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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment
by David Ferreira Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am here to manifest my disagreement with the price raise for the .com domains. Instead, I believe you should make the .com domains more restrictive to buyers, by disallowing for instance parked domains or unused domains (unless there is a global trademark involved ofc). Thanks David Ferreira +31644014117 (Whatsapp <https://wa.me/31644014117>)

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is not supported by the majority of the public
by Lauri L Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

People will not be happy If this passes and you should listen to the consumers.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The internet is for users - don't increase the .com price
by Heiko Narrog Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

A price increase affects the whole community of internet users, especially those who create and provide content. Increasing prices on the .com domain punishes the plurality of small users and content providers who publish on a budget. This is not a decision to be made behind closed doors with the commercial interest of just one or two companies. Please include actually affected parties in the decision making process, and keep prices low, to maintain plurality of voices on the internet. Heiko Narrog Sendai, Japan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop it
by Babar Ali Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Totally dissapointed to see this bad news. Dont kill internet with your greed. If you increase the .com domain prices you will eventually let people say bye to the internet. Specially small marketers and bloggers like me.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain Prices
by jake kali Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi- Please dont destroy cheap domain priced. Thanks, Jake

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Joe Adams Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I accept that sometimes prices have to increase but unless you can justify the proposed increases it feels totally unreasonable. Explain why and the long term plans for any extra cash generated and think again. Regards, Joe(a)cantbarsed.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Michael Deatherage Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do NOT support this closed door deal to increase prices, which will further consolidate the power of the internet in fewer hands. This maneuver is at odds with the spirit of the internet. A consequence of this action might be regulatory oversight because if you won't listen, maybe our representatives will.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Silver Kuklase Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose the changes. There is no value being added, just price increase for reasons of greed to take more money for the same service.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dan Bolser Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Yo yo yo, I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Dan Bolser Hinxton

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] concern re amendment 3
by Ming Tsai Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, We are very concerned that there will be major changes to how .com domains are distributed and at what cost. This has global effects and yet only icann with verisign has negotiated this amendment without any transparency. As far as we can tell, this will create more expensive domain names which will unfairly disadvantage the poor and create uneven access to the internet. We oppose this amendment. Ming Tsai

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Ashwin Shahapurkar Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. ashwin shahapurkar India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop ruin .com domains
by Adw Heroes Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi! Stop ruin .com domains! I completely agree with the points in this post https://www.namecheap.com/blog/icann-allows-com-price-increases-gets-more-m… (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/4458CEC5-7E8D-4498-A8B5-3EE0F4024335@ge…)

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Matthew Lilley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, >From what I understand the proposed changes 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, I understand that Verisign has 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. Overall, it doesn't sound like a good deal for consumers but instead a good deal for Verisign and ICANN. Yours faithfully, Matthew Lilley ------------------------------ *My PGP Public Key Identity* pub 2048R/*76552385* 2018-03-20 [expires: 2020-07-31] Key fingerprint = *1EB5 F55E 6C5E 5A90 7732 8EBB 5E72 058C 7655 2385* uid Matthew Lilley <m.k.lilley(a)gmail.com> sub 2048R/0C7A597A 2018-03-20 Public key available to download from here <https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=m.k.lilley%40gmail.com> ------------------------------

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't raise the proce of TLD
by bzargui jihade Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello we have heard that icann is about to raise the price of TLD we hope that you not raise the price think about all the populations in the world. The price of tld is already high please stop this action

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ridiculous
by Jonathan Greenwood Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, Just heard about the icann's relationship and new deal with Verisign. Sounds like monopoly maffia. Internet is for everyone, not the few who can afford it. Make your proposals open and discuss with other parties who may be in a better position to offer help and even take over Verisign's current position. Regards, Jonathan Greenwood m: +44 7507324014

