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

[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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