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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by LXFY Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Verisign is the only registry for .COM domains without any competitor, no one but them will be benefited from this amendment. 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. Xu GAO Hangzhou, P.R.China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Make .com Great Again
by Aaron Christian Carson Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Website domains are like real estate, the popular areas are expensive. But please don't raise the price of every .com available across the country. While it may benefit you in the short term it will not benefit small businesses which are the entities constantly making America the great country we are. You have the choice. But know it comes at the expense of the economy, SMB innovation, and the perception of your brand providing value in the marketplace. Sincerely, Aaron Christian Carson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by hilyin lee Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Accessibility to .com TLDs is critical for all. Increasing prices will shut out many voices and put control of information largely into the hands of larger companies. I do not support this proposed agreement you have with Verisign. Hilyin Lee

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Againt .com price price
by prem kumar Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hi, .com is used by people across the globe, the current price itself high for many people in developing and under developed countries. Not to forget, Icann is for the public good of every human being in the world to access the internet for betterment and the price increase severally hamper the reach of internet to people in poor countries, who need internet more for their betterment. Verisign which is already making billion dollar profit per year, their is no way icann can justify the price that only fatter the above said private entity. RegardsPremkumar V+91-9940049112India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not raise the prices of .com domains
by Stuck Fan Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Keep the internet affordable.Please.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increase
by Marco Mangione Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

We can't understand how you can increase the price of domains so much. A domain is just a domain why make it pay more? The price of the .COM is already high, compared to that of the ccTLD. It is the most used gTLD, prices should go down not go up. The Internet belongs to everyone and you cannot influence the business of thousands of companies so much. Marco Mangione Host.it <http://host.it/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concern on price rise
by Robin Scharf Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

For small businesses and individuals like myself , this is going to pinch my pocket. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Please register my voice against this regulation.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I don’t agree with the proposed changes
by Jacobo Tacher Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Greed
by David Ball Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

As the leaser (no one can own anything anymore) of domain names. If I don't pay my taxes and in this case, my ransom, my domain name is taken away. With no input to the original decisions made, I can only submit my serfs opinion to the king (ICANN/VERISIGN).Please consider the impact of this amendment and the effect to will have on the other serfs under the rule of the king. As always, I know this will fall on deaf ears and the king will bid his will on the serfs as it has been throughout the ages. But I ask again to please reconsider the impact this will have on people that don't have the means to afford the rising costs of domains. I am currently in Africa, where in this country, the largest economy in Africa, the average wage is $2-3US a day - if one can find work. Yet, there are many here that have a dream of owning a business. I ask you how can someone in this position ever hope to achieve their hopes and dreams with the continued rising costs that further separate the have's from the have not's? Please do the right thing for at least once in your life and consider others, not just yourselves and what you have to gain. Consider what others have to loose. Regards, David

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Prateek Anand Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Prateek Patna, Bihar India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Vaibhav Agarwal Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Vaibhav Agarwal Seraulim, Goa, India Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Domain Name
by Angel Rivera Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

What can I say about the .com price increase? Nobody likes a price increase on any service they use. I don't want .COM domain name price increase, especially without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. That's not cool!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Monopolistic price gouging
by Neil Crow Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

It does not feel like ICANN is looking after the interests of its users at all. The proposed increases come across as monopolistic price gouging. Domain registration is a highly-automatable business and should therefore have a very low cost base. ICANN should rather use competitive market forces to keep prices low and service levels high, by putting the .com domain registration operations up for tender for fixed multi year periods. Regards, Neil Crow

