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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Mohammad Al Faiyaz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is bullshit.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Please stop the proposed amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement. As consumers we don’t want to pay exorbitantly rising prices forever. Also to propose these changes in secret makes your greed that much more obvious. Be fair and make decisions with everyone involved with the .com business. ICANN was created in part to introduce competition between domain name registrars, but now ICANN itself is at the heart of the problem, without considering any input from Internet users on this critical decision. Stop these secretive shenanigans now. Thank you, Anna

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, As I am a developer and entrepreneur, it was always nice that I could start some small internet business within a small budget and earn money, many times I made websites only for society (non-commercial). Even today I have many websites that are non-commercial, they help people. I believe, today many people can start their small business via the internet, they can buy .com domain names and buy some cheap hosts and start to earn money or educate society. I hope, you won't increase prices. Best regards, Teymur

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Madam, or Sir, I am concerned about this amendment to the Registry Agreement because it will affect, not just me, buy any individual who would like their own domain name. I am 100% sure that no corporation will object to the 28% cost increase every six years as they earn money off their domain name and paying almost any amount would be acceptable to them. However, there are a great deal of small businesses that would see this as a burden as well as individual users out there that have purchased their own domain name and are using it for personal use, not commercial use. Several of us have multiple domain names, if for no other reason than to protect our own names from being used to run a website. 20 year Cost analysis: $ 7.85 / year 2018 $10.29 / year 2023 (31% increase over 2018) $13.49 / year 2029 (72% increase over 2018) $17.68 / year 2035 (125% increase over 2018) $23.17 / year 2041 (195% increase over 2018) I am aware that the 7% is a maximum per year for each of the four years and, theoretically, there could be no increase or a sub 7% increase some years, however, I have little faith on this being the norm and, most certainly, CANNOT plan on it being any less than the full 7% in any fiscal plans made. I understand it would be extremely difficult for you to create a regulation that would charge businesses more and individuals less, however, that may be what is required at this time. This would leave a loophole for businesses to have an individual register their domain name, however, no corporation of any size will be willing to leave their domain names in private hands. This would also allow fledgling businesses (aka startups) to keep their costs low at first. Remember, many businesses have been started in individual's garages. You may also assume that all ".com" domain names are used for, or are supposed to be used for commercial purposes, however, this is not the case today. If this had been defined and enforced from the beginning of the internet, this would be a non-issue, however, to start enforcing it today would cause many individuals to lose their domains. Yes, there are other top level domains they can move to, however, that doesn't alleviate the fact that they would be losing an asset they had invested much time, money, and resources acquiring. Please keep the annual fee very low or consider a more flexible charging system for the .COM top level domain that will keep it accessible to individuals and small businesses. Thank you, Respectfully, Brandon Myers Client Support Specialist 800-262-6285 x310 CMS/General Support: support(a)cusolutionsgroup.com<mailto:support@cusolutionsgroup.com> Policy Manual Support: policysupport(a)cusolutionsgroup.com<mailto:policysupport@cusolutionsgroup.com> Complaints/Compliments/Comments: diane.knudson(a)cusolutionsgroup.com<mailto:diane.knudson@cusolutionsgroup.com> [CUSG]<https://www.cusolutionsgroup.com/> Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Raised prices for .com
by LoveLustorBust Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not raise .com prices. Thank you. April Hope

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed price increase
by tracylangdon＠live.ca Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com Change
by Devin Kofsky Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I'm not happy about the changes to .com. It should NOT be a monopoly that can be controlled by Verisign.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Small business impact of .com domain price increase
by Catherine Lundoff Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello. I am writing to express my concern as a small business owner. The projected rate increases for my .com businesses will make it much more difficult for me to operate my business and sell my products on the internet. It will put a number of other small business owners out of business completely. I urge you to reconsider this increase. Catherine

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I have been doing website design and development for small and medium businesses since 1999. In that time, I have helped many organizations reach a larger audience than they had with older traditional media. While I understand price increases are a part of life, the proposed changes could potentially hurt my clients who watch every dollar spent on their business. Potentially raising .com prices by 70% or more over the next ten years sounds like adding an unreasonable burden to small businesses. Prices for domain name registrations and renewals should be controlled to allow businesses of all sizes to remain competitive in the market that is increasingly being controlled by larger corporations. Mike Rende sitebyMIKE, inc. 847-608-1995 mike(a)sitebymike.com <mailto:mike@sitebymike.com> www.sitebymike.com <http://www.sitebymike.com>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Com domain price increase
by Yuri Kolovsky Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

What justifies the rise in price of the tld? Thanks to this the internet will simply switch away and abandon .com entirely over the years.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not pass this. It will be a blocker in innovation.
by Jordan Kaplan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not pass this. It will be a blocker in innovation. Jordan Kaplan Jordan(a)kaplaninnovations.com<mailto:Jordan@kaplaninnovations.com> / (305) 333-7322 [LinkedIn] <https://htmlsig.com/t/000001CHECSV>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't raise prices on dot coms
by Andy Skogrand Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Keep dot coms affordable! Increasing the prices of a dot com will seriously hurt my business!