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Chad Fullerton Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN stakeholders, I own many .com domain names and I am against Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement in its current form. While I am not opposed to a price increase every 3-6 years in order to cover increased costs due to maintaining infrastructure, a 7% increase cap is too high. 28% cost increase every six years is unreasonable. It should be lowered to something more reasonable between 2-3% every few years (unless Verisign can justify otherwise needing the funds). Any increases need to be substantiated with costs detailed specifically for the public to see why such an increase is taking place. How did Verisign come to conclude that this level of increase is acceptable to the .com owners without consulting the public first? What specifically are the "security, stability and resiliency enhancements" that Verisign claims the increase is necessary for? In the ICANN press release dated January 3, 2020, you state that "ICANN is not a price regulator", and that you defer to the Department of Commerce for the "regulation of pricing for .COM registry services", yet this Proposed Amendment appears to be strictly about pricing. It is strange to me that you're making a decision about price changes while also stating you don't regulate pricing. If you don't deal with pricing changes, then shouldn't ICANN dismiss this amendment request and instead have the Department of Commerce make the final decision and consult the public in their own process? It is also being reported that ICANN is receiving $20 million dollars over five years from Verisign with no explanation why they are all of a sudden giving this money to ICANN or what it is to be used for. If this is true, the optics of the situation look really bad to the public. It makes it appear Verisign paid to get rules passed through ICANN that only benefited themselves. Verisign has a monopoly over .COM wholesale pricing, they give ICANN $20 million and at the same time try to push through an amendment to let them increase prices upwards of 28% every 6 years. It comes across as a corrupt system. The timing is very suspect. Price increases are a big deal to the average individual and small business owner. The .COM TLD is universally recognized. It isn't one that is purely used by commercial entities. Individuals purchase .COM domains for personal use as well. Small increases in the cost may not seem like a lot to large companies, but for individuals and small businesses - especially if they have many .COM domains to secure and renew each year - every increase is compounded and adds up to be a lot. Please find a common ground and fair balance between the demands of Verisign, and what the owners of .COM domains are voicing opinions about this proposed change. I hope when making this very important decision about the .COM TLD that you read all comments and take them seriously into consideration. Thank you, Regards, Chad

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase fees!
by luisa vieira Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a woman entrepreneur opening my small business, as a way to escape unemployment. Starting with little money, every expense is important for me. Increasing anual fees at this pace will make it impossible for small businesses like mine to prosper, specially at their beginning. Please do not do this. Luisa Bogéa Low Impact Box - Solutions to decrease your environmental impact CEO and founder lowimpactbox.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Remove amendment 3
by Eric Park Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

ICANN, please allow the Internet to continue to function as an open platform. The suggested changes through amendment 3 is going to be disastrous for new domain purchasers and old domain holders alike. Price increases would mean having a domain may no longer be feasible for some. Please do not go through with amendment 3 and help the Internet stay as an open platform. Thank you! - Eric

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com is a backbone of the internet - prices need to be kept at a minimum
by Reece Neumann Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The .com TLD is the most well known domain name and to many is the only domain name that they will have heard of making .com and the internet synonymous with each other. As such .com can be considered a backbone of the internet and therefore must be safeguarded in the interest of all users. The price of the .com should be kept as low as possible in order to allow as many individuals as possible to continue to innovate and keep the internet as free flowing as possible. A significant increase in the price of .com could result in individuals choosing not to buy a domain where they otherwise would have took the chance, and therefore not contribute their project to world wide web. As such this has a real potential to lower innovation across the internet and thus ultimately contribute towards stifling competition. This goes against the nature of the internet as a whole and must be avoided. Therefore I would suggest that the price of the .com domain name be made as low as is possible as to allow it to function and no more. Profits should not be the main factor in running this important internet backbone component. As .com can be considered crucial to a thriving current day internet, it should be the primary domain that is protected from price rises and in doing so will help all those who wish to use, innovate and advance the internet further. Kind regards, Reece Neumann

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against .COM Price Increases
by harry mochi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against .COM Price Increases. Owning domains became the de facto standard nowadays, so it should be easy and economical to access to owning domains for even low income people.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign decision is crap
by Godspeed Corp Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You should be ashamed of your business antics considering how much it will provide a devastating blow to so many other businesses that rely on your services. Benjamin Lord Godspeed Marketing - Founder Mobile: 716-Network Int'l Mobile: 727-369-6991 Skype: Benjamin.lord9091 iPhone. iTypos. iApologize.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do you understand .org?
by NIck Hutchins Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a .org and arguably the group that should be most aware of its purpose, I am extremely disappointed, that you are not only willing to accept what is basically a bribe, but will in turn pass this cost on to everyone else. It supposed to be for the people, and as a public body / NFP, this should be bloody obvious. Collaborating with a for profit company, even if they already control the TLD is sick. Accepting money to look the other way is not cool, in anyones book. Nicholas

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Egor Gromyko Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, This should not have happened. If there is something about the domain infrastructure that needs urgent maintenance, there is nothing that prevents you from at least clarifying the details of why the price increase is so urgent. Do not make it look like a money laundry. Roll back the deal, do the right thing. Kind regards, - EG

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Are you aware of the interests of millions of com domain owners!
by info＠t3concept.de Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I'm a com domain owner from Germany and got the news that ICANN forces increasing the price for com domains during the next ten years. I had the idea that ICANN is an organization to support the whole community of domain owners especially the com domain owners. I know there are many of com domain owners who are very angry about this and so am I. I beg you please to consider not let com domain prices increase in this way. That wouldn't be good in any way for a free and open web for everybody. Best regards Thomas Bügel T3CONCEPT web-solutions Thomas Bügel Ludwigstr. 120 70197 Stuttgart Germany fon +49.711.639119 fax +49.711.639126 eMail <mailto:info@t3concept.de> info(a)t3concept.de <http://www.t3concept.de/> www.t3concept.de

