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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is a masqueraded bribery scam.
by Dmitriy Nikitin Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

To whom it may concern. To most people this amendment looks like a bribery scam that we as end users will have to pay for. Please reconsider and put public interest in front of a corporate and personal gain. Please end Verisign .com TLD monopoly. Have a great day. Dmitriy V Nikitin.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Cost of Domain
by Douglas Toro Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I think the base price is a fair cost because allow to everybody start an idea that it could be finishing in a business. This is seeing of the side of the entrepreneurs. Best Regards, Douglas Toro S.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on .com increase
by Christopher LCP Mendes Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hello, I am writing to you as the owner of a web development company and domain name reseller based in Sacramento, California which represents roughly 200 clients. I am writing to express my protest to the proposed amendment, which I and others consider against the public interest. The increased .com domain costs will increase the barrier our customers have in starting and maintaining their businesses/websites. It will cause all registrars, who already make so little, to be even more competitive in pricing and cut those margins even more. In the cases we cannot cut those margins, we will be forced to increase the costs to our customers, the ones who will ultimately pay (both literally and figuratively) if this amendment is passed. And who is to gain by passing this amendment? It seems obvious to me that the amendment will pass as there is money to be made by a select few individuals in powerful positions. But I hope you consider your stakeholders, the average Internet users and small business owners, when reviewing this amendment. Either way, I would like to publicly express my displeasure with the proposed amendment. Thank you for listening. Sincerely, Christopher LCP Mendes, Managing Director, 2Leaf Inc; Co-owner, Namebark.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Linda Holler Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am against the price hike. The current pricing helps to make it possible to run my business in a sound manner Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domain prices
by Matt Sidhom Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

As a small business owner currently and someone who has started multiple businesses, I think it’s important to keep start-up costs low for people like myself and others aspiring to do the same so that unnecessary barriers to entry aren’t created. One of the great things about the internet era is how it’s enabled and empowered literally anyone to start their own business and sell goods and services anywhere around the world. By making something as simple as domain name cost-prohibitive would discourage aspiring entrepreneurs who need capital for other purposes from starting their business at all. I implore you to stop this from happening to assure that the internet and the economic opportunities it presents to everyone remain as accessible as possible. Thank you for your consideration. Matt Matt Sidhom CEO/Founder 210-392-4859 Sid(a)StatGeek.com 2003 NCAA DIII National Champion 2013 Trinity (TX) Athletic Hall of Fame

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Linda Holler Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Linda Holler Pasadena, California United States Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Linda Holler Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Linda Holler Pasadena, California United States Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not supportive of increased .COM pricing
by Matthew Kempler Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hi- I am a small business owner that owns my company .COM domain. As it is written, I do not support 7% increases the pricing of the .COM domain. That is well above GDP growth and is unjustified in perpetuity. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration, Matt Kempler

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't let Verisign increase .com prices!
by Danny Wolf Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Keep the prices as they are, without any price hikes.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changes in.Com pricing
by Nihar Khurana Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hello I am from India. Here many businesses are still not online and do not own a website because of the cost involved. By increasing the costs further, you are pushing away potentially millions of new people who are Yet to own a website, please reconsider your decision. Sent from my iPhone

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