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. Despite there clearly being potential financial gains to be had by raising the registration fee on .com domains, 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. While price hikes such as this likely won't mean much to the larger business concerns that buy in bulk, it will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. At worst, 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. Angel M. Rolon

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] COM Price Increases
by mtja＠hush.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I want to protest at the behavior of ICANN in setting up .COM domains for extensive price hikes for the foreseeable future. The fact that this was done in secret indicates that you were well aware of the protests it would elicit, and for good reason. You have a monopoly on .COM domains, similarly to your appalling behavior with .ORG domains being sold off to ex-employees to exploit as they wish (made worse by the fact that .ORG is usually owned by charitable or political organizations), there is no other provider for them which would lead users to expect a level of responsibility to your clients that goes well beyond allowing projected price rices to registrars for .COM domains of 7% each year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Strong price capping is vital to maintaining equatable access, preventing runaway trading and sharp practice and keeping prices affordable for the vast number of users who are already opted into using a .COM domain WITH THE UNDERSTANDING that they had always been carefully capped and responsibly managed for the good of internet users and website owners, not given free reign to keep increasing prices willy-nilly to bleed users for more and more money year after year. In my view ICANN has made itself appear like a fly-by-night, cheap and untrustworthy domain trader with these moves, done undercover and designed to increases prices to users over and over and over in subsequent years, not the responsible guardian of the most well-known domain name in the world. My confidence and trust in ICANN is rapidly decreasing and if these outrageous changes go ahead I will certainly decrease the number .COMs I own and will eventually turn to using alternative domains. Mark

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sirs, I would like to ask you as a human being to not increase .com registry. It you do, it will start snowball and all other domain extensions will increase their registry, too. It will lead to drastic expenses and therefore money which you are planning to gather through this price increment, will not be sufficient for what ever you are planning to do. You will need different measure to solve problem which your decision will create. Please look little bit further what your decision will impact worldwide. I am sure your clever staff can find different solution. Thank you in advance! Kind regards, Ivan Janousek

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unfair to raise prices
by Cynthia Vaccaro Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I feel it is unfair to raise your prices in secret. Customer satisfaction should be a top priority. This news is absolutely dishonest and should not be allowed to proceed or move forward. Thank you Cynthia Vaccaro Sent from my iPhone

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, I'd like to express that I am personally and professionally concerned about ICANN's recent proposal to significantly increase prices on dot-com domains. Let it be know that I, and my colleagues oppose this decision. Thank you for considering. Sincerely, Warren Petersen Director of Outreach Development Associate <https://oakgroveschool.org/> warrenpetersen(a)oakgroveschool.org <mailto:warrenpetersen@oakgroveschool.org> 805-648-3182 <tel:805-648-3182> oakgroveschool.org <https://oakgroveschool.org/> 220 W. Lomita Ave | Ojai CA 93023 <https://maps.google.com/?q=220+W.+Lomita+Ave+%7C+Ojai+CA+93023> <https://www.instagram.com/oakgroveschool/> <https://www.facebook.com/OakGroveSchoolOjai> <https://www.youtube.com/user/OakGroveSchoolOjai> <https://twitter.com/OakGroveOjai>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domain increase
by Chauncey McAskill Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose the price increases of .COM domains. The current pricing provides more than enough profit margin for maintenance of existing registrations and an ability to support any future registrations. This is just like the changes being made to .ORG domains: in the name of greed and making it harder to acquire and maintain domain names for users and organizations. — Chauncey McAskill

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

Feb. 11, 2020

We're a web developer for mostly small businesses. As of now, many of them buy extra domains for protection from competitors making a competitive website. It's already a major investment for some of these clients to keep up those extra domains. If the prices were to rise significantly (more than a dollar or two) I would bet they would just drop their ownership of these extra domains. So, in the long run, your trying to be greedy for more money would actually backfire since registration of domains would actually drop. Steve Biese [email-logo]

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Transparent funding
by Tim Evans Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I run a breakfast restaurant, where we charge $3 for a $.60 cup of coffee so that we can afford to charge $3 for a sausage patty that costs us nearly $2. I would rather live in a world where coffee is $1.50, and sausage is $5. Funding initiatives on the back of established profitable regimes is pork barrelling and corrupts the whole system. Let markets dictate prices and fund initiatives with venture capital. Thanks

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I condemn ICANN's terrible policies regarding domains .COM and also recently .ORG. ICANN or people concerned with it have been making decisions favouring parties with vested interests - perhaps through offers from these parties - monetary or otherwise to ICANN or their concerned management. ICANN should work for the public. I use the Internet but I am not a .com registrant. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. 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. India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the price hike!
by Johnathan Dunn Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not raide prices, ridiculous!

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I'm opposed to these changes.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain "fees"
by Valerie Shive Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Government, please leave our fees alone. You are regulating more and more of our lives. Stick to the income tax. Try to be better stewards of what you take from us. We're all required to make ends meet. You as fellow Americans, should also do what's needed to make ends meet, without taking more from us. No more regulations need to be put down on internet commerce and organization. Thank you.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am a web designer based in the UK and I would like to object to the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I am concerned about the possible price rises, especially given you ignored concerns about the changes you made to .org domains. I understand a reasonable price rise may be appropriate, in line with inflation for example, but 7% every year for four years with a freeze for two years is excessive, and threatens the accessibility of .com domains to all. I'm also concerned about the relationship you have with Verisign, given that they can operate as a domain registrar as well as being a TLD, whereas other companies cannot. I urge you to be transparent about the nature of your relationship with Verisign and any money that changes hands between you. kind regards Gary Morgan * web design and maintenance*Gary Morgan www.pixelshrink.com connect(a)pixelshrink.com Tel: 03303 500 720 <+443303500720> Mobile: 07477 141 757 <+447477141757> *The information contained in this email is confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). If you have received it in error, please notify pixelshrink immediately and then delete the message. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this email. * *We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise that you carry out your own virus checks. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses.*

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