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unnecessary price increases
by Rajko Radovic Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I do not feel that the steps being taken are crucial or warrant the inevitable price increase they will add to domain renewals. I propose the decision be reconsidered. Rajko Radovic

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase of .com
by RockyandRoxy Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I hear you are putting up the prices of .com domains This is not fair to us small businesses who already pay out a lot for marketing etc of our sites This will also discourage people from getting .com address and will look for alternatives If so then a change like that will affect our websites enormously if we have to change our domain names This is very sneaky and unfair I must object to this Also what will you be doing with all the extra money ???? Regards Donna Orme This email may contain confidential and legally privileged information. You must keep such information confidential, and must not disclose such information without our prior written consent. If you have received this email in error, you should let the sender know, and you must delete it from your computer system. We take reasonable care to ensure that our emails are not infected by any virus or other malicious software, but we do not guarantee this. Posh Promotions www.rockyandroxy.com Tel: 07767 420467 Tel: 0121 429 1028

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increases
by Yc Pang Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Ciaran Kendellen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would like to register my opposition to this amendment, a more robust and publicly scrutinizible process should be implemented instead. -- Ciarán Kendellen Chief Technology Officer Host Ireland Business Broadband | 6-9 Trinity Street, Dublin 2 | +353 1 8219350 www.hostireland.com <http://www.hostireland.com> *Business at the speed of light * Host Ireland Business Broadband, founded in 1998, offers exceptional enterprise grade wireless and fibre broadband services to Irish Businesses. Next day installation, enterprise grade SLA & broadband speeds of 1gbps are all part of our outstanding level of service. We genuinely care about our customers – should you need anything at all we are here for you 24/7/365. Why not call our Dublin based team on + 353 1 8219350 and see how we can help you. Host Ireland Business Broadband – Business at the speed of light

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases on .com domains
by Eric (Nordkyn Design) Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir, In our view, any price increase should first and foremost either reflect an actual increase in direct costs or be matched by an increase in the service level provided. In the present situation, the changes considered appear to be purely motivated by increasing profits and they have no tangible justification. As a result, we are fully opposed to these amendments. This is not an acceptable stance and such changes must be planned in consultation and agreement with the key stakeholders actually providing the DNS services to the domain name owners. Yours faithfully, Eric Bretscher Nordkyn Design NEW ZEALAND http://nordkyndesign.com/ This email is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete this message from your system without first printing or copying it. Any design or technical data contained in this email (including any attachments) must be handled in accordance with all applicable data protection laws.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN / Verisign
by MikeH Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

.>>> Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN's Smells suspiciously like a monopoly provider looking to engorge themselves at others expense. No doubt a sign of the political times. Money, secrecy, power. I'd imagine there's a US class action lawsuit against a monopoly provider waiting to happen.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Ammendment
by Sylvia Bressel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is so typical: show the money and see the bad: there is no need to agree to an unlimited price raising over decades, burden on our shoulders, the users! As many other said: not all .coms are billion dollar businesses, a good portion are self-employed and small businesses. And its even more questionable to do this in secret without letting your already registered users and buyers know about - I heard today the first time and in 3 days the comment section will be closed!! So you want to keep us quiet, right? FORGET ABOUT!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I do not agree
by mustapha ait el haj Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This increase is not fair, the re-seller are already buying all available .com domains and Now they have an extra reason to increase the prices over and over again

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Abuzar Tariq Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN Team I strongly oppose the Proposed Amendment 3 to the.COM Registry Agreement on increasing the price of .com domain TLDs. Thanks -- Best Regards, Abuzar Tariq

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disgusted at potential price rise
by Daniel Neville Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I’m disgusted that the price of domains would go up as a result of doing work with Verizon

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] dear icann
by Alex Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

eat shit and die

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Abolish ICANN and Break it to distributed non-centralized orgs throughout world.
by jitendra shah Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Addition to my former mail. I strongly believe that ICANN is failing to respect and maintain the freedom of internet, I would prefer an alternate Distributed authority which has no centralized control with any government, All distributed nodes must be ran by non-profit anonymous donation backed organizations with strong community driven hierarchy. So none can directly influence his/her position directly in organization by money, lobbying or government support. **************ICANN Should be broken and Monopoly must not exist.************ I use the Internet but I am not a .com registrant. Surat, Gujarat India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Neil Bosley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I totally oppose to the raising of .com prices. It makes absolutely no sense. If anything, technology costs are decreasing. Verisign and ICaan have simply seen an 'opportunity' to capitalize on the current market in domains and should NOT be allowed!!! Regards NB

