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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Strongly oppose
by Tom Tuffin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I strongly oppose this proposal. There is no clear indication of how ICANN will spend the money given to it by Verisign and no justification on why we will see a possible 60% increase in the price of .com domain names. The internet is a space for everyone, not just those who can afford it. ICANN should not go through with this proposal if it wishes to remain a respected and trusted organisation.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please leave .com domains accessible
by Ohad B Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have a small business and .com price changes hurt us.. Best, Ohad

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to the price increase
by Walter Proof Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As an owner of a .com domain, I’m totally opposed to this measure, decided in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. Walter Proof

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO TO GREED
by Dicky Agustiady Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Basically this proposal isn’t based on economy or merit. it’s just greed. The economic climate isn’t conducive for this kind of move. As a small business owner, please reconsider. Thank you

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com Domain Price Increase
by Adrian Tatum Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It is my firm belief that unless it can be demonstrated that there is a business imperative within Verisign to increase the cost of any domains beyond the rate of inflation this should be the maximum cap they should be allowed to raise domain prices by in any one year. Regards Adrian Tatum MD Effective Business Growth Ltd Tele 01844 690010 Skype adrian.tatum [cid:image001.jpg@01D5E0AA.1D55EBD0] PS Also check out my Lead Generation book on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Leads-Guide-Online-Marketing-ebook/dp/B076TFJ… [Get More Leads The Real Guide To Online Marketing : The Real Guide To Online Marketing (2018 Edition) by [Tatum, Adrian]]

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no for .com price increases
by Sayed Ali Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dears, We are not happy with your decision with Verisign to increase the prices of .com domains, please don't do it. Regards, Sayed Ali Al Moosawi *Leanium Technologies * p: +973 33008785 +973 17006193 a: Office 23, Building 2728, Road 3649, Block 436, Seef District w: w:www.leanium.io e: info(a)leanium.io

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am very concerned that ICANN appears to be rubber-stamping a major rise in .com prices. There does not appear to be any justification for raising prices. No economic study has been undertaken by ICANN to demonstrate that Verisign needs any more money or that there is some other public interest in raising prices. The price increase appears to be purely a money-grab by an already handsomely paid company. That means only its shareholders stand to benefit from the increased price, not the public. Moreover, the $20 million that Verisign is paying ICANN in exchange for a price increase worth billions is embarrassing. Not only is it a paltry sum compared to the windfall that ICANN is bestowing upon Verisign, but it appears to be a quid pro quo despite protestations otherwise. Such conduct makes ICANN look very bad and raises serious questions about whether ICANN can be trusted to look after the public interest. Sincerely, -- Pierre Sottas Ch. des Chenevières 18 CH-1071 Chexbres Switzerland pierre.sottas(a)gmail.com +41 76 679 70 35

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against the increase of the price for .com domains.
by Marcin Styszewski Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against the increase of the price for .com domains. I believe that the possibility of sharing thoughts and ideas is far more valuable. As Verisign will be able to increase the price almost on demand it will most like eliminate significant amount of small business/personal websites from the Internet. Such consequences should be unacceptable.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My thoughts about .com price increase
by Misir Jafarov Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

What the hell are you trying to do?? Why you would wanted to make more money from nothing. If you don't know, i want to let you know that the DNS and web system will be recreated to be fair. Why we should pay money to get 3-4 lines of text added to a file. Ahh you guys never wanted to be useful, instead of earning even more money. Remember Tim Brenner's Lee who invented www made it open to public to let people to develop it. But you guys, only wanted to get more, more and even more money. What you are planning to do in hell with that money?? I don't know why I'm angry but I can not afford to pay $$ each money for just naming my IP address. Thanks I know you will not even read this. -- Misir Jafarov

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] unjustifiable price increase
by Simeon Valentinov Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a registrant of a .com domain name for personal use, I am completely against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. This price increase is not tied to inflation and makes the .com domains prices unpredictable (but sure to grow a lot). Also, there is no transparency how the additional money that ICANN will receive from Verisign will be spent. Please help stop these unjustifiable price increases and rethink your strategy to make more money! Simeon Valentinov

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against the proposed price increase
by Kimberly 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. 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. Kimberly Montreal, Canada

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases for .com are
by Yannick Weiler Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The internet is wonderful tool - in large part due to the fact that it has empowered almost anybody to afford to become a publisher. Domain prices play a vital role in this and .com is still the benchmark of trust in the internet. In my opinion, raising .com prices would further contribute to the gentrification of the internet. Respectfully, Yannick Weiler -- Sent from mobile

