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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] PLEASE DON'T KILL IT
by Emmanuel Jonathan Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Increase in the Pricing of .com domain name will have several negative effects, it may even affect the Customer base... Please, don't kill the .com domain name. I beg you... Please.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t do it
by Gabe Brown Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Don’t allow us to be charged more for domains, please leave pricing information in there so verisign cannot raise prices. Gabe

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Robert Nakano Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, I strongly oppose price increases to the .com domain name. Please, don't do it. Sincerely, Robert Nakano

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dmitry Ipatov Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello! I do not agreed with new changes. It will affect domain COM prices a lot. Com domain is most favorite for everyone and with new changes it will become more cost. Altought there's no problem with enterprice companies using com domain (they have a lot of expences), that change may affect users who uses their com domain for communties, forums, personal project and education. I think that com domain name should be available to everyone and not to become commercialized.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disapproval of .COM domain price increase
by Stuart Stirling Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern, I recently received an email from Namecheap.com about the agreement you made with Verisign where it will be likely you'll increase .com domain name prices. I do, and I think everyone in the internet business community would, strongly disapprove of any intention your group may have in this agreement to increase the prices. Without releasing a public explanation or reasoning behind this new agreement, it seems like an extremely selfish and greedy move. I, along with the whole small internet business community plead with you to keep the price of .com domains to a minimum, ideally to keep them at the price they have been for the last 15 years, since I've been purchasing domain names. Sincerely, Stuart Stirling

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop price increases
by Uno Dos Tres Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I oppose this indiscriminate increase of prices for .com tlds. I have several domains registered and are being gauged by money hungry resellers who have no interest other than making more and more money. They already make more than enough from charging exorbitant prices for so called "premium" domains which are nothing but domain hogging by the same people who are supposed to be out of the process of domain registration and ideas.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concerns with Verisign/ ICANN agreement
by Benjamin Adams Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I'm writing to Express concerns with the Verisign/ ICANN deal. There seems to be a lack of transparency and oversight about the $20M being paid by Verisign to ICANN. It's also concerning that ICANN will allow Verisign to operate as a registrar. Allowing them to have more control and the ability to further raise prices. I think there should be a period of time for additional review of the deal and voices of domain investors and website operators to be heard. Thanks in advance for your consideration. Regards, Benjamin Adams

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase -- UNACCEPTABLE
by nrzenguitar＠gmail.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

The price increase on .com domains you are imposing are absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increase
by Bilal Ahmed Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I will switch to a .net domain at the next renewal if you choose to go ahead with this price increase. This is unacceptable. Thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not agree with your increase prices
by F A Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, Its a shame what. Greedy world we live one, you follow the same path here "ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. Although ICANN has a history of making similar deals behind closed doors, and also of ignoring unified opposition against such action, we are focused on leading the fight against price increases that will harm our customers (and the Internet as a whole). This is a crucial time to raise our voices given that *.COM domains make up 40% of all registered domain names online*." and "Alongside these contract changes, *Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars 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." Some how, someone will, break you business with a another way to use another type of domain. You are playing a game that you can not win, keep it low and fair. Good luck 🤞 Regards

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Krunal Ghelani
by Krunal Ghelani Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dig the history and you will know, Monopolies are dangerous for the businesses and consumers, That always brings the revolution. What ICANN is doing is something like that. Finding things costly, people will start looking for a better alternate and a day come where you have to decrease the price again to be in competition, but till than you will have lost your monopoly state.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No
by Joseph Brabet Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, Please do not allow Verisign to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years. Small businesses like my own may not be able to afford to maintain a website. New businesses will have their startup costs dramatically increased. best regards, Joseph Brabet 0405 196 637 brabetphoto.com/ Instagram instagram.com/brabetphoto Facebook facebook.com/brabetphoto Tumblr tumblr.com/brabetphoto Twitter twitter.com/brabetphoto Vimeo vimeo.com/brabetphoto

