly impressed with the cost effectiveness or current structure of your monopoly. Kevin Edwards

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] don't raise prices
by M T Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

please don't raise .com prices. it's not sustainable to everyone that isn't big business. I want my own website for my business for the solid fact i don't want to go through a middleman who can absorb that loss and bleed me dry. behind closed doors and not being completely transparent concerning the money is very disheartening to the people the internet should be a public service not a commercial property you hike rates up, it's not like we can really go to another internet if we are unsatisfied. and the internet is becoming more and more vital to life. don't raise the prices on .com please

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increases
by Chris Baird Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

The price increases for domain names that you recently announced will cause harm to individuals, businesses, and the Internet as a whole. The secrecy and the unchecked increases over the next several years will make .COM domans less accessible for everyone. These changes will have a significant impact on the Internet for years to come. It will also curtain competition and choice for registrars of .COM domains. Thank you for your consideration. Chris Baird Chris Baird Executive Support Specialist Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon Lillis 350 1208 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 Phone: (541) 346-4122 cbaird2(a)uoregon.edu<mailto:cbaird2@uoregon.edu>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] RrSG response to Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Zoe Bonython Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, On behalf of the Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) I would like to submit the attached response to the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. Kind regards, Zoe Bonython RrSG Secretariat

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com amendment
by Denise Yennie Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, I don't usually take time to comment on very many issues, but this one needed my attention. That ICANN and Verisign are proposing increasing the cost of .COM domain names to ridiculous amounts, but that they are doing so in a bullying, secretive, monopolistic way is even worse. The .COM domain extension is truly the most known and has value for every business. I strive to get these TLDs for my and my client's businesses. Raising .COM prices and allowing bad actors (players that are squatting on perfectly good and usable .COM domains) significantly hinders all internet users from creating the next generation of great brands and expressing their voices on their own platforms. Please do not allow ICANN and Verisign to proceed with their proposal. Respectfully submitted, Denise Yennie

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Economic Analysis of the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Greg Rafert Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

To Whom it May Concern, Please find attached my review, from the perspective of an economist trained in analyzing competition matters, of the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. Best regards, Greg Rafert, Ph.D. CEO, Alpine Start Advising

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] You know this isn't ok
by Thomas Wright Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Why would the one organization that controls everything about anything concerning domain names, the literal bridge between most humans and content on the web, want to make that bridge cost just that much more for the average person? The internet is important to our progress as a species - and as always, money has found a way to corrupt and corrode freedom. It comes down to one single question: So what is in your hearts? Is it about following the sociopathic lead of the big faceless control freaks? Or are you in a situation that makes you uncomfortable, and you know what the moral choice is, but you're being pressured by powers larger than you, so you feel you have no other choice but to submit? If it's the latter, then at least your still human. And if you're still at least somewhat human, take that extra step and stand up for the rest of us that don't have any direct influence. You know increasing the prices will have a negative effect on a lot of people - and that will influence the economy - and that, in turn, will end up being a bad thing. This happens every time closed-door deals like this go down. So - do you want to be remembered as the conspirators that caused whatever socioeconomic crisis this is going to launch - or do you want to be remembered as those bad asses that actually stood up to the corporate pressures and told them to go stick a pig? Sincerely, * Thomas Wright* * Phobos Technologies LLC / Owner https://phobostech.in/ <https://phobostech.in/>* * [801] 916 3457*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by petr antonov Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

As a registrant of a .com domain name I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Many thanks Petr Antonov

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increases Only Benefit One Party - Verisign(Monopoly?)
by will＠turncommerce.com Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Will Dozier Denver, Colorado United States

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