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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Condemning - Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by swapnil mahankal Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Icann Team and Authorities, I hereby want to submit DISAGREEMENT to Proposed Amendment 3 to .COM registry. Charging different to domains and increasing prices is unexpected from internet community practice. As this proposal is between verisign and icann without involving community this need to immediately reviewed for correction. Regards, Swapnil M

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Disaster
by Info - PointZero5 Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam As a small Disability Charity who raises funds to help the disabled in desperate need from selling domains, if Dot Com renewals are increased it will cause us to close! Additionally our AU$ is Extremely Low compared to the $US, affecting us even more. CHARITIES SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM ANY PRICE RISES. Kind regards Peter Yeo Honorary President PointZero5.com Disability Campaign 82 Boundary Street, Brisbane 4000 Queensland Australia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by dtj102＠yahoo.com Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 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. I'm totally against the price hike! Larry Jones Schaumburg, Illinois United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Efstathios Kaloulis Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. If you have a steady price and there is no price increments during the next years, you will have more earnings as people will invest more in hand registrations. Furthermore as internet gains popularity worldwide and 5G networks are becoming a reality, cheap .com domains will be affordable for anyone in the world. The measure you are promoting will reduce .com registrations and people will register more domains in other tlds or cctlds instead of Com. Athens, Attica Greece

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dave Winzler Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

To Whom It May Concern: I am a registrant of several .com domain names and I am totally against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Only Verisign want increases in .COM prices and 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. I trust ICANN to *govern the domain name system in the public interest*. When I registered my first domain (microseeds.com) back in the mid 90s, Verisign charged $75 to register a .COM domain for a two year period. I do NOT want to return to those days. David Winzler Portland, Maine United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by admin＠ismy.blog Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Let Verisign collect a percentage of the sales prices from over-priced sellers and re-sellers, not from the existing .com registrants. E.g. Enom or one of its resellers charges $19.95 for a new .com, or Uniregistry wants to sell a .com with "premium" renewal prices, let Verisign have a percentage. We cannot afford it. I will be out of business. Next, you will be allowing all the other greedy registrars to overcharge us. Stand your position. And remember, affordable renewals is the reason most of us are in TheInternet.org business. How can I develop WebsiteDoctors.com for first responders or people without health insurance if I have to worry about registrars jacking my renewals? If ICANN allows Verisign to raise prices for existing registrants, ICANN will be on the defendant list with them. I am a registrant of many .com domain names. 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. DD Johnson Salt Lake City, Utah DDJohns(a)markter.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Normand Schafer Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

As the owner of a number of .com domains I am against the substantial price increases over the next number of years. 7% annual price increases is well above the average 2% rate of inflation. The .com domain should be protected as an affordable option for website holders. These proposed changes could be looked at a bait and switch tactic from .com domain holders who have trusted the .com domain as an affordable option and invested in creating their brands as .com domains. Normand Schafer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concern
by Nicole Harstead Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

40% of all domains are .com. The sort of price increases that are likely to occur with ICANN increasing its stronghold over .COM mean that many businesses will be damaged. There needs to be consultation. Improving competition should not mean stamping out small players. A healthy system is a diverse one. Give us a break ICANN. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com changes
by Robin Monks Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi there, I am deeply concerned that VeriSign is being given the opportunity to further monetize their control of the .com domain. VeriSign has not shown themselves to be an organization in the public good; and further increasing the cost of communication in the world does not serve the public interest well. I write to request the newly proposal deal be abolished and another deal be structured only after public consultation. Thank you, Robin Monks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no prices raises on domains
by Warner Berkshire Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

To Icann Please do not raise prices on .com domains. The upkeep cost on these is already significant What are your reasons for considering raising the prices on them? The current cash flow receive from the registrars by the organization is already quiet high. Domain registrations and renewals should not be used to pay for some other administrative work not related to improving domain related activities. Thank you Mark Warner

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