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep price reasonable versus rising popularity of alternatives
by k00nq2+9vl7srqckdarw＠guerrillamail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, Verisign, I am against the proposed price inflation of the TLD .COM. In short: keep .COM price inflation reasonable for all parties, especially for your customers. Read the many good arguments in all the threads posted. If there is any reason to raise prices, such reasons need to be clarified towards customers and again, needs to be reasonable. However, keeping price inflation in check concerning the .COM TLD (or any gTLD and ccTLD for that matter) is also in your, the provider's, best interest. The more discontent customers get, to more reason you give them to create and use alternatives, which could be a serious threat to your business model in the long run. Alternatives already exist, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root and more are being researched, e.g. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8291986 . Thank you for your consideration, Ben Hup --------------------- In reaction to: What's happening? Last month, ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names, 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. 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. What does this change mean? 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. Why is ICANN doing this? 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. ---- Sent using Guerrillamail.com Block or report abuse: https://www.guerrillamail.com//abuse/?a=Qk55CAgOV6dYiwG5vX8SdxrDQM%2BexpoDi…

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com rate increase
by Mitch Kennedy Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Transparency. Its what is needed here. Please be clear with supporters about how the funds frommverisgn will be used to improve our , your customers, experience. And why the rate increases are so large. Thank you Mitch Kennedy ND, CEM, LEED-AP,6SigmaBB

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My opinion on the amendment
by Jan Scheiper Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, as a Computer Science student and owner of several .com domain, I am not in favor of this planned amendment. Since it allows a price hike for domains, which might render them unaffordable for students like me, I'd prefer to keep the rules as they are and figure out another way to improve security and the infrastructure, without massively increasing the prices. I hope my and other people's comment can sway the decision process away from the current form of this amendment, especially the article allowing an increase of the price. Regards, Jan Scheiper

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposed to proposed amendment 3 to the .COM registry agreement
by Alexandros Stavrinou Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. As an internet user and owner of multiple .COM domains I feel this change will threaten the open and accessible nature of the internet.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't agree
by marco.goncalves＠yahoo.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hardware, network and bandwidth is getting cheaper every year, and .com domains are getting expensive. Makes no sense at all in my point of view. Best Regards, Marco Gonçalves

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain Price Increase
by neoplayerscouk＠aol.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am disappointed to learn today that over the next 10 years we could see massive domain name price increases. It should be the case that domain names are accessible to everyone, by increasing the prices it could end up to a point where only large companies or organisations would be able to afford these making the domains hard to get for the normal folks out there that just have a dream. Please reconsider these proposals for the benefit of everyone and a healthy future in .com domain names.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Mike P Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi I am responding to protest in your proposed increase prices on domain names for the next 10 years. It does not make sense to do so as this will impede openness of the internet. Furthermore, keeping the price low for all website domains will allow for long term revenue for any registered domains everywhere. Regards, Mike

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not happy about your decision ICANN and Verisign - leads to excessive .COM price increases
by Oreste Pompetti Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This decision will mean I pay more for my domain name costs and you profit through a quiet deal with each other - ICANN and Verisign. Not happy. We know what you’re up too. Stop it and put people before selfish profiteering. Oreste Pompetti

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Shutting out small content producers
by Harry Twyford Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I’m writing about the proposed amendment 3 to the .COM Registry. I understand this amendment will permit Verisign to significantly raise prices on the sale of .COM domains. I am concerned that this move reflects the trend of small/independent Web producers being unable to compete with large firms. This moves raises prices for small producers and continues this shut-out process. I am disappointed that this amendment is being proposed and I urge ICANN to drop it. Best, Harry Twyford

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Prices of the dot com
by Ayelet Dekel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To open the prices for change when there is improvement of technology and the costs are getting lower and lower, Please act in full transparenty and let the public know about the costs per domain maintenance. David Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price increase
by jliska＠onet.pl Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Justyna Liska Dublin, Ireland

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Elliott Mozley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of multiple .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. Elliott Mozley London, United Kingdom

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Changes
by Sara Dyson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If prices of domains are going to increase, I ask for full transparency of why the cost would be increased. Those of us whom own domains should understand exactly what is going on. At the end of the day, domains are arbitrary addresses with little overhead to manage so increasing their cost drastically seems unnecessary and driven only by greed. To prove I’m wrong, please be transparent in all changes made. Regards, Sara -- SD Web Development

