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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Just no
by Rick Aseltine Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Allowing prices on .com's to be jacked up like this is crazy. There have to be better ways to support initiatives like direct fees that help the non-profit and not the for profits. If .com's become too expensive their popularity will die.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment
by AJ Alix Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, Let this message serve as a complaint against the recent decision of ICANN that may impact domain prices (specifically .com). I would greatly appreciate the reconsideration of this decision. - AJ

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .Com domain name prices are already too high...
by Jared Norby Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

ICANN, I'm a designer and animator who has grown up on the internet and who has registered a dozen domain names for personal projects over the years. Increasing the price of .COM domain names by 70% over the next decade (as you seem to be intending to do) will force me to abandon many of my websites — which I currently keep up for the sake of letting people explore and enjoy these past personal art projects. Your proposed plan will force many creatives to make the same choice, and you'll be responsible for removing much of the web's history — thereby making the internet a less diverse, interesting, and creative place. I'd ask you to please reconsider your plan to "increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years." Sincerely, Jared Norby jarednorby.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop this ripoff
by sam.ayeni＠gmail.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

If you’re going to make changes that will affect millions of people, you should at least explain the reasons behind your decisions if you’re it going to carry us along. STOP THIS RIPOFFS! Sent from my iPhone

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

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom It May Concern, I find it hard to believe that wholesale domain name need to increase. Why is Verisign demanding the ability to increase prices on wholesale domain names? The proposed rate of 7% per year is excessive. -- Nicholas Lederer CIO, Dyndrite Corporation

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Cherie & Greg Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

It is not fair to s small business. All the other TLD are more affordable. We would change our TLD but after a few years in business, that would be detrimental. I understand price increases happen, but at a rate significantly higher than inflation is not ethical.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price changes
by Kevin Extremo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I have several .com domains and I run services on them that are mostly free and out to help people. If you guys increase the prices for .com domains, I will not be able to provide these services for much longer. Some of these are quality of life services that wouldnt qualify for monetary gain and charging for them would make no sense. I urge you guys to reconsider and to remember the importance that .com domains have to people. Its the most common and natural TLD and people most easily remember it and naturally end up typing it. Please dont ruin these domains for the sake of money gain as the .com TLD benefits a lot of people who work hard to provide these services to help the world be a better place. Thanks, Kevin.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Big Blunder by monopolistic advantage to Verizon
by Ronak Shah Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This step is a blunder – I think it is in the wrong direction. Allow new businesses to come into being and grow quickly – this will reduce the churn of economies around the globe. Kindly do not allow this transition of .com domains to Verizon with such monopoly and that too at the expense of registrars and billions of consumers that will lead to mayhem amongst buyers for a .com domain. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Nikki Ellis Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

In my opinion, it is backdoor deals, like the one being discussed here, that harm America the most. The people that have all the money and power keep asking for or just taking more. Making it more expensive for average Americans to hold .com domains will only cut off more communication by said Americans to the rest of the world, making it harder to hear the real voice of the people. Make no mistake, it is we who are the real voice of our nation, not those whose opinions are bought and paid for by companies who do deals in secret. Do we really want to further their domination of the things we read, products we buy, the income we are offered, the news we hear? That's exactly what will happen if it becomes 70% more expensive to own a domain on the internet. We will lose the input of countless contributors to the shared information highway, giving those who use money and power to help only themselves a further reach into our daily lives, expanding their control. I'm against any proposed increase at this outrageous rate. Thank you for your consideration. Nichole Ellis

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] bad organizational/commercial practice: please stop it
by Dmitry Ryzhkov Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, Such decisions as those that lead to end customer's money (like already stated in LOI, a signed legal document) have to be made AFTER consulting to all parties involved. Otherwise we should not support ICANN as a representative of internet community. Furthermore, this indeed would be absolutely logical to expect explanation what ICANN what's to do with 20M of money: specifically how it is going to be spent and what result do we expect to acheave for these (our - at the end) money. In other words, we are expected to pay up to twice more but no idea for what!? May be there would be a sense to move .COM domain control from Verisign to someone else who could do the job cheaper? Let me hope, that this my opinion will be taken on account. Best Regards, Dmitry Ryzhkov.

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