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

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. 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. Ontkanin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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

Feb. 10, 2020

This is not fair. Increasing the price will harm SME from expanding their reach. No to increase in domain name.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increases
by Zack Siegel Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

please do not pass this. this will cause unnecessary price increases and i don’t see how this is useful to internet users? thanks! Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price raise .com
by Piotr Wohlert Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear Sit or Madam, Are you seriously raising the .com fees yearly in the future?! For what reasons ??? And please don‘t come up with a generic blabla, „we have to, because staff expenses, climate change, Government, resource shortage and our pockets are empty“. The only fee raise I can live with is the yearly inflation compensation. Thanks, but NO thanks. Yours sincerely Wohlert

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The price of my .COM domains.
by Monica Gonzalez Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, I have heard about the agreement signed between ICANN and Verisign, which means that in the coming years the price of all .com domains will increase. This is unfair The majority of people and societies that in the world buy .com domains, are not large corporations with large monetary capacity. The majority are people or entities with a tight budget that fight for every dollar they have to pay when they want to get involved in any online business or entertainment. If you raise the price of something as basic as the .com domain, which is absolutely necessary to move around the internet, then many people will be left out, affecting and harming many people or entities that will be banned from the future, which goes through the mandatory presence on the internet. This is a protest email as a testimony to the opposition of price increases. I believe that the benefits of both entities have been valued more than the negative global impact that this agreement means for the internet in general. Sincerely Monica G.B. Enviado desde Correo para Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign Contract Amemdment
by Joe Sczempka Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I'm not thrilled about this. Who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain Price Increases
by Walt Culbertson Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Good Day, I own over 30 domains, many for organizations where I volunteer my time to design and sponsor their websites. This includes woman’s residential centers and churches. Over the last few years, prices have sky rocketed, and are getting to a point where they are just not affordable. Any decision that can lead to even more price increases will have a far reaching impact and it is important for ICANN to talk first with all stakeholders. ICANN has been given an important responsibility within the opportunity and should not be wielded without just cause. Holding meetings that only ICANN and Verisign have participated in does not sound like a fair opportunity for all. THANK YOU for listening. Walt Culbertson Volunteer Webmaster Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Verisign Amendment 3 Comment
by Ian Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I understand ICANN and Verisign along with third party organizations may want to review their position in a market but: On the receiving end the user sees a proposed increase of 7%, inflationary activity is currently evaluated at 2.3%, for a service they renew every year (reoccurring revenue) and no value added. Some registrants have many domains. An sudden increase such as this is challenging for smaller businesses, which really represent the majority of businesses. Reading through the proposed amendment provisions, which really publicizes an agreement between two organizations and third party agencies, but does not really state the conditions and weight or power of the agreement for the user. A number of questions come to mind: * How does one imagine and understand the grounds for price increases of .com domains, above and beyond current market inflationary activity. What is a price freezes, such as the one in 2012, if one seeks a significant price increase. It makes it look like there is intent to strategically hedge for the moratorium period? * It is very hard to identify evidence of structured initiatives that require additional financial resources - hence the increase. Increase in security is something any sustainable organization is invested in every day. It's part of the overhead of providing any kind of service on the internet. Businesses are constantly on the lookout to improve their practices. Yet they don't pass that on to their clients, it's inherent to the business model and the service offered. * "Stability of the internet", which no one or a small group of organizations are tasked with. Internet stability is vague and a loaded concept that deserves to be unpacked to be fully understood by all parties. The stability of the internet, aside from infrastructure, relies above all on users, registrants and people that browse the internet. * The only initiative to which was attached a dollar figure is the "Per-Registrar Transactions Report to record the usage of the "Consolidate/Sync Service" offered by Verisign as transactions." Although, the $0.25 "Consolidate/Sync Service" initiative is not something I'm aware of nor use, and so doesn't really serve our purposes. It is very difficult to conceive and justify the increase based on the evidence presented. Perhaps, ICANN and Verisign could consider a pricing for newly registered .com domains in the future. This would not affect current users but still support both organizations in their initiatives assuming we can track the dollar back to the service improvement. Ian

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I totally oppose the increase in .com prices Kind Regards John Blake John(a)John-Blake.com.au www.john-blake.com.au Ph 0418 699 332

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

Feb. 10, 2020

It is my understanding that ICANN made a deal behind closed doors with Verisign that allows them to increase wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains. I am fully against this! Changes like these should be decided by the community, not behind closed doors! -- PAUL BAUER BAUER-POWER MEDIA _Linux | Windows | Software | Technology_

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