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

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Please leave my .com fees alone. As a small podcast host. I need every nickel I can for my family not greed. Jim

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unjustified price increase in .COM
by J. R. Castro Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello. My friends and I are totally against the unjustified price increase in .COM domains, it would affect us terribly. J.C.R Enviado desde Correo<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> para Windows 10

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello ICANN, Thanks to Namecheap I found out about this Proposed Amendment and since I’m also a customer as well as a developer I want to share my concern. First of, I’m guessing this comment/mail will be one of the many that will not be read but lets hope for the best. Since ICANN registers most if not all domain names I partially understand why this proposal would be nice for ICANN however It would be a grave mistake in how I see it. The .com domain name is the most popular domain name along the website owners and (web hosting) companies due to it’s low price, recognizability and therefor high value. When the ICANN fee will increase so will the price at companies such as Namecheap and that will immensely lower the value of the .com domain name (or maybe even more domain names). Long term this will mean that less people will use this as it’s to expensive and it will lose the value among the biggest target audience; developers. What happens when the .com domain loses this audience? It will lose the recognizability. More people will look for other, cheaper solutions that may even be subdomains under sites like Wix, Jimdo, Glitch, Heroku ect. To make a short summary, just keep it cheap, play the long run. It will make the customers happy and make earn ICANN more money (thanks to the increasing amount of students / developers with a lower budget). Kind regards, Ruben

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Billy Croan Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I ONLY support the increase IF the domain hoarders/squatters RECEIVE increase than legitimate domain holders. DOMAIN OWNERS MUST be required to activate and demonstrate ACTUAL USE of their domains on a regular basis. Use the increased fees to pay for labor for this verification process.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN .COM PRICE INCREASE
by Dennis Carroll Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, As a web developer, I must say that I would not support the price increases. Instead, I would look for alternative extensions to use, with such increases it would make other, already more expensive, domain names more suitable. Or I would start using cheaper URL extensions that were currently undervalued. I do not support this idea for the world to keep increasing its prices on things while it becomes more difficult for us in the tech industry to remain competitive and to be able to survive.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN/Verisign .com agreement
by Brian Patlen Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

ICANN announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. who operate the .COM top-level-domain (TLD). ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. 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 with no language to freeze future increases. 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. Alongside these contract changes, Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN's domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. These changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision. As one who holds several domain names and a small business owner, this is alarming and should not be implemented without significant input from all stakeholders. In an age when we desperately need clarity and fairness, this is an utter disgrace.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

As a registrant of a .com name, I am opposed to the proposed price increase of .com domains. Only Verisign wants these increases, yet the current $7.85 rate is more than sufficient. And why should Verisign, which merely manages the .com registry, decide the price? I respectfully ask that ICANN consider the public interest as its main priority in governing the system for domain names. --Peter Latner Minneapolis, MN 612-751-4046

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Your supposed comment form at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_fo… <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_fo…> asks for my personal data and then does nothing. The Continue button does nothing. Well done good job. This is another regrettable example of ICANN putting itself ahead of the interests of the users of the internet. A commercial enterprise like Verisign shouldn’t be in charge of this to begin with, let alone given free reign to price the annoying individuals out of the market and reserve the net for their large corporate friends. Fortunately for you, ICANN is in practice answerable to no one, so you can bin this along with all the other “feedback”. Brad Bulger San Francisco, CA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN fee increase
by M Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Further monetization of a heavily used zone is a money grab. If you want to generate registration revenue, start bundling registration with domain security services.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dont raise .com prices or make other nonsensible changes.
by AJdG Solutions Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, Dont raise .com prices or make other nonsensible changes. I’ll change my domains away from .com if you do. Regards, Arnan de Gans Freelance Developer https://ajdg.solutions/ <https://ajdg.solutions/> Monetise your website with AdRotate Pro! Follow me: Twitter <https://twitter.com/Arnandegans> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnandegans/> Please use proper email etiquette and format, it’s much appreciated. Thanks! If my answer comes of as short or terse, that’s not my intention. It’s simply me trying to help as many users as fast as I can to keep the internet going.

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