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to .COM registry
by Heather Johnson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please be mindful of all the small businesses that rely on domains to function. Putting prices up annually will ultimately put such businesses out of business when already jobs in corporations are being lost by failing large businesses forcing people to becoming self-sufficient by starting their own online businesses. To increase costs will further increase poverty when people have lost all options to earn a living through such decisions

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop increasing prices for COM domains.
by Hylke Hogewind Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Stop increasing prices for COM domains. I down vote on this decision. Met vriendelijke groet, Hylke Hogewind Tel +31 (0)6 30781687

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price increases
by Toby Wilkins Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I would like to voice my concerns with the proposed changes to the price increases of .com registration. Increasing the cost will put a vast majority of people at a disadvantage. it will push, and lock out many people who would like to buy a .com domain name. Especially for people who don't have much money, and would like to start a new venture to better themselves. Instead, it will benefit and make the divide between this community and the bigger, more wealthy establishments bigger. This seems unjust. Regards, -- Toby Wilkins tobwilk(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dmitry Bespalov Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good day, I am against of raising prices for the .com segment and would not like to see this agreement proceed as it is. The Internet is now a public good and domain names are part of it. In my opinion, the changes proposed in the Amendment 3 are not in concert with the community decision and serve the interests of just two major parties - ICANN and Verisign. Please make this process transparent and involve the community. Best regards, Dmitry Bespalov Software Engineer.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] proposed .com price increases
by Stephen Annett Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I wish to register my extreme disapproval of the proposed price increases over the next ten years and beyond of the .com domain and also the proposal to allow Versign to dominate the .com domain market, thus removing the healthy competitiveness from that market. I am one among many thousands of would-be internet entrepreneurs who are working on a very tight budget as we strive for success in a very competitive environment. Many of us use the .com domain as the basis for our businesses. Many of us run at a loss for the first few months or years. The incremental raising of the price of .com domains over the next ten years, plus who knows how much more at the end of that period, will hit us all financially and may put many of us out of business. I urge you to rethink your proposals. Increase the price of registering a .com domain if you must but let’s keep that price rise fair to everyone. Also, please rethink the move that will give Versign so much power over the .com domain. Competition is healthy and keeps us all honest. Let’s keep the .com market competitive. Thank you for reading to my thoughts on this issue. Kind regards, Stephen Annett shihtzuandyou.com seosteamroller.com Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase.
by Brian Ondari Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not support this.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Soccer Shine Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello! Please consider our fate, before you increase .com domains, prices. We are requesting to listened before you take action. All we want the prices NOT to go higher. Our best regards!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Wang Qiliang Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, ICANN, I am a registrant of a .com domain name, wangqiliang.com, as you can see. From my perspective, I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. As you can see, no one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices, and the current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Also, in my opinion, since you, ICANN, is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest, I suppose that you should reject their unreasonable price increases. I am looking forward to your reply. Sincerely, Qiliang Wang from Shanghai, China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Admin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The deal between ICANN and Verisign sounds like more crony capitalism to me. Just because you can has always been a poor excuse. Please don’t. Best regards, -Glen Ihrig arkadias.com arkadia-systems.com arkadia’s-choice.com grids-on-line.com natural-healthy-eating.com intend-to-prosper.com expansion-network.com and others.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com Price Increases
by Victor Levandovski Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It’s not okay to raise the prices just because you want to make more money. Internet today is such a common thing, it should become cheaper every day, not more expensive, to make a website.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com Price Increases
by Noel Cunningham Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have read about the plans to increase the price of the .COM Tld over the coming years. As someone who owns a lot of domains this will cost me a substantial amount in extra domain registration fees each year. I am totally against such steep price increases and hope you reconsider your position. Best Regards, Noel.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] RIP off
by Info＠alexgoldingmusic.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Stop ripping off the world with increased .com rates. You think you can. Just greedy. The internet is free and your reputation for plundering it’s users is going to suffer. I strongly object to the arbitrary hikes in price with zero accountability Alex Golding http://www.alexgoldingmusic.com/ Sent via mobile phone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] PLEASE DO NOT INCREASE .COM PRICE
by SGI Oil Trading Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Esteemed ICANN, According to reports from our domain registrar, we have been informed of your decision to increase the price on .COM domains. This email is in petition to plead with ICANN executives not to do such for the sakes of upcoming SME and LLC startup from developing countries as support and fight against poverty in Africa and the world in general through innovations and having access to .COM as it has always been. Thank you so much for your cooperation and understanding. Regards, Stephen O. Oluwadare Group Managing Director(GMD) Steveraton Group Incorporated(www.sgincorp.com) Corporate office 78B Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. WhatsApp/Call: +234 703 531 0665,

