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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No .com price increase
by Craig Duncan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I disagree with your decision to increase .com pricing. This decision will not only make it more difficult for a small business to keep it's overhead down, it will make it more difficult to start a small business. If you make this platform inaccessible it will only expand the gap between wealthy established businesses and their budget conscious new competitors. The decision to raise .com pricing will, in the end only have a negative effect on all consumers and the world economy. Please reconsider your decision. Best regards, Craig Duncan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase proposition
by John Dionysiou Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir / Madam I want to respond to what I am hearing about the suggested 70% increase in domain name pricing over the next 10 years. I want to express my agitation at this unfairness. What is the reason for such increases? I believe in the freedom of business and the right to make money, and the internet is one of the last places where there is easy access to people to do this. I also believe that you should be able to adjust your prices but why so much? Please receive this as a complaint and a huge thumbs down John Dionysiou

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changes
by gary＠upcountrycommunications.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It has come to my attention that there is an intended change to the pricing of the .com address. I do not believe this is necessary or productive and will be harmful to small business as a result. If this takes place it will no doubt force small business owners to rethink and change. This all costs time and money better spent on advancement than lining pockets of the already have. Gary McKay Up Country Communications Inc. 10 Carpenter's Wharf Road Wickham, NB E5T 3Y5 Phone: 506-651-6171 <mailto:gary@upcountrycommunications.com> gary(a)upcountrycommunications.com <http://www.upcountrycommunications.com/> www.UpCountryCommunications.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Voting against .com increases
by Castle Holdings Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You've clearly hired Ajit Pai because your delusional tripe of an organization has pulled a dirty trick right out of the FCC playbook. I do not support price increases for com biz org or any other TLD for that matter. It's time to disband ICANN. First you create gTLD rush that no one asked for to line your coffers, then you become addicted to cash flow and want bribes from Verisign against all prior arrangements over the past 30 years. ICANN must go. We will be donating to any candidate who leads the cheer against you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment Problems
by Dan Mort Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, It is sad to see that the very organization in charge of overseeing domain names is making decisions without informing the public, behind closed doors. Domain names are essential to businesses trying to start up, sometimes with so little money that they can barely afford hosting to go along with the domain names. Increasing the price, or even ALLOWING the increase of price of .com domain names 8 out of 10 years is plain ludicrous considering .coms are already at the top of the list as far as pricing is concerned. While I do understand the need to make money and the spam associated with having domain names for cheap, that is just the cost of doing business. What I don't understand is why can we not make some of the hundreds of new TLDs released over the last few years equivalent in price to the .com domains. This would solve a lot, and I mean A LOT of spam issues that people are facing, and you would still see an increase in profits if that is what your ultimate goal is. You should be here to protect your users, not your sellers. This isn't about YOU, this is about US. The dreamers and every day believers that are trying to make something of our lives and start a business in this already tough business landscape filled with regulations and dream crushing corporations. Of all things to worry about, we should not be worried about paying more just to keep our website address. If you'd like to see additional profits, why don't we fix the "premium domain parking," increasing only new TLD pricing, or focus on creating a new way to measure/issue domain authority to good, law-abiding users. There's PLENTY of other things you can be focusing on. In no way is this warranted or fair to the every day user. The internet is not something that should be controlled by agencies like yours in the first place... this abuse of power in charging more and more is an example of how money hungry, inconsiderate corporations operate and think only for their own selfish benefit now today. I truly hope you read this and consider other alternatives. Something like allowing price increases serves no benefit to the consumers you serve. But unfortunately it doesn't seem like you're not in the position to care because you will benefit either way. Well hear this loud and clear, WE CARE, and this is UNJUST. Thank you for your time and consideration. Dan Mort

