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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing .com price increases
by Teresa T Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To the team at ICANN, Please kindly reconsider allowing the huge price increases .com domains. I, like many others across the world, started out as self-employed and have finally taken the courage to buy .com domains to commence educational businesses first on a domestic scale (in the UK) with the intention of reaching out to children and young learners across on a global scale. I bit the bullet of buying multiple .com domains precisely for the approachable fees. Extortionate rates would have put me off as a start up and without the .com domain, my businesses would not hold the same image of professionalism and accessibility as it does today. Please, for the sake of new and budding entrepreneurs, please disallow the surges in prices to .com domains. Sincere regards, Teresa T

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please stop this
by Raghavendra Nayak Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am against the proposed changes. Don't make .com expensive for the general public.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Satyajeet Pal 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. 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. San Francisco, California United States --------------------------------------------------------- Satyajeet Pal 609-937-0216 @satyajeet_pal

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Technology costs
by Alfonso R. Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Technology costs have been constantly going lower, the greater the advance. Why should domains operate in the opposite way ?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase Namecheap domain costs
by Futtura Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Do not increase Namecheap domain costs

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by heywang3＠hotmail.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This is a blatant CASH GRAB and registration should be getting cheaper NOT MORE EXPENSIVE. This is obviously a dirty deal between Verisign and Icann. WE ARE NOT STUPID, we are watching you !!!! Blair Jackson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing to the proposed amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Andreu Accensi Subirats Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I just want to vois my opinion in this matter. I oppose to this amendment for the obvious reasons. Internet needs become more accessible, not the other way around. This proposal is a step in the wrong direction. Please reconsider.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .Com Will Become Obsolete With Price Increases.
by Stefania Aronin Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern, Think twice before you decide to raise the price. Those who can't afford it will have no problem making the change to a less expensive option. While you think you're doing the right thing, you will only ostracize the part of your consumer base who falls into a mid-to-lower tier economic status. Those who *can* afford it will be tempted to jump ship once the trend of lower costing domains become a social norm. The world doesn't rely on ".com" anymore and they certainly won't be hesitant to change if you decide to place pressure on your loyal, paying customers. The young tech entrepreneurs will find a way around this. Don't be a dinosaur in the modern world. -- *NALA* Stefania Aronin 310.309.9343 Soundcloud.com/thisisnala <https://soundcloud.com/thisisnala> Instagram.com/this.is.nala ThisIsNala.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed pricing changes to .com
by Marlana Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, My name is Marlana and run a small business. My website is one of the ways that people learn about my services. Your proposed changes would make it harder for me to keep my website going. Larger companies will be able to absorb these price hikes but small business owners like me will not. Please reconsider these pricing changes. Marlana Sherman

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments of .com amendment
by Jonathan Schwamm Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear Friends This to inform you that I am 100% opposed to raising prices for the .com domains. It is absolutely unnecessary to do that. If current funds are managed properly, there is enough income to take care of all the necessary expenses. Thank you for taking note of my comment. Best Regards Jonathan Schwamm

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase prices!
by Adam Apollo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Many .com domains are owned by small businesses. Fee increases can affect companies in a lot of negative ways, and with continuous increases fewer and fewer businesses will feel that the .com TLD is reliable to own. It sounds like ICANN is making this change for a big payout from Verisign. Who is that money going to? Is there a clear and transparent budget? This feels a lot like a shady deal to make more money off of the internet community to me, while siphoning money off the top to Execs. If I’m mistaken, please provide a statement and full disclosure on this decision. Highest Regards Adam Apollo ::: Mobile Mail Miraculously Manifested Magnificently

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price
by charles bradbeer 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. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Regards, Charles.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase prices on .COM
by Jake Barlow Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please do not raise prices on .COM and do not allow Verisign to operate as a registrar. Check your greed before you get checked. The pitchforks are being prepared.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] More transparency and keep .com prices low
by James Christensen Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Thanks for what you all do for the internet. More transparency about this would be good: 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. Also, please keep domain prices low. A lot of small business need that. Thanks, James