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Avoid .COM Price Increases
by Isabella Beirer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Madam or Sir TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN I am a small business owner and a significant increase in prices for my website is meaningful and will have an impact on my overall business costs. I call upon you to review your decision and reverse it. Yours sincerely, Maria Isabel BEIRER -- Wanna know more about how to create a freedom-based life AND love Pachamama? Hit me up --> linktr.ee/agreenerlifenow <http://linktr.ee/agreenerlifenow?fbclid=IwAR0IkYieLsbPA4Y4t4dhPofl9C9NNbQy0…>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DEMAND THAT ICANN REFUSE ANY .COM PRICE INCREASE
by Arturo Moncada Torres Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recentlyannounced <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2018/ntia-statement-amendment-35-coo…>that it would “permi[t] Verisign to pursue with ICANN an up to 7% increase in the prices for .com domain names”, but it*does not*of course, compel ICANN to agree to any such increases. Any such decision regarding .com pricing remains with ICANN. Demand that ICANN REFUSE a potential price increase on .COM domains! Verisign is entitled to a reasonable fee for running the registry on behalf of ICANN. Verisign currently charges*$7.85 per .com domain name per year. *The cost to operate the registry, after taking into account the expensive infrastructure necessary to provide reliable and secure operations and high overhead, has been estimated at*$1.00 <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/02/dotcom_domains_pricing/> to$3.50 <https://domainnamewire.com/2018/09/11/verisign-coperative-agreement/> per domain name per year.* If the proposed fee increases go into effect, by the end of the six-year agreement term, the fee for each .com domain name will increase to $10.29 per year,a 30% jump from current levels <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/02/dotcom_domains_pricing/>. Even conservatively assuming that in six years’ time there are only 140 million .com domain name registrants instead of the current 138 million, that increase of $2.44 per year, per domain name, would result in*$341,000,000*more revenue for Verisign per year. That money would come out of the pockets of .com registrants like you. Higher fees for Verisign are not justified, as demonstrated by the following four key points: 1. Verisign is a provider of technical registry services, it does not own the .com name space; 2. Unlike Verisign's fees, the prices set by registrars and domain name investors are held in check by competition; 3. Verisign is already well-paid for its services, as evidenced by its substantial profits; and 4. ICANN need not approve fee hikes; on the contrary, ICANN ought to assert its right to set reasonable fee levels for its hired registry manager. Make your voice heard and join us by signing the petition to REFUSE any attempted price increase by Verisign! *We, the millions of .com domain name registrants all over the world, stand to lose the most from a .com price increase, and we DEMAND THAT ICANN REFUSE ANY .COM PRICE INCREASE.*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Fergal Monaghan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not go forward with this amendment. It will be harmful for the internet, Yours sincerely, Fergal Monaghan, Ireland.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Bad idea!
by Benedikt Köppel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Icann The .com amendment is a bad idea, I would recommend to vote NO in this matter. Best Regards, Benedikt

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not increase .COM domain prices
by Matt Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a .COM domain user, the primary draw of this TLD is the low price. If these price increases are put into place, I will definitely be moving my .COM domains to cheaper TLDs. Regards, M Kay

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Reza Sardeha Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Icann, I am associated with DAN.COM <http://dan.com/> and we are against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest but is only serving registries and registrars. It’s time for ICANN to start servicing the entire domain industry, including end-users by changing its coarse to only facilitate registrars and registries. Kind regards, Reza Sardeha DAN.COM

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Domains Price Increase
by Fabricio Prado de Lucca Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good morning. I am writing to you to express my dissatisfaction regarding your recent agreement with Verisign in the value of $20 million dollars. Your lack of transparency regarding the decisions made recently can only suggest a shady operation meant to give Verisign full power over the .COM domains. I strongly advice the adoption of a proper price cap to avoid harming the already 144 million (and growing) .COM domain names registered and any future registrants that will most likely think twice before making that decision after the changes that you agreed upon. May the users opinions be heard in this matter and any future subject that arise. Kind regards, Fabrício

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not increase the price of .COM domains
by Grace Woinicz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am a webmaster, I own over a dozen .COM domains. Please do not increase the costs. This is bad for business. Thanks, Vladimir

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by chetan tajane Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Why are you increasing Price of .Com Some of us are from a very tight budget and if you will going to increase price of .com it means you don't consider us in your business and just think about your business only. Don't do that...