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please stop this fraud relating to domain price increase
by Dennis Rolland Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We are so disturbed to learn that some corrupt individuals in two comanpinies verisign and ICAAN are trying to increase prices of domains behind the backs of millions of internet users. This needs to stop ✋🏼 Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop selling out please
by John Whelchel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I believe that allowing wholesale prices for .com domains to rise 72% over 12 years, which is far more than the rate of inflation and also far more than Verisign's underlying costs of maintaining the registry could possibly increase by, will dramatically hurt the internet ecosystem. It will especially hurt small website operators, like myself, and will discourage internet users from creating blogs and personal pages, with the end result of reducing democratization of the internet. ICANN does not and should not exist to make huge profits. Nor should it be enabling others to extort them either. Domains are digital real estate. Imagine if only one company could sell land in NYC. You’re creating oligopolies and monopolies, discouraging competition, slowing growth, and hurting the internet. First the .org debacle, and now this. Candidly, it's scandalous. Verisign reported a 69.4% operating margin in Q1 2019, so they clearly do not need the extra revenue from this price hike. ICANN has granted a monopoly over .com to Verisign and ICANN has a duty to every internet user on the planet to carefully regulate this monopoly to prevent abuse by Verisign. The only conscionable thing to do right now is to freeze wholesale .com prices and re-evaluate 5-10 years from now. A policy that allows price increases tracking the rate of inflation (but no higher) may make sense in the future, but right now Verisign is already collecting far more from their .com monopoly than any company would be able to in a competitive market. It's simply not right to allow them to raise prices at this time. John

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Kevin Breidenbach Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, It has come to my attention that there may be upcoming changes to the agreement between ICANN and Verisign that may result in price increases for .COM domain names. As an operator of a small music-related business which relies on a website using such a domain, I find this troubling. I hope you will reconsider the conditions of this deal in favor of consumers and small businesses, as opposed to the monopolistic entity Verisign, Inc. Thanks, Kevin Breidenbach Colorado, USA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unacceptable
by Dan Climasevschi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, In my opinion, this proposal is abusive and not justified. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please Withdraw Your Current Plan on .Com Domains
by Ebenezer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please let the .com status quo be maintained so that the domain will not be taken out of the reach of the common man. The internet if for everyone and .com is the symbol. Please don't touch it. Thank you.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of several .com domain names for my family’s personal websites. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. I do not believe this is in the public interest. I’m afraid that .COM domains will become too expensive for small website owners. Paul-Antoine Bittner

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No price hikes please
by Sanad Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Any price increases will adversely affect businesses worldwide. Please continue to align with existing best practices and support the growth of domains.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain prices
by Badr FENNANE Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The prices should not rise for. Com. This has absolutly no meaning. [cid:afdtechetinnovation_1eb9cb27-9914-4baa-94ae-9a9330dc9001.jpg] Badr FENNANE Certified ISO 9001 & ISO 27001 This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the intended recipients. If you are not an intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify bfennane(a)afdtech.com<mailto:bfennane@afdtech.com> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Badr FENNANE therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN contract
by David Shapiro Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir, Why bother having contracts ICANN, if you are allowed to keep amending (breaking) them?! I do not agree with this. Regards David Shapiro

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a very small business that counts every penny right now. Please consider all of us that are living check to check. Don't increase our expense of our domain. Respectfully yours, Patricia Vickers

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com increased price
by moran milshtein Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I want you to know that your decision to increase.com prices is an outrageous and stupid. You damage only yourself doing that by driving away the public to alternative TLDs. You better stop doing that without letting the public know what are you doing. The time of corporates doing what’s on their mind is over! We will fight to get a proper arrangement.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Good Morning, :-) we certainly do not agree with a 7 percent annual increase in fees. This is way above inflation and the need for this must be explained in understandable terms. Currently we do not see any improvement for the registrars nor do we see the need for improvement. So as of today we do not see the annual increase of 7% justified. Best, Sebastian Mangels. -- Sebastian Mangels Head of Site Reliability freiheit.com technologies gmbh Budapester Straße 45 20359 Hamburg / Germany fon +49 40 / 890584-296 Hamburg HRB 70814 +++ Hamburg/ Germany + Lisbon/ Portugal +++ https://www.freiheit.com https://www.facebook.com/freiheitcom/ 2006 C219 D9EA 71D4 D863 1F73 757F 8A0F 1C35 8A29 Geschäftsführer: Claudia Dietze, Stefan Richter

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, DNS takes hardly any bandwidth / CPU, what's the money going to be spent on? Sorry, I am against this proposal. Regards. Joe

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