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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment about TLD price increase
by Ganindu Dhananja Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN community, Usually, TLDs are about businesses and related co-operate activities and such. In my experience, not everything on TLDs are about businesses, where as there might be educational purposes, researches, non-profit projects and etc.. Also it’s time to mention about small start-up businesses in this era. A lot of improvements and developments have been took place with “small start-ups” that will have a huge impact on the local communities up to every human on earth who have an electronic devices. Those small start-ups usually starts “small”. I’m also an entrepreneur with such ideas and I’m currently using one of the .com TLDs. So, in my experience, managing a TLD was a huge deal for me (not to mention managing emails, dns, etc..) but later on this might get harder with each day. So, this decision to increase price for .com domains is unfair with my point of view as an entrepreneur since, it highly limits the “small start-up” community and you are doing a harm for the community. Also with the contract changes, Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN’s initiatives regarding the security and stability of the domain name system. There is no explanation why Verisign did this, how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent. So, please re-consider to decrease prices as soon as possible or give valid reasons for the increases. Thank you!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases hurt small business
by Philip Reitz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This decision is being made without feedback from the community. You are going to hurt small business. This is a corrupt and ridiculous action. Phil

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] comment on ICANN Amendment to raise .COM prices
by yinrising Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

There is a lot of gall here to say that it is in the public interest to raise the prices of dot coms. It is in the interest of domain hoarders, who are thieves of business opportunity, parasites on legitimate public interest. It is not in any way in the public interest. As a person trying to do business online, like everyone else, this hurts us badly and you will pay for trying to do this. SO HELL NO, you will NOT increase the dot.com prices with public consent. And we will take this to our rep, we will take it up legally, and begin to crack down on your private little fiefdom. You operate with no legitimacy. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] domain name charges shouldn't be raised
by Manager | MINDS Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I am very surprised to come to know from my domain registrar (namecheap.com) that you are increasing charges of domain name registration. Why? It should be stopped, instead of reducing charges to make internet accessible for everyone you are increasing charges. Please reconsider your decision and revert it. -- Regards, Fawad Irfan Sheikh Manager | MINDS W: www.mindsuae.com FB: facebook.com/mindsuae

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I came across an article concerning the drastic decision iccan is making in regards to increase prices to .com domains. My plea is, some of us who own such domains, don't earn much from our business and that means we will lose our business and be rendered jobless. As that is the only source of our income. Also that will mean your sales will decrease since majority of buyers are low income earners. So, I would strongly object your drastic decision since is inconsiderate. Thank you

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] There's No Need For the Price Increase
by Paul Omogie Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We should be talking about price slash to support more businesses online not trying to increase prices and shut most businesses down Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I Oppose the ’Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement’
by R. Jason Klein Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom it May Concern, I oppose the ’Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement’. Last month, ICANN, announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc., without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. This secret deal will lead to increases that will harm the Internet as a whole. According to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and the increases don’t stop there. This will mean that .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. This is a sweetheart deal for ICANN. Alongside these contract changes, Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million over five years to support ICANN's domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. These changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision. The Internet is a publicly used network that needs to be made affordable to all users, and this deal will harm Internet users and will only benefit ICANN. It is for these reasons that I firmly oppose the ’Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement’. Regards, R. Jason Klein President & CEO Award Emblem Mfg. Co., Inc. 179 E. South Frontage Road Bolingbrook, IL 60440-3512 630.739.8226 Phone 630.739.6877 Fax 630.235.5212 Mobile Sent from my iPad (Dictated, but not Read)

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please maintain the price status quo
by freewind Colony Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

For the sake of fairness please ICANN maintain the status quo on domain pricing, or conduct an extensive consultation with the relevant stakeholders in the industry. from a concerned Netizen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] New amendment
by Akhilesh B Chandran Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I came to know about this new amendment via Namecheap's newsletter. Tried giving the feedback via the online form in your website, but it doesn't seem to be working when clicking the button. That's why am sending this as an email Kindly do not impose any amendments that would increase the price of the dot COM domains. And I won't even know about this if namecheap hasn't send this is in their newsletter. There was no news or anything. And the recent license hike of cPanel has already affected people like me where the hosting fees has went high drastically. So, please do not propose any new amendments that increases the pricing of the domains also! Thank you Regards, - *Akhilesh. B. Chandran* * Freelance Developer* Trivandrum, Kerala, India * www.akhileshbc.com <http://www.akhileshbc.com>*

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Price increase on .com domains is outrages. STOP increasing the .com price. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Regarding New Deal
by vishal sengar Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I Totally disagree and in great disappointment of the way you are making deal to raise the money of .com domains. It is ridiculous and should not be done. Hope you guys come back to senses. With sincere prayer Vishal Sengar