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am concerned about how this amendment to the Registry Agreement will affect me and any other entity who would like to buy a .COM top-level domain
by Carson Long Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am concerned about how this amendment to the Registry Agreement will affect me and any other entity who would like to buy a .COM top-level domain. My concern is 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 then again during 2026-2029, and continuing into the future. I am worried that within 10 years, .COM domains could cost approximately 70% more than the current wholesale price of $7.85. Since it is likely that most of these increases will be paid by domain name registrants I am understandably concerned. I personally own several domain names and plan to buy more as ideas and time passes by, and I do not want to see that access restricted. Additionally, this would limit startups and other small organizations from purchasing domain names that are vital to their success. Ultimately, I think you will see a large migration away from the .COM top-level domain if you do not do something to address these issues. Best, Carson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Lau Will Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. mingwei liu Hongkong

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion about price of COM extension
by Gozvn Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Please don’t increase price of domain name COM extension. Price now too expensive for every people for this. Please let support the community around the world. Don’t let price increase too much over and over. Everything so expensive. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement Comment
by Yuval Greenfield Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Please don't make dot com domains more expensive. They already are far too expensive for much of the world. Don't make internet innovation a game purely for the rich. Yuval

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain name increase
by johnkennedy uwa Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

The proposed .com domain name increase will drastically affect the internet as a little whole and make life harder for start ups. There is no need to increase the price

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3 Comment
by Phillip Stiles Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, I disagree with this amendment. I currently have 5 .com domains that I hold onto for personal use because I like the having access to multiple names. However, they are all redirected to the same place, and if the price goes up, I plan to only renew 1 of the 5 domain names when they expire. Thanks, -Phillip Stiles

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dot com fees increase
by Luiza Muthoni Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Please stop this greed.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep .COM domains priced reasonable
by Den Delimarschi Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, I am reaching out as the owner of the dennisdel.com domain – the recent news<https://www.namecheap.com/blog/icann-allows-com-price-increases-gets-more-m…> around contractual changes for .COM domain management by VeriSign are disappointing, and I personally do not support this set of modifications. I would like to make sure that I, as a site owner, do not have to undergo through arbitrary price hikes for the sake of price hikes, which is what this change allows. I wholly oppose the change. Den

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Susanna SeaFire Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I disagree with raising prices to consumers and domain holders. This is unacceptable and will make it harder for everyone to maintain their business. Sincerely, Susanna Pol

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 regarding .com domain pricing
by Ty Freeborn Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, As a small business owner, I am a registrant of several .COM domain names. Amendment 3 unfairly and disproportionately targets small businesses. Please do not join the wrong side of the existing all-out-war on small businesses. With ever-increasing automation and advances in technology, there is clear evidence of LOWER costs throughout industries. So, I can understand a valid case for DECREASING the current .COM rate of $7.85. But is ICANN working to allow price increases for 8 of the next 10 years? Seriously? This is insane! VeriSign should employ technology to lower become more efficient, and lower their per unit cost. Furthermore, increasing .COM cost will mean a greater likelihood that small business will drop their domain (leading to further .com ownership centralization) and submit to a closed environment such as Facebook. Small business is already under great stress and is being increasingly targeted by large corporations such as Amazon, large financial institutions, and now it seems powerful greedy managing registrars. This unilateral move by ICANN will demonstrate that they close ranks with, and side with such large institutions in this direct assault upon small business. ICANN's mandate is to govern the domain name system in the interest of the entire public, including the little guys, not just large powerful entities such as VeriSign. Please do so! Respectfully, Ty Freeborn

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] From Daryle Schultz re: proprosed .com domain name fee increases.
by Daryle Schultz Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Please consider all of the hardworking people who contribute to your industry by purchasing domain names and paying fees to maintain them before arbitrarily raising the fees that can be charged. I do not think an increase in fees is justified and I urge you to reconsider before taking actions that can potentially harm the whole internet system. Thanks for listening. Daryle Schultz

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No increasing .com price
by Sonia Francis Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello Dear Sir/Madam, I am contacting you to let you know that increasing the price of domains.com will affect so many internet users as personally as well. I will really appreciate your company not to follow the path of making difficult for the public to own domains and affecting us financially and making impossible to publish our content. Thanks for your time and reconsideration. Sincerely, Sonia Francis

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