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Aaron Kittredge Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am writing to express my strong opposition to proposed amendment 3. This is a threat of the highest order to an open, accessible, and free internet for all! This amendment will clearly benefit ICANN, Verisign, and large corporations and copmanies for whom the price increase will have no impact, while dramatically hurting and impacting individuals, small businesses charities, non-profits, and other life saving and essential services and programs. ICANN was set up, in part, to create competition between domain name registrars, but ICANN is now at the center of the problem, without considering any input from Internet users on these critical decisions and subverting their voices. These increased prices will absolutely be passed on to the consumer. To think any differently is to be ignorant of the reality we live in. Verisign is getting a real sweetheart of a deal here that will result not only in them practically being able to write their own profit sharing checks, but will destroy any competition among registrars that currently exists, since the new contract would allow Verisign to operate as a registrar, with loopholes for them to also sell .COMs through another registrar. ICANN has ignored thousands of comments, input, and disparate cries from the public, worldwide to not force this money-grabbing, freedom destroying proposal through. 95% of the work I do as a web developer and graphic designer is pro bono work for non-profits, charities, and other amazing organizations doing amazing work. I work for these very worth causes for free because I know how tight there budgets are and how little extra there is for overhead, like a custom website with e-commerce functionality. These price increases will have a dramatic and chilling affect on these charities and non-profits, who already operate on shoe string budgets. Additionally, this will have a chilling affect on individuals and small businesses who run on tight budgets or operate websites as a hobby or special interest. Millions of people around the world have the amazing opportunity to impact their communities, friends, family, and regions because buying a domain name and setting up a website is within their reach. ICANN and Verisign are on a path to scorched earth for all of these people, small businesses, and charities and non-profits that rely on ICANN to do the RIGHT thing for the public for which is was created to benefit, support, and enrich. But this proposed amendment 3 has been created and is intending to be rammed through to enrich and line the pockets of ICANN, Verisign, and large corporations and industries with literally no thought for everyone else or the good of the world. Do not push this amendment through!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN price increase
by Hetal Patel Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello I run a very small business and I can not afford to pay any more than what I already agreed to pay. -- with regards, Hetal Patel +919825877461

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppose .com price increase proposal
by Kiran Nagaraj Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 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. 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 [1]. It's simply not right to allow them to raise prices at this time. I further suggest that Verisign should be removed as the authority for the .com domain and such a control should be handed over to a NON-PROFIT concern, if ICANN doesn't want to handle it itself. Regards, Kiran ᐧ

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to price increase!!
by Robin Farlow Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Incremental price increases like these are killing small business by death of a thousand cuts. Please stop these increases and lower prices as there’s no reason to increase prices whatsoever in this era of low price technology. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Outraged by what you all have pulled
by christoball13＠hotmail.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Sayantan Chaudhuri Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 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. Sayantan Chaudhuri New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains
by Pavel Feldman Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't raise prices - keep internet open and freely available to all
by Ken Truman Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please look for revenue in other avenues. Keep the internet open to all by keeping prices low and access freely available to all. Don't look to the open internet to make corporate gains. Don't let greed take over. Build your business model in other ways. The internet was built because of low cost open access - and all the business that operates because of it was the result of low cost open access. Thanks, Ken Truman <mailto:ken.truman@frontier.com> ken.truman(a)frontier.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment
by Iah Buenacosa Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I'm from a low income field and I can't afford any price hike. Reconsidering this would be a great help. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Hope the price won't inrease
by Mini Santhamma Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hope the name cheap price won't increase for.com domain Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keeping Fees Low
by Sam Hall Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello ICANN Team, The “.com” internet and web address is powerful and key to the freedom of the internet. The freedom of speech is a right in America, and higher fees to access this freedom makes it really no longer free. I urge you to reconsider changing the fees for “.com” registration. - Sam Hall c: (513) 646-5732 e: samuelfhall(a)icloud.com ig: @SamGoingWest Adventure Photo & Video www.samuelfhall.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is unacceptable
by Gabriel Quinzaños Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This changes will result in .com being expensive and an increase will result in people switching to other cheaper tld alternatives that look bad. You need to keep it as is.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Could you not
by Matt Addison Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a small business owner that is desperately trying to get a business off the ground. I maintain over 5 domains. Don't increase the price of .com domain names.

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