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Regarding the proposed amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement
by Sarah Antonia Lydia Ferdinande Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, it has come to my attention that you are proposing an amendment to the .com registry agreement, which will entail/make possible significant increases in price for the registration of .com domains. I strongly oppose to this. Such a price hike will have very significant consequences to registrants in, e.g., third and second world countries. For companies and individuals in these countries, these hikes in price may prove prohibitive, effectively barring them from registering or holding on to .com domains. .com domains are the most widely recognised, and therefore, all should have equal access to them. The internet should remain a free and open space to all. I urge you to reconsider this move, and consider hiking prices for other extensions instead. Yours sincerely, Sarah Antonia Lydia Ferdinande +45 4225 4769

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by PRESENCE desk Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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 is already far more than justified. Given that Verisign does not provide any new service. It's a free milk cow for Verisign. Verisign built the software off registration fee so technically ICANN owns the Verisign software to manage domains. 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. PRESENCE deskMumbai, India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dave Slocombe Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear sir/madam Please ensure not only the wealthy can afford a domain name and do not turn it into more of a trading system than it is already. 7% is excessive for the operation of that organisation Kind regards David Slocombe Al60nu United kingdom Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The price of .Com domains should not be uncrease
by Samuel Omotosho Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I stand against the increasing the price of .com domains.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to Amendment 3
by matt＠bluecollamusic.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN I am a registrant of .com domains and I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they SHOULD be run for the public good. I quote for the ICANN website: 'Policy to ensure that the deliberations and decisions of ICANN are made in the interest of the global Internet community.' The proposed arrangement between ICANN and Verisign is an abdication of ICANN's mandate. ICANN is responsible for governing the domain name system in the public interest. Verisign is merely your appointed manager of the .COM Registry. By allowing Versign to dictate pricing for .com domains with an agreed price increase every year for the next 8 out of 10 years, ICANN is effectively selling off its responsibilities to Verisign. In return, Versign will be paying ICANN $20m over that period with no clear mandate as to how these funds will be invested for the great good of the DNS system or the Internet as a whole. No matter how this amendment is worded or marketed, it is a poorly, ill devised scheme that has no clear benefits for the global DNS system. I trust ICANN will listen to its community and scrap the Proposed Amendment 3. Best regards Mathew Jacobs London, UK

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign contract changes
by Daniel Heiniger Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN representative The proposed changes to the Verisign contract seem to be implying the possibility of significant price increases for .com domains. This means that accessibility to these domains will be restricted to more powerful enterprises, which, I believe, is a huge loss. Setting up internet infrastructure should be easy and as cheap as possible. Raising .com domain prices is sending the wrong signal and is inviting other tld registrars to raise their prices too. Although I am not personally operating a .com-Domain, I still feel this will be a significant issue to every internet user. Yours truly -- Daniel Heiniger, Zurich, Switzerland ----------------------------------------------- Homepage privat: http://heiniger-net.ch <http://www.heiniger-net.ch> Blogs & Website Hosting: http://blog-net.ch

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is WRONG .com is a global right to liberty
by utkash chheda Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is bullying, you can't attack .com domails like this. We need low prices for small business and bloggers who use .com domains. Protect not just big corp but also the small man Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dont increase .COM Price
by Erik Chen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please STOP!!!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not OK for increasing the price for .COM
by ABDELAZIZ TAOUILI Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why would you want to increase prices?
by Attila Kovacs Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of more .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. 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.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Morteza Ghalambor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM registry agreement
by Hayden Seen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't uncap the prices, the .com domain is a staple of the internet, my website uses it along with many others who this would affect and I really do like my domain name, it's personal to me. Please don't do it. Regards, Hayden

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Help Us Avoid .COM Price Increases
by Daniel Halasz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to price increases and Verisign registrar
by Jim Wiggins Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We find it very concerning that Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains by 7% each year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, and further after that. This rate of increase makes no sense and will harm the accessibility of .COM domains by the less affluent, as the price increases will naturally be passed on in full to the customers of the registrars. And we demand to know where this extra money is going to be spent. That this decision was made behind closed doors with Verisign is concerning. That the new contract will allow Verisign to operate its own registrar smells of illegal collusion. It violates the ICANN multistakeholder model. Jim Wiggins – mywiggins.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] PLease dont increase the prices
by Stuart Nelson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The web should be open and accessible for all. I haven't seen a conclusive case for why .com domains should be increased by *70%!!!* -- Frontend Web Developer Stuart Nelson northernbadger.co.uk <https://www.northernbadger.co.uk/> UK: +44 7780 687070 Bath, England <https://github.com/stuartjnelson> <https://codepen.io/stuartjnelson/> <https://medium.com/@stuartjnelson> <https://twitter.com/stuartjnelson>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] We are what we do
by Benjamin Scherer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Freedom has no price, neither has our future ;)

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Ivan Boychev at Nebosystems LTD
by Ivan Boychev Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am an IT Professional and I strongly suggest to my customers to by domain names in order to expand their business. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. I don't see a problem with the current domain price. Yes I do agree that a small change like 1-2 percent on per year basis is normal, but the current proposed scenario is not ok. Verisign is merely a manager of the .COM Registry - I don't see why it has to involve itself with the pricing. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public - not corporate greed or profit. Regards, Ivan Boychev NeboSystems LTD <mailto:i.boychev@nebosystems.eu> i.boychev(a)nebosystems.eu Please print thoughtfully

