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

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sirs and Madams, As the Website Administrator (a volunteer position) with a Small local sports league that is in the process of moving to (hopefully) Non Profit status, and as an individual that is looking to create a website for my own creative endeavors, I have concerns that the Proposed Amendment to the .COM Registry Agreement will create not just increases in the initial cost of creating and registering a website, but those increases will be substantial, pricing small Non Profits, and smaller businesses, and individuals, out of being able to establish an internet presence, making it much more difficult to share their information, products, services, ideas, with people trying to find out about those products, services, ideas, and information. If the Internet becomes so cost prohibitive to simply register an domain, because corporations want to insure their largest possible profit margin, it reduces the entrepreneurial esprit de corps that makes the Internet what it is, a place to find that hard to find item, service, or product, that cannot be found locally. Please work to insure the little sites, individuals, small businesses are not priced out of being able to afford having a web presence. Thank you for your time and consideration. -Glenn Siegel Portland Co-ed Soccer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do The Right Thing
by drkamilfaizi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not increase .com prices. This will hurt the internet community. .Com's make up 40% of total domains globally.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] About domain price and contract with Verisign
by Mizanur Rahman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have had great respect for ICANN. But now looks like you are priority is making money not the consumer. I strongly oppose the decision to increase the domain price every year. Or you should change your motto to “One World. One Internet. Dollar over Consumer” Thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Form Post from Firefox
by kctcom Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No
by Primo Geek Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

No, I do not like this. You know the reasons why, no need for me to blab on it. Please don't make this about money. You're better and bigger than that. -Jack

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No .Com Price Increases
by Ruth B Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom It May Concern, I am commenting on the recent changes to the contract between ICANN and Verisign Inc. I am deeply dismayed by the covert manner in which the contract is being modified and the consideration that ICANN is receiving for the modification. It is my understanding that ICANN, a nonprofit organization, will purportedly receive $20 million dollars from Verisign in exchange for allowing Verisign to increase prices for .com domain registration. I find this arrangement very disturbing as do many other registrants, especially in light of ICANN's nonprofit characterization. I urge you to reconsider the propriety of such a contract and to work toward encouraging competition between domain name registrars instead of thwarting competition. Sincerely, Ruth Brissenden, J.D.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] price increases deals
by Rebecca Jaynes Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I object to this example of deals made behind closed doors by the wealthy and their enablers to manipulate resources in order to enrich themselves and in this case, to repress the right of ordinary people to use the internet.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t do this.
by Adam Baird Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do it go through with this deal. It will through all of our business out. We would be forced to use other domains. Please don’t!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Icann .com proposal
by Azul Cohlmia Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I think this is not in the best interest of the public or the internet and it should not be allowed to continue.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I would just like to present the simple fact that these decisions by ICANN has the potential to turn 99% of its customers against it. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase in .com domain prices
by Soniya Ahuja Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

People pay a fee every year for something like domain names which are nothing more than pointers in a registry. I absolutely fsil to understand what kind of budgeting needs would justify increasing the prices beyond what they are now.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] New .com prices
by Mohamed Ali khaskia Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

i'm leaving .com if that happened 😄 i don't really care about you if it comes with Exploit us

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The Death of the Dot Com
by Johann Wolf Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Ican Certainly the ubiquitous dot com has been a convenient trope at most. Since an almost unlimited selection of tlds have opened up there will sooner or later be a much more organized internet as people beging to self select into their intended categories and it will be better for all involved. Raising the prices on .com is equivalent to a last desperate gouge as we all know .com has had it's day in the sun. I advise this is anti-human behavior and will only serve to expedite migration. please reconsider. I will. Johann Wolf |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||| * INSPIRING *THE* FUTURE *OF* THE *HUMAN* EXPERIENCE* + 1 310 500 0432 | www.deptofwow.com <http://www.deptofwow.com> JOHANN*WOLF* *|* EXECUTIVE *CREATIVE* DIRECTOR* | FUTURIST | * IDEATOR |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||| This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No fee increase
by Jeff Max Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I, as a long term .com domain customer, strongly against the fee increase policy . It’s unfair to small business owner who has paid for domain name for many years. Continue to increase domain price is like abduction. We will start a class lawsuit against if it’s needed. Jeff -- *----------------* *Never Stop*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public comment on .com increases
by Robert Minton Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a small business owner, with a few .com addresses required to make ends meat, any increase in the yearly pricing for domaine names means an increased burden or expense. 1st: it puts a larger burden on small business than major corporate entities. For multi-million dollar companies, $5, $20, $50, a year not a big deal. For small business every dollar counts. Along with other rising costs, it starts to make one think twice about developing a new website that you hope will make money in year 2 or 3, hurting potential innovation from the small guy. A tiered increase based on the size of your business would be a much better plan, making larger business carry more of the burden. 2nd, it restricts buying domaines for new ventures or projects. 3rd: Makes it harder to protect your trademarked or service mark, through buying the .com, .net, .biz, etc., which is often required today to protect scam artist and traffic stealers from surrounding you and trolling for you customers. In this day an age, many use the internet to host a resume, a portfolio, etc., again major increases over time push individuals away from doing this and have them look for alternate or service to do these types of things on their own .com address. Maybe another item for consideration would be raising fee yearly if one sits on a .com address. By requiring a .com owner to have at least a one page website with contact info on it, many of those who sit on .com addresses trying to charge high dollars to release them would stop. Fee increases could improve the internet if done correctly. Thanks Robert - Founder & CEO Disturbance Marketing Inc. Marketing & Brand Strategy www.disturbance.io

