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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] We Object Totally to Cyber Bullying, Authoritarian Style and Monopolistic Approach by Increasing Dot Com Price
by Paul Yeo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against .com domain price increases
by Albert Churba Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of .com domain names. 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. Albert Churba Fort Lauderdale, FL

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppose raising domain name fees
by damack Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

What happened to “stewardship and accountability”? Do not raise fees to the detriment of everybody who owns a domain!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Reject the Proposed Amendment 3
by Coyah Gamble Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please reject proposed amendment 3 or limit price increases to 1% a year. Verisign is making plenty of money as is and it is a virtual monopoly.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increase comments
by Rob Noll Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Good afternoon, After reviewing your proposed price increase as well as your financial data, it is obvious that this is a pure money-grab that will be borne by the end user. Your profits are already rising based on your falling costs. Please reconsider this greedy, unnecessary decision. Keep in mind that although .com is currently the "normal" internet domain suffix, a move like this will certainly cause more people to start using alternate suffixes, causing your profits to fall, and other suffixes to become more normalized. So not only will the end-users lose, you will lose in the end as well. Robert Noll

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Patrick Besong Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This is going to hurt many small business owners who own multiple domain names. Often we have to register multiple domain names to protect our businesses from misuse of our names and product names. Verisign is the only one who will benefit from this. Best regards, Patrick Besong

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Ill-behaved Monopoly
by John Cardinal Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I protest the secret deal made by ICANN with VERISIGN. Both organizations do very little with regards to registering domain names and yet they want to raise prices. The monopolistic hold over TLDs is the only reason this can happen. One cure for monopolies is government regulation, a necessary evil that may be appropriate in this case. I will puruse that angle if these increases are enacted.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposed to removing price caps and allowing unfair competition
by Bruce Wainer Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am opposed to allowing 7% annual price increases on .com registrations. I personally feel an inflation-indexed increase every 5 years is more appropriate. I am also opposed to one company being allowed to operate at multiple levels of the system (TLD operated and registrar) where it applies to the largest and oldest TLDs.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Christopher Kirk-Nielsen Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, I am writing today to voice my strong opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. An incredible amount of websites make use of .com domains, not just commercial sites. Raising prices on such an ubiquitous domain will not hurt large corporations, but individual people. The web is first and foremost a place for people to share. This is what makes the web great. An enthusiastic 12 year-old can have their own domain these days, and share what they love with an accessible domain. Raising prices adds barriers for each and every one of us that would like to share with others on the internet. With an arbitrary price increase, it is not an Internet for the people that I foresee, but for businesses with large amounts of money to spare. That is not right. *Please, do not adopt this proposal.* Best, Christopher Kirk-Nielsen “The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through *sharing information*.” ― Tim Berners-Lee

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against .Com fee rise
by Anil Yadav Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, I strongly oppose the move to increase .com domain fee. It is totally unethical and against the customer policy that will adversely affect the small domain holders like me. It is also against the spirit of free and open internet. Hope you will take decision keeping in mind millions of users. Thanks and regards Anil Yadav

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