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the price hike on .com domains
by Kristin Cavicchiolo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is completely unacceptable and the fact that it has been approved without public consult is both devious and signifies a dishonest agenda. Where will the accumulated funds really be spent? Why 8 out of the next 10 years to have price increases? Such changes need to go under public scrutiny and be justified. Merely announcing such a change without first seeking stakeholder (customers, public, etc) feedback is unconscionable. Thank you, Kristin .com domain holder Gothenburg, Sweden

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please No new fees
by Arthur Foulidis Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I think these new fees should be cancelled. Best regards, Arthur.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases reminds me of the Fraudsters.
by William Humphreys Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Fraudsters and todays Spammers send out email saying your domain name is expiring and you should renew now. Sending you a invoice out asking for price from 79.00 to 120.00 for 1 year renew. As you pay for it and when your domain does expire you find out they had nothing to do with the renew of your website. Money gone and in some cases so is the website. It reminds me of years ago of companies over charging calling themselves hosting companies who were resellers over charging till information about ICANN came about. ICANN helped to educate the consumer and seam to regularate the business. Now raising prices 70% in the next decade with out justification seems more like a Fraudster or Spammer just to be greedy to hurt the business. Many have done this in other industry, one to look at is how after long terms controlling a industry it has create competition and the competitition ends up Putting the controlling source out of business. Or hurting the source. I believe this Is what will happen in the case of raising prices with the .com services. Greed has destroyed many of good organizations to where they end up looking for help and joining other forces because there struggle to maintaintain such greed becomes to great. William Humphreys Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Francis Leye Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Websites presence is one key way for small businesses to be validated. Any increase in prices will affected small businesses ability to stay afloat online. Note that small to medium size businesses make a huge chunk of websites. As a web developer with over 1000 clients, I am not in support of the new policy Thanks, Francis Leye Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Takunda Muziwi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would like to express my disappointment at the lack of transparency throughout this process. The internet has had profound impact on the fire of society and still is a wonderful way to change the lives of may people in a meaningful way. Above all, the internet is an open place. Your proposed changes and amendments go against the spirt of what the internet stands for and creates barriers towards peoples participation on the platform. -- Kind regards,

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] @ .com price increase
by Softstein Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

ICANN, changing contracts in SECRECY just to greedily drain more money for you while making .com less accessible is is nothing short of an UNFRIENDLY move. It does no service to anyone except for yourselves. This is despicable, hope it will be investigated. S. Vigna

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to Amendment 3
by Ivan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I would like to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. I believe that the global DNS registration system should be run primarily as a public concern. The only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are verisign itself, at the expense of the public. These price hikes will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. Further, this could prove yet another point of pressure that convinces a small business to make their online presence exclusively in the Facebook walled garden and eschew the web itself. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they SHOULD be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate; short sighted profit chasing at the expense of all else. Please do not adopt this proposal. Best, Ivan Bacher

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price
by Dylan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear reader, .COM domains are the most common and therefore should be the most accessible for everyone to use, including students like me who can’t afford to spend a lot of money, but still want to have a representable domain. I’d like to make my voice be heard, and hope you will reconsider this amendment. Kind Regard, Dylan Piera.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on Verisign price increase
by Christian Sommer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir or Madam, Since ICANN is intended to be a non-profit organization, ICANN's taking advantage of the .com price increase by Verisign is a breach of trust. Instead of creating competition between registrars, a quasi-monopoly is created here. So you have missed two of your core tasks. I hope that in this case you will follow your intention to accept public criticism "in a bottom up, consensus driven, democratic manner", in contrast to your previous decisions on .org, .info and .biz domains. ICANN can only play the role it is playing on the basis of general acceptance. If this acceptance is undermined, as by your actions above, the global community will have to find ways to participate more democratically without the ICANN organisation. Personally, I will first express my criticism to the German representative of the Governmental Advisory Committee of the and European Commission. Yours, Christian Sommer -- Christian Sommer, M.Sc. University of Tübingen Department of Geosciences / Faculty of Science Geoinformatics Group Rümelinstr. 19-23 72070 Tübingen / Germany Mail: christian.sommer(a)uni-tuebingen.de Phone: +49-(0)7071-29-77505

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Nat Tochukwu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is to air my opinion and sadness forwards this new agreement that will directly have an adverse effect on our business. Please reconsider this decision and do the right thing. Yours in value Tochukwu Nwabuo

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Oluwasanmi ISINKAYE Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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