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] More over site, fewer costs increases.
by Roy Skeen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Greetings, My name is Roy Skeen and I am a business owner in Baltimore, MD with a .com website for my construction services. Keeping .com access affordable has allowed me a space in the global marketplace in a way that would not be possible if the price increases every year for the next 8 of 10 years. We would ask that you: 1. Make all funds and contracts to Verisign transparent and public, as they are serving a public good. 2. Restrict price increases per year and with the number of years. As a business owner, we need to be able to price these expectations into our prices. 3. Please reconsider this proposed deal for the good of all businesses, rather than just one. Thank you for your time and consideration. Roy Skeen 319 E. 27th St. Baltimore, MD 21218 admin(a)55builders.com www.55builders.com Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Pete Bentley 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Peter Bentley London

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] A troubling development.
by Roger Dottin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The fact that this "agreement" was made in secret, without proper consultation is cause for great concern, aside from the abhorrent contents. I for one am not in agreement, as are most of those affected. This agreement needs to be shredded, and the process restarted in a transparent manner, with proper consultation. Thank you for your attention.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, As an entrepreneur and owner of several .com domains I was very disappointed to hear that ICANN has secretly agreed to a contract change which could see prices rising by as much as 70% over the next decade. This will stifle the earliest and rawest kind of start-up innovation which has made the internet the dynamic and vibrant place it is today. By placing barriers to poorer and disadvantaged people from staking claim to the domain names they feel represent their new idea or start-up business is not in anybody’s long term interests, including ICANN’s. Furthermore the lack of transparency regarding what the proceeds of any funds from Verisign will be used for is deeply worrying and smacks of poor integrity or outright corruption. Thanks, Paul Codd -- Paul Codd Co-founder, Commercial Director Cheesecake Energy +44 (0)7719 222 192 | www.cheesecakeenergy.com <http://www.cheesecakeenergy.com/> Cheesecake Energy Ltd is registered in England and Wales. Company number 10317962. Registered address: Ingenuity Centre, Triumph Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2TU. VAT number 329047793.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the Verizon agreement
by Kathleen “Katie” Engelman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a non-profit, your selected leaders have an obligation to share what the plans are for the $20 million agreement with Verizon. It appears no thought was given to transparency with the public. Shame on you. Stop this agreement and the outrageous price increases that are being planned. > Kathleen "Katie" Engelman, Esq., GRI > Engelman Law Firm, P.A. / Luxury & Beach Realty > engelmanlaw.com / katiesellsflorida.com > 727-688-3044 > katengelman(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN changes
by tom davin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This change is wrong. The domain space is undergoing changes, and I believe a policy that increases prices with inflation is fair. But why not add a fee to the resale of domain names, not their original purpose? Don’t discourage the growth of the market, discourage domain squatters.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't do it
by Victor Hugo dos Santos Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We only have a few domains .COM, but increasing the price is ridiculous today when the tendencies in the industry is decrease the prices. -- -- Victor Hugo dos Santos http://www.vhsantos.net Linux Counter #224399

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases
by Bellalife. Enrico Sogari Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

What you are trying to do is disgusting, I’m utterly disappointed. That’s what evil ppl do in a monopoly position. Best Enrico Sogari

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, As one of ICANN Community I definitely refuse increasing the price of the .COM domain name, it will appreciated if hear from ICANN Community and Internet Users. Thank you so much

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not increase the .com price as it will adversely affect current registered clients and reduce profit margins for businesses like mine that are fully dependent on such services for our commercial viability as an entity. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't do that, we can't afford that type of home in domain names

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment changes
by Peter Jarosak Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed changes will allow prices to double in 15 years from 2026. With the clause that major DNS attacks can allow a price increase even in years that it was not going to raise, you only need to hire a firm at 7% cost of next year’s price increase to break even and not get caught. This seems like it is written for businesses and no longer considers those that could barely afford to own a single domain name to start a business or communicate about the world around them in an environment that is theirs to control and not owned by a business with 50 page privacy policy. How many small businesses or people in poorer countries will be restricted from ever compete in the .com domain? You should not allow exceptions to years that there will not be a price increase, especially terms where business could take the short term loss to create in order to have higher profits moving forward. The terms in should be more like 1% every 3 years or something similarly low so that you are not creating a domain extension that is economically out of reach for 1/2 the world. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no increase request
by Mis Palabras Con Letras Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Good Morning, I am against the increases they plan to apply to domains. Some pages, like mine, are small and have no income, so any price increase is a major problem, which may have an impact on the existence or not of the web. Please think carefully about these changes that can affect many people who have no profits. Thanks for listening. Greetings, *María José Guillén* *Mis Palabras con Letras* *Twitter: @misPconL* *Instagram: @mispalabrasconletras * *mispalabrasconletras.com <http://mispalabrasconletras.com> *

