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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop Milking The Internet
by Does my smile look fake? Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Your recent actions seem to be for personal gain. You're messing with the lives of everyone who uses the internet. If you want to abuse a business and use it for personal gain, go screw over another industry like porn or something on the dark web. You are abusing your abilities and neglecting your responsibility to keep the internet useable by everyone. These actions have huge implications, and your frivolousness with the future of the internet is extremely irresistible and selfish. PLEASE STOP. Stop raising our prices, stop hiding your actions, stop doing things under the table. The power you wield cannot be taken lightly.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not fair to old registrants
by Roman Borissov Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

If I registered domain, and it's price were $11, and extending it to 1 year cost $11 too, why I should pay more? It is a deal between me, domain renter, and registrator who guarantees price for me. By allowing VeriSign to increase price, you obey registrators to increase prices and break contracts/expectations from publicity

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public comment against price increases
by Michal Laszcz Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. Although ICANN has a history of making similar deals behind closed doors, and also of ignoring unified opposition against such action, we are focused on leading the fight against price increases that will harm our customers (and the Internet as a whole). This is a crucial time to raise our voices given that *.COM domains make up 40% of all registered domain names online. *Wholesale registries charge Namecheap a set fee per domain name per year. According to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and the increases don’t stop there. This will mean that* .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade*. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. I do not want any of this to happen. Michal Laszcz Industrial Designer mlszdesign.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price hike
by Rebecca Watters Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please do not hike the price of the Web domain addresses. I use them for my artistic endeavors and I really would benefit from keeping checks in current pricing. Please do not allow prices to balloon. Sincerely Rebecca Rebecca-Watters.com Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price increases
by Michael Duffy Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Especially those made without consultation Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please dont increase the price of .com domains
by Weeraphat Intikas Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I rely a lot of domains that are affordable increasing the price means we have to charge our clients more which will lead to them moving away from us please reconsider Weeraphat Intikas

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Matt Jeffery Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Do not stifle innovation! Currently, the barrier to entry of small businesses on-line is very low. This kind of price increase is precisely the kind of step that makes starting a business harder. Do NOT allow this Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. ---- Matt Jeffery

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM
by Joshua Guilbert Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please don’t increase the costs of .com domains. I like buying novelty domains like nextlevelmustache.com and I can only do so because they are priced fairly. If the costs of .com domains increase, I will have a much more difficult time bringing my stupid sense of humor to the internet. Regards, JG

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is a terrible idea
by Anthony Hull Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please don't increase the prices like this. It will reduce accessibility for the masses

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

Feb. 10, 2020

While I personally don't mind paying more, an increase would have a dramatic negative impact on startup and small business who watch every dollar. It may seem inconsequential, but the economic impact of this may be exponential.

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