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments re .com amendment
by Mike Durich Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom It May Concern, I am a client of NameCheap and they inform me that Versign is going to be paying ICANN $20 million dollars and that Versign will permitted to compete with domain name registrars. This is appears to be a conflict of interest between Versign and ICANN of Section 1.2 Conflict of Interest Policy. The $20 million dollars paid to ICANN will get passed to the domain name community – please don’t think that Versign is giving you free money. This is also an ethical conflict of interest as you claim that you want price competition but NameCheap states that you negotiated this deal in secret. No deal in history that was done in secret has ever resulted in price competition. I am sure that a better deal could be discovered if there was public input. However, I have seen various entities use public comments as public relations and have ignored the public’s concerns. Hopefully real public input would occur. No one entity should control the majority of top level domains such as Versign. NameCheap indicates that Verisign controls almost 80% of registrar pricing of domain names. This is a monopoly. Monopolies do not result in price competition. Monopolies result in price increases. The top level domains should be split between a dozen companies who are forbiden to act as registrars. Unfortunately, this appears to be a back room deal, if true that it was negotiated in secret, and one that will result in price increases. Why would it be in the public interest to have Verisign compete with the domain name registrars? I am sure that another method can be discovered to raise money for expenses that is fair. Thank you, Mike V. Durich, Jr. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] COM has no specific need for price increases
by Sam Newbold Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

.com is the largest registry and thus benefits from the largest economies of scale. If there is a need of price increases it should be the registry to need such a price increase. Thank you, Sam Newbold

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why
by Geoff Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

If allowing .COM price increases (or any TLD price increases for that matter) are so important, I would love to see some reasoning for it. Solid facts. The advancement of technology and the internet structure as a whole should allow us to CUT prices, not raise them. How can ANY business in ANY industry be able to cut it’s prices when more of their products are ordered, but in this scenario it sounds like it’s the complete opposite? Pretty sure price rigging is illegal for a reason… Until there are solid facts as to why prices should be raised, I am AGAINST raising .COM prices. It will only prevent more people from purchasing them and to look at alternate options (and there’s plenty). -Geoff

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to Amendment 3
by noosphere＠mailc.net Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am strongly opposed to the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement, due to the fact that it will raise the price for .COM Registry Services. Sincerey, Sergey Goldgaber

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increase
by Cory Elder Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

For such a monumental and significant change in the online industry, please at a minimum consult the online community and don't make deals behind closed doors! Cory Sent from my iPhone

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, I would like to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. The current rate is more than fair for the registration of a .COM url, the price of domains should always be kept low in the public interest especially when it is a monopoly like is the case for .COM domains. Kind regards Sean

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t increase .com prices
by Carie Garrett Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please don’t increase .com prices. As a small business owner we feel every price increase in our family business. We want to be able to keep the domain name that we have spent years building as our small business home on the web. Carie Garrett

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Potential rate hikes for .com
by Bill L Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Wholesale price increase for .com users
by Mark Ruffing1 Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, I have a band for which I recently purchased a domain name. My resources for an internet presence and marketing are very tight, but I decided to set up a website because it was affordable. I just heard about the possibility that large-scale domain name price increases were approved by ICANN. I want to register my opposition to that initiative. It is unreasonable and will cause an adverse affect on individuals and small businesses, like myself. I ask that you reconsider this strategy and not go forward with these price increases. Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Ruffing Next Life Band

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please_acknowledge_the_statement_below_and_click_Continue_to_start_the_email_for_your_comment
by Guillermo Lucas Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrar of .com for personal and business use. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. 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, Guillermo Lucas

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Madam/Sir, here are my two comments: (i) As a registrant of multiple .com domains I am strongly against the proposed price increases. I see no reason why price increases should ever exceed the rate of inflation and even that's somewhat questionable given the singular position Verisign has in the .com TLD ecosystem. (ii) Would ICANN please stop this practice of secret negotiations at the end of which they're trying to shove their "deals" down our throats. I believe we deserve better than that. -- *Virgil Bistriceanu - President and C.T.O.* *theSleepless, Inc. <http://thesleepless.com>* mobile: 847-219-9142 email: virgil(a)thesleepless.com <mailto:virgil@thesleepless.com> profile: LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bistriceanu/> fax: 312-278-0427 - yes, fax is still around

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