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

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I do not agree to proposed changes to registry rules and pricing. The internet is accessible to all and that is the way it should stay. These changes are being pushed through in an underhand, dishonest way and the online business community will not stand for it. Sincerely, Sam Browne -- Sam Browne Managing Director www.findaband.co.nz | www.findadj.co.nz Level 1, 139 Victoria Street Auckland 1011, New Zealand

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Ron Hamm Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

.It is most regretful that ICANN has chosen behind closed doors to proceed with a com price increase. I believe that this will be detrimental to the .com companies who comprise 40% of the business. Ronald L Hamm tiparthomedecor.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase is absurd
by Aaron Stevenson Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

We are already nickel and dimed to death everywhere we turn on the internet, and now you are talking about making more unneccesary price increases on .com domains!? This is absurd.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increases
by Singing Sage Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Increases in the costs of .com will negatively impact small business owners and non-profits such as the two small businesses and the non-profit companies that I manage. Rising costs in addition to more complex requirements will cut some of us totally out of business. Please be responsible and 1) keep costs down and 2) show both the reasons and the dollar usages behind increases. Robin Leist Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unacceptable
by Chris Embree Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This type of un-discussed rate hike is ridiculous. Everything else in technology gets cheaper over time, why should you expect to increase the cost of something that costs you nothing to manufacture?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase domain registrar cost
by jeff c Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Keep the internet website domains affordable for individuals. Raising prices locks out individuals from having a personal website and participating in the internet Jeff Conn

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public comment against proposed .COM price increase
by Francesco Crosara Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, I understand that due to a pending agreement with Verisign, a contract renegotiation will allow for fee increases that domain registrars such as myself will have to bear for years to come. I feel that a decision of this sort would be unfair and is unwarranted. I am just a private domain registrar operating a small business, and similarly to millions of other registrars, we enjoy the global exposure that comes with the internet. Therefore, I urge you to please reconsider any action that would be detrimental to the majority of small owners such as myself. Thank you for listening to my voice. Sincerely, Francesco Crosara

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increases
by Jack Cummings Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am opposed to the .COM price increases. If the price is going to change, I want to know why and to be able to comment on the reasons. Jack Cummings, CTO [ff logo signature green]<http://www.focusedfitness.org/> 2426 S Dishman Mica Rd Spokane, WA 99206 Office: (509) 327-3181, ext. 111 Cell: (406) 544-5091 [cid:image002.png@01D06308.66007AA0]<https://twitter.com/FocusedFitness2>[cid:image003.png@01D06308.66007AA0]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Focused-Fitness/143501362454388>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Keven Farrow Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi I am emailing to express my extreme anger and discussed with the increasing of .com price. I definitely do not agree with this increase! Thank you for your time and you have a fantastic day! With great respect and appreciation Keven Farrow 813-45 Vimy Ave Halifax NS B3M 4C5 H 902-443-1839 C 902-430-0237

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domain increase
by Godfrey Aloh Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This is just a bad idea to start annual increment of the .COM domain. Who do you think you are serving if cannot explain to the people what your problem is. Do remember that the world will one day have alternative. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Domain price increases
by Sally Sutton Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a domain owner, website owner, and I help businesses get up and going on the internet. I can understand prices may have to go up some over time, but not every year. I am opposed to hiking up domain prices where people will not be able to afford them. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Ammendment
by Meshack Victor Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

The decision is not right and shouldnt be implemented.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition
by Helen J Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi We strongly oppose the price increase of .com domains as this is unfair for all internet users given that you guys are playing the monopoly game.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I own a lot of domains we are just sitting on without any traffic as well as several hobby domains with .com endings. Increasing pricing on these domains will force me to abandon them. I think a price increase for short term gains will not be a good long term decision.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to price hikes
by Luis Villeda Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern I write to oppose the proposed increases in pricing for .com domains. With a monopolistic advantage, there is no incentive for Verisign (or any monopolistic company) to maintain or reduce prices for the individuals or small businesses who own those addresses. ICANN is a non-profit who has set these prices reasonably in the past with no degradation in service by their licensees. No to price hikes

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing the .com changes
by Millan Singh Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi. I'm a registrant of a number of .com domains and someone very familiar with how monopolies work. As the .com TLD is the largest TLD and most recognizable by customers, it's imperative that there continue to be competition among registrars that offer .com domains. I heard about this change to the rules regarding .com domain names, and I want to strongly urge ICANN to discontinue this deal. Not only is it undemocratic, having been negotiated behind closed doors without any press, but the rules changes are potentially EXTREMELY bad for registrants. We already know there is an issue today with digital marketplaces finding ways to compete directly against the things they're selling, and since they're closer to the source with less middle-men involved, they can often bully the original makers out of the market. This happens on Amazon.com all the time and with other retailers as well. I bring this up, because the changes proposed over how Verisign will be allowed to operate smell an awful lot like this practice. Verisign, as effectively the digital wholesaler/platform, should not, under any circumstances, be allowed to create a registrar to compete directly with other registrars offering the .com domains. This is a MASSIVE conflict of interest. Further, while I understand the deal is likely very appealing to ICANN due to the $25M in funding attached to it, I strongly urge ICANN to consider the cost of that money. It's plainly a bribe to get ICANN to allow Verisign to increase their prices (without any real justification) and engage in monopolistic behavior. In conclusion, following through on this proposal would be incredibly harmful to the health of the internet and the ability for registrants like myself to freely and affordably register .com domains from the registrants of my choice. Please reject this proposal and find another way to gather additional funding for ICANN. Thanks you. -- Millan Singh, