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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dissaproval - .com register agreement
by Benjamin Henry Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I just wanted to comment on my disapproval of “Amend 3 to the .com register agreement” I run a web agency with a majority international client base, who use .com domains. You are choosing to remove the cap on a TLD that make up 40% of registered domains. Apart from that, you have done it in secret, in partnership with a private company. This absolutely smacks of greed and corruption, where you are benefiting with a private company, and the only people loosing out are companies and customers like us, who will have to pay the increased prices.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Complaint regarding price changes for .COM domains
by Tal Binder Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Dear ICANN, I own personally and through my businesses many domains, your price increase without any clarity how the service quality will increase is outrageous. I respectfully ask you to cancel the price changes. Thanks, Tal

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop .com price increase
by PRAVEEN KUMAR Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hi, I think this will impact bloggers and small busines organisations who has branded their business with dot com. This may have adverse effect in the internet industry. There are lots of non profit websites and information websites that run on small revenues. Regards, Praveen.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The .COM registry is a monopoly and price increases are unjustified
by Paul Westley Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a registrant of some .COM domain names, used for business and personal purposes. Verisign has a monopoly. ICANN is allowing Verisign to increase prices without putting the contract for running the .COM registry out to competitive tender. A number of other registry companies are on record as being willing to run the .COM registry at much lower prices than Verisign. This proposal will severely limit the degree of competition inside a market and reinforce the monopoly power of an established business to command excess profits. It is a fallacy to suggest that the existence of other gTLDs is an alternative to using the .COM domain name. It is not an option for businesses to re-brand themselves under an alternative gTLD. They have no choice but to continue with their .COM domain name, and they are at the mercy of the monopoly of Verisign. I am very opposed to this contract change and price increases. This whole proposal should be rejected.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't let greed overwhelm you!
by Steven Small Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I whole-heartedly disapprove of this proposal. Please consider the users and avoid the desire to increase your own profits by manipulating the monopoly held through .COM domains. Ultimately we will be the ones who suffer from this decision. Unless it’s completely necessary, this is simply profiteering.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection
by Zeonfung NGAU Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Egor Matveev Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Egor Moscow, Moscow Russia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please, don't raise the prices ... .
by Aimee Jardon Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hi! I wrote on behalf of CaputChain LLC and now as myself. Raising the prices of .com domains so very much would make them unusable for myself, at least. Please, do reconsider. :) Sincerely, Aimee Jardon

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Noel Springer Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am the owner of several dot com domains and I am opposed to the proposal to allow Verisign to increase wholesale prices of dot com domains. It has been estimated that the true cost for Verisign of running the dot com registry is somewhere between $1 to $3.50 per domain per year. It would seem the current wholesale price of $7.85 is more than adequate to run the registry and generate a fair profit. If the proposed increases are applied in full then a price increase to $10.26 in a mere 6 years would be 30%. Additionally according to figures for the US inflation rate at https://inflationdata.com/ the proposed 7% incremental increases are more than double the current annual inflation rate (for 2019). Verisign does not own the dot com domain space. It's role is to provide technical services. It is already well compensated for the services it provides and thus higher fees for Verisign are not justified. Noel Springer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not adopt Amendment 3
by David Black Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen: Amendment 3 is inappropriate and unacceptable for an organization chartered to serve the public. At best, a payment on the part of Verisign to ICANN that then results in the increase of .COM registration fees creates the appearance of a conflict of interest. The relationship between a for-profit entity (Verisign) and non-profit (ICANN) must be transparent, and this certainly isn't. Over time, implementation of the proposal would effectively shut out the small businesses relying on a reasonably-priced registration system. Do not adopt this proposal. Regards, David Black

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to Verisign-ICANN Changes
by Flip Yours Fitness & Wellness Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

To Whom It May Concern: I adamantly oppose the contract changes between Versisign and ICANN. The price increase on .COM domains is unreasonably inflated and bordering on price gouging. Also, it is extremely unsettling that Version could be allowed to monopolize .COM registrations through the loophole of reselling domain names. I would hope that you will reconsider the terms of your new contract. Your main reasons for existence, as a nonprofit publicly-benefit corporation, are to ensure the operational security and stability of the Internet and to foster competition among the domain registrant stakeholders. The terms of this new contract read as being more self-serving and Cari Pierce CPT / CHC / CISSN / CFSC Certified Personal Trainer / Certified Health Coach / Certified Sports Nutritionist / Certified Functional Strength Coach providing Holistic Lifestyle Coaching & Personal Training at Flip Yours Fitness & Wellness and at Change Space Meditation Room & Wellness Lifestyle Supply cari(a)flipyourdog.com |. 410.259.8176 www.flipyourdog.com <http://www.flipyourdog.com/> | FB @ <http://www.facebook.com/flipyours>flipyours <https://www.facebook.com/flipyours/> | IG @flipyoursfit <http://www.instagram.com/flipyoursfit> www.changespacecommunity.com | FB @changespacecommunity <http://www.facebook.com/changespacecommunity> | IG @changespacecommunity <http://www.instagram.com/changespacecommunity> Flip Your Dog LLC

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The .com's are already expensive ... .
by Aimee Jardon Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hi! Leaving a comment here about the proposed price rise for .com domains. :) That's plain terrible … . I'll probably have to sell the .com domains I have and get something cheaper, if the price hike happens. Thanks for listening. :) Sincerely, Aimee Jardon, Managing Member of CaputChain LLC

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by shirosakimieru＠outlook.com Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I use the Internet but I am not a .com registrant. 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. ShirosakiMieru Guangdong,China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by admin＠shirosakimieru.com Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 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. ShirosakiMieru Beijing, Beijing China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by ITw3 Domain Admin Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Internet to to public
by Richard van Oeffel Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

LS, The ICANN should support the open internet community in the broadest way, independent of organizations. The ICCAN may outsource activities, but not the accountability of the tlds. With the proposed amendment, the ICANN will give parts of the open/public parts of the internet to commercial organizations which are focused on profit and not the benefit of the public and open world. I have no problems that ICANN seeks support from private companies and pays them accordingly, but the ICANN must not run away from their responsibilities as the will do in this amendment. With Kind Regards, Richard Richard van Oeffel MSc CISSP CISA QSA QPA Information Security Consultant [cid:image001.png@01CF8FBA.D9936BC0] Schroeder van der Kolklaan 14 3734 VG DEN DOLDER The Netherlands Tel: +31 30 274 0708 Mob: +31 6 3011 6367 Fax: +31 15 212 7746 Web: www.voc-consultancy.nl<http://www.voc-consultancy.nl/> Email: rvanoeffel(a)voc-consultancy.nl<mailto:rvanoeffel@voc-consultancy.nl> Registration no: NL30237444

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] comment on Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Senor Duende Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

To Whom It May Concern I am both a customer of the .COM domain system and a seller as a through my Hosting Business. The .COM domain name enjoys a de facto "default" status that encourages most new domain names to flow through to the .COM registrar, even after the introduction of the new gTLDs and country-specific TLDs. In the same way that the .ORG domain name should be managed and reserved for the enrichment of public organisations, .COM domain name should be made freely available to all people at a relatively cheap price. As we see an ever increasing amount of entrepreneurship, we see a massive decrease in the cost of compute; if anything we should see the wholesale prices for domain names lower. This should be done to make the internet more free and open, and encourage everyone to get domain names. I love domain names, and for me I would love it if domain names proliferated to the same extent as email addresses. I make a note of ICANN's vision which is "To be a champion of the single, open, and globally interoperable Internet". I do not see how increasing the price of Domain Names, which will only increase the operating costs of small business and individuals and not affect incumbent players in all markets (which the price increase will not even be noticeable). This action is completely in opposition of this vision. Please also refer to one of ICANN's Strategic Goals: "Sustain and improve openness, inclusivity, accountability, and transparency". How are you making the system more inclusive if the cost of a .COM domain name is about eight times more than what one third of the world's population makes per day? If anything, ICANN should be focusing on reducing the wholesale .COM domain price to make it more open and available. I wholeheartedly disagree with this move to make obtaining .COM domains harder. ICANN should reconsider this decision. Regards, DD https://dev.to/hammotime/don-t-let-icann-increase-the-wholesale-domain-name…

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by KADİR TOMBAK Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Kadir Tombak Selçuklu

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Murat Elbeye Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 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. Murat Elbeye Istanbul

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Michel BM Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Hi, I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Best regards Bernand Paris, Île-de-France France

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Sylvain Le François Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. sylvain le francois paris *Best regards,* *Sylvain Le François* *Skype : sylvain.lefran* *WhatsApp (emergency only) +66809265850*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Thomas Fadum Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

The prices of .com domains should'nt increase. This is outrageous. What possible good could that do? More sites are being registered everyday, increasing the price is just being greedy

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Sylvain Le François Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

Please don't do it !! *Best regards,* *Sylvain Le François* *Skype : sylvain.lefran* *WhatsApp (emergency only) +66809265850*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Berkay Nizam Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Berkay Nizam Bursa -- İyi çalışmalar. Berkay

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by olcay mustafa akbaş Feb. 13, 2020

Feb. 13, 2020

olcay Istanbul, Istanbul Turkey

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