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Owner of 3 sites
by Anthony Maffei Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I own 3 sites and the imposed taxes (better called sanctions or tariffs at this point) would put my small business and family at risk. I urge ICANN to consider the repercussions of entrepreneurs growing through this generation instead lining the pockets of older generations. We need the internet to survive, don’t make it harder than it needs to be. Respectfully Anthony Maffei 862-703-0503 Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domain price changes
by Andrew Chong Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I disagree wholeheartedly with the decision to allow Verisign to increase TLD domain prices.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] no .com price hike
by William Biggs Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not want to see a no .com price hike

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] another move turning the Internet over to corporations
by BOB DUNN Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have read the particulars of Amendment 3, and the effect on me - a retirement-aged artist and photographer maintaining a couple handfuls of domain names - will be minimal. But it will drive people of average means or below out of their web sites. I strongly object to the amendment, which essentially gives Verisign a blank check and turns the common man/woman into prey. I am old enough to have personally known Jon Postel, and I can tell you he must be rolling in his grave. https://www.google.com/search?q=Jon+Postel&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLQz9U3MD… Bob Dunn Richmond, Texas, USA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Icann price increase
by Robin Benezra Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am a small business owner with two domain names. The constant raise in prices for domains over the next several years will cause me to eliminate at least one of my domain names if not both in two years. I think this raise is unconscionable and unreasonable for all of the small business owners out there that rely on their websites for business. Your company is a symbol of corporate greed beholden to shareholders. Just the thing that is taking down our country now. Please reconsider this move and undo the increases for the sake of small businesses. Thank you, Robin Benezra, Asla *Robin Benezra Studio* Landscape Architecture 3105 Paseo del Campo Palos Verdes Estates, CA. 90274 (310) 375-8170 (310) 463-4833 cell (310) 375-8176 fax robinbenezrastudio.com

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose making .COM domains less accessible by steadily increasing prices. Michael Phillips

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I read with great dismay that the Proposed Amendment 3to the .COM Registry is on the table. ICANN serves a very broad purpose. But its primary purpose, as a not-for-profit organization, is to serve the public. One way it can do so is by being open and transparent. The proposed rate increase agreement with Verisign appears not to have been negotiated in such a manner. I question why it is even being proposed. If I read correctly, on page 30 of the 2020 Cash Flow Synopsis, it appears ICANN will have $455.6M in reserve funds. With this amount of cash available, the equivalent of three years' operating funds without any additional annual income, why is it necessary to proceed with the Verisign agreement? The term 'Internet For All' had broad meaning. The assignment and management of internet domain names is no small task. On your part trust and integrity must set a high standard. I hope you will reconsider Amendment 3. Yours truly, Carl Carl Highland, President Purple Coyote, Inc. 509-681-4444 carl(a)thepurplecoyote.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment Amendment 3
by J. Sacco Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am very opposed to raising prices on domain names. Verisign paying $20 million to get registration rights is highly suspicious. Why? They have announced they will raise prices on domains AND they will become a domain registrar, reaping millions of extra dollars. The internet has grown because of little regulation. The more there are, the worse it is for everyone: web owners and consumers! john sacco 2109 Oak Park Rd. Rock Hill, SC 29730

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment Amendment 3
by J. Sacco Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am very opposed to raising prices on domain names. Verisign paying $20 million to get registration rights is highly suspicious. Why? They have announced they will raise prices on domains AND they will become a domain registrar, reaping millions of extra dollars. The internet has grown because of little reglation. The more there are, the worse it is for everyone: web owners and consumers! john sacco 2109 Oak Park Rd. Rock Hill, SC 29730

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Bad news!!
by Abdullah Alawa Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICAAN's I'm sadly received the bad news about the agreement between you and Verisign inc. As someone who worked for 12 years in web development and web solutions field, I can say without any doubts that this agreement would have a bad influence on the industry and you as an organisation on long-terms. I hope you reconsider and cancel this contract. In addition to respecting and considering the community opinions and voices in your future agreements. I hope you do the right thing. Thank you and have my best regards. Abdullah.

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