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

Feb. 10, 2020

Stop ripping off consumers and wholesale registrars. This is not the way forward.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Shady behind-closed-door deals
by Paul Ross Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

These shady behind-closed-door deals benefit nobody but your pockets. Kindly reverse this current agreement and make the process more opens and, you know, democratic. Or are you guys just another bunch of Trump cronies out for yourselves and screw everyone else?!?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to price increase
by Satish Sampath Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This decision to raise prices of .com domains is not reasonable. The low price has helped the common people so much over the years and we should keep it as low as possible. I'd support reducing the cost even further, not increase a penny. - Satish

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I oppose this amendment
by Kevin Mager Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a registrant of several .com domains, I am against seeing the price of .COM domains increase. If Verisign is no longer willing to manage the .COM registry at the current rate, perhaps there are other companies that would jump at the chance for that revenue stream.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Fees
by Charity Miller Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Stop it’s not fare to raise prices. It’s affordable to people with no money.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com fee increases
by Tina Mancini Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

While I understand that in business there are always cost increases I feel that ANY basically unilateral “license” to increase fees across the board, without any sort of clarity of what is to come is grossly unfair. Any “business” as large as the internet and “.com” needs to be transparent and are accountable to their customers, not to their own deep pockets. You need to let owners of the .com urls know what to expect in the coming years, rather than letting us build out sites and our presence only to potentially be outpriced by large cost increases. Tina Mancini Florida, USA Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] comments
by sales Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

We are against the price increase! It hurts the online business, and specifically the COM domains. We are AGAINST such move, in 2011, the COM price was 8$, now 14$ + global inflation! Internet is an information platform not a meat market, get over it!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No price increase
by Jill K Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please do not increase the price of my websites! I am a small business that depends upon my websites to communicate with my customers. Sincerely, Jill King

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposed to .com price increase
by John Cooper Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of several .com domain names. 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. John Cooper San Ramon, CA United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against new contract with Verisign
by Chris and Sandy Boothe Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am extremely opposed to the changes to the contract between ICANN and Verisign, particularly as it pertains to .com domains, of which our company has many. 7% increase per year is too high. Please explain exactly what ICANN will do with the extra $20 million ICANN will receive from these price increases. It is not fair for Verisign to operate its own registrar and what would prevent Verisign from reselling .com domains through another registrar? Please scrap the above parts of the new contract. Regards, Sandy Boothe Vice President, Exotica Jewelry, Inc. ---------------------------------- Exotica Jewelry info(a)RingsForever.com www.RingsForever.com (928) 634-5307 (800) 297-6707

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I heard that the decision to change the .com registry agreement is being made without input from current (my) registrars. I don't want the cost of domain registration to increase any more than is absolutely necessary. I believe that as many parties with vested interests as possible should be involved in the decision, so lessen the impact on users like me. Thank you for your attention.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against this decision
by Aaron ＠ Nifty Design Labs Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am against this decision on raising the prices for .COM domain. Current price offers are reasonable.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3
by Kat Van Riet Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Tom Whom it may concern, I am wholeheartedly against amendment 3. This change will disproportionately affect small business owners and owners of web-based independent businesses. Intrepid business owners have enough costs associated with starting up, purchasing a domain name shouldn't have to be an unexpected expense; business owners should retain the choice to select a domain company that has a fee schedule that corresponds with their budget. This choice is being removed from the consumer by having one entity setting fee schedules for the next 10 years. In the age of the internet, individual domains and websites are expected of any business. This amendment will make the already overwhelmingly difficult process of starting a business even harder. Please reconsider amendment 3. Cordially, Kathleen Van Riet

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No Increase For .com Domains
by Tito Tio Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, I received an email stating that you want to increase the price of .com domains as soon as possible. I’d like to express my dissatisfaction with the increment. There are millions of people with startups who may not afford the perceived price which makes me think of what their future would be. Kindly reconsider your decision on this as such would subject many startups and freelancers to untold hardship. Thanks for your anticipated positive response. Best regards. Isaac Ezeoke.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to Proposed Amendment 3 to .COM Registry Agreement
by Bharath Mohan Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To Whom It May Concern: I would like to register my alarm and opposition to the amendment to the proposed amendment. While I understand that more funds may be needed to support and run ICANN, the amendment as it stands provides both insufficient information as to what purpose these funds are being raised, and insufficient information regarding how to ensure that there is not abuse or misappropriation of these selfsame funds. I also find it concerning that there was no public attempt to raise these funds before turning to a deal with a private entity that allows said entity to profit -- this seems more like an opportunity to allow Verisign to invest in a change that would allow it to further profit from a captive market rather than a serious attempt at raising necessary funds. Please reconsider. Thank you, Bharath Mohan Concerned Internet Citizen and Owner of .COM domains

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO RIDICULOUS PRICE INCREASES for .COM DOMAINS
by Jennifer Moss Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a web developer and a site owner, I’m opposed to the sudden and substantial price increases for .COM domains. Jennifer Moss Moss Web Works

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against Price Increases
by Benjamin Crull Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I wanted to voice my disagreement with the proposed pricing increases for .com domains. I believe doing so will stifle creativity and place an u due burden on startups and creatives. Ben Crull Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on price increase
by Foobar Panda Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Unless Verisign is making significant advancements to the management of TLDs that benefit all of their registrars, I see no justification for a price increase. If Verisign is contributing to ICANN, the allowed price increase should be proportional to the amount contributed. It seems reasonable that Verisign would be allowed to increase the registration fee $2 and contribute $1 of that to ICANN, but the figures provided are much less beneficial to the community. Even so, that $2 for registrars would translate to at least $4 for consumers, making it harder for independent content creators.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Don't raise prices

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] COM domain
by Nguyễn Văn Hon Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

It is not consistent with the contract when increase the price of .COM domain.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I Object to The Potential .com Price Increase
by r＠meau.me r＠meau.me Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not move forward with this
by Jason Brown Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This is incredibly one sided and nobody trusts Verisign to be reasonable with pricing that will get passed into consumers. Please do not go forward with this. Thank you. - Jason

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t be greedy by raising the .com rates
by Michael Green Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Don’t be greedy by raising the .com rates. This will create a negative impact and prevent me from building future websites. -Michael Green

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No increase in price
by Buchi Okeke Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

We say no to increase in .com price Sent from my Huawei Mobile

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases: .COM
by Masih Shah Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, As a person who grew up in the ‘90s and has seen a lot change since then, the internet has been one of the few things that has allowed people to let their voices be heard, let people trade without borders, let families form through millions of connections. All through the internet, and 40% of those through a .COM domain in some form. Increasing prices may offer you temporary revenue increase, and allow you to hit your KPIs. But in the long-run, people will just shift on to other, more affordable domains. This is already pretty obvious in the startup scene where the .COM no longer is the king it once used to be. People use creativity to be able to use domains other than .COM. So increasing prices for .COM domains may just speed up this shift and in the end not benefit anyone. I am pretty sure this email will end up somewhere in the pile of thousands of other emails, and nobody will read it. But if for some miracle you do read it, I do hope that there is something we can do about it. Let’s not let greed get in the way of freedom and the best thing this generation has had, the internet made possible by the use of domain names, and in this case .COM domain names. Together we cann do it. You cann. We cann. ICANN. Thanks Masih

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