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

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Ben Sutton 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. An increase in .com prices would detrimentally hurt my business. -Ben

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment to Registry Agreement
by Kristin Greene Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I am writing to express my concern to the amendment of the Registry Agreement. I understand that this change may not affect large companies so much as they have the wherewithal to weather such changes. However, I am new female startup. I believe this change will affect women going into entrepreneurship and hamper new women owned businesses. A fellow signee posted an analysis: 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) The current prices are more than fair and no one is interested in an increase except for Verisign. In addition to affecting businesses, this will hamper people who invest in domain names for their own personal reasons – perhaps to blog, journal their adventures, or even protect themselves from someone else getting it and hurting their reputation. I would hope that you wouldn’t want the domain names to become another thing that divides those who have the resources and those that don’t. I’m not saying to not make money, but it would be great if we could enable as much access as possible. Thanks for the consideration of keeping the annual fee as is. Kind regards, Kristin Greene Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign should not be allowed to increase the wholesale price for domains
by Ali Shan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If the prices are increased than the ordinary businessmen that are regularly coming online to host their websites will deviate from doing this and the income of ICANN will be decreased and it will also effect the developing economies and under privileged regions.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment comments
by Boss MobileGames Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, as a consumer the main issue with the amendment is the 7% price increase for 4 out of 6 years (coincidentally the upcoming 8 years), this seems so far above any type of inflation rate. Combined that there is no detailed explanation on the necessity or allocated spending on infrastructure upgrades that warrants such increases. Not only does this seem bad for a consumer like myself, but all in all for the overal market I am unsure if this is the way to go, the internet is still upcoming in many parts of the world and keeping the accessibility as best as possible can only mean good things overal. Anyway, you do you, but if there are many worried reaction I hope you would reconsider and go over all amendment points very critically. Regards, Arno Bos

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com - Disapproval of price increase.
by DAVIS CHANDY Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not increase .com price. Buy back .com from Verisign. They are not capable of running.com and free internet with its true ethics. Kindly do not sell your dignity and integrity for money. How come we trusted you guys? This shows board members of ICANN cannot be trusted. Soon you will be focusing only on money making and nothing else. Shame on you. Sincerely opposing, Davis Chandy.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN January 3, 2020 Verisign contract terms change announcement
by Tim Kuechler Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, As an owner of .com domains I do not agree with ICANN's decision to allow Verisign the wholesale price increase schedule for .com domains as announced January 3, 2020. Furthermore, I question what the $20M payment from Verisign to ICANN will be used for and how that will be monitored and made public. I consider the changes announced to be harmful to Internet .com domain stakeholders such as myself, and I would like these changes to be reversed, and a public consultation to be held and a formal review process where alternative contract terms that are not harmful to Internet stakeholders such as myself can be considered and implemented Tim Kuechler, P. Eng. ------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE - AVIS IMPORTANT ------------------------------ Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. Recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender and sender company accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. This email transmission and any accompanying attachments contain confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above email address. Le courrier electronique peut etre porteur de virus informatiques. Le destinataire doit donc passer le present courriel et les pieces qui y sont jointes au detecteur de virus. L' expediteur et son employeur declinent toute responsabilite pour les dommages causes par un virus contenu dans le courriel. Le present message et les pieces qui y sont jointes contiennent des renseignements confidentiels destines uniquement a la personne ou a l' organisme nomme ci-dessus. Toute diffusion, distribution, reproduction ou utilisation comme reference du contenu du message par une autre personne que le destinataire est formellement interdite. Si vous avez recu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le detruire immediatement et en informer l' expediteur a l' adresse ci-dessus. ------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE - AVIS IMPORTANT ------------------------------

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