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I believe the internet must serve the public. ICANN should serve public interests, not the interests of the few on top. I am against the price raise proposal unless it is proven absolutely necessary, because .COM domains make up such a large part of the internet, and it is small business owners without rich funding who will get hit the hardest. I am also against this unless there can be more transparency and clarity about where the funds are going, so we can ensure the money goes into necessary domain infrastructure and back to public benefit, rather than lining someone's pockets up top. ICANN, please listen to the public and to your own community, and involve us in this discussion. - C. Yang

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No Thank you, I do not support domain price increases
by Chris Burley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not increase the cost of domain names. This is already a silly yearly expense and should be something that is allowed to pay a lifetime amount. Price increases will only further serve to benefit the domain holders,and not the end consumers. I do not support this and will fight tooth and nail to stop this. Thank you, Chris, owner of over 15 domain names.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unfair to randomly raise URL prices and ignore the majority opinion.
by Sandra Angelo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am the owner of a small business that heavily depends on using URLS to direct traffic to various websites. I feel it's unfair for ICANN to randomly raise prices, despite massive support for price controls. And it's unfair to negotiate behind closed doors without consulting the ICANN community and ignore the majority opinion. As detailed on <https://www.namecheap.com/blog/ensuring-icann- keep-domain-prices-in-check/> Standing Up to ICANN to Keep Domain Prices in Check and <http://pricecaps.org/> pricecaps.org, over 3,500 comments were submitted in support of price controls for the .ORG, .INFO, and .BIZ TLDs. * Only six comments supported removing price controls. * ICANN discounted the comments that were in favor of maintaining price caps. * ICANN removed the price caps, primarily relying upon a biased preliminary analysis from 2009 by an economics professor that did not reference any data. Please return the use of price controls to protect America's businesses. Thanks. I love making your art dreams come true. When you succeed, so do I! Sandra Angelo Art Coach for Masters in Training Take your art from amateur to AMAZING... FAST! www.LearnToDrawFAST.com EASY Art Lessons for Beginners and Beyond Click here <http://www.learntodrawfast.com/> to sign up for Sandra's newsletter Click here <http://www.facebook.com/SandrAngelo> to friend Sandra on <http://www.facebook.com/SandrAngelo> Facebook 858-578-6005

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against proposed price increase
by Claudia Chan 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. Claudia Chan Toronto, Canada

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Arman Adhitama Prawirasasra Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It’s a big NO!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why this increasing
by dralaaelhusiny＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi sir We hope to hear another words regarding this increasing the price of .com And you want to increase it by 40% !! How it comes!!! Plz stop that Many businesses around the world may affect with this issue so please think again with this Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Chances of price hike is a serious concern
by Raghu Chinnannan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whoever it may concern, There are provisions in this proposal that lets Verisign hike the prices (of .com domains) for years to come and in addition to that the Domain registrars will add their margins which will increase the price significantly which is a very serious concern. To be fair, the *.com *domain prices are already at a high level and given that more than 1/3 of the active sites uses *.com *TLD's make it even more concerning. Personal bloggers like me who don't do any monetization will be severely affected. Please take necessary actions to make sure the prices are not increased. Thanks, Raghu Chinnannan https://raghuspeaks.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Approval
by Scholl, Keller Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Charging more for .coms in exchange for more money seems reasonable to me, and I trust you to know what you're doing. Ignore the campaigns by various small providers, and keep on making the right decisions for the internet. Keller Scholl (He/Him) Ph.D. Candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School Assistant Policy Researcher at RAND KScholl(a)rand.org<mailto:KScholl@rand.org> 310-393-0411 x8265 __________________________________________________________________________ This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is sensitive, proprietary, and/or privileged. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment about recent decision
by Sean Bonsell Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I disagree with the change to wholesale pricing for .com domains and believe that it’s important to keep domain fees where they are at, or with a more reasonable increase, rather than the proposed increase. The price increase will mostly hurt individuals and those who have smaller budgets to work with for Internet expenses. This hurts accessibility for folks just getting started online. Please reconsider this decision. Sincerely, Sean Bonsell

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Plz stop the decision
by S.M REAL ROMAN Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Concern, We will be huge loser so Plz stop dot com price increasing decision "No price increase" Thank you

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against Large Price Increase
by Stephen Obudho Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Coming from a third world country , I am against unjustified significant price increase in domain purchases.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I've been using several domain names for such a long time and also I register behalf of my clients. Increasing price of COM domains is a huge impact on customers like us who have bulks to maintain. Please consider this again and please try not to increase the prices. Thank you!

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I am completely disagree and dissatisfied with this price increase. This will impact severely to small customers. Request you to kindly revoke this decision. Regards, Rohan Deshpande

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no to price increase.
by Adi Hazman Zahri Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not agree with the price increase, it's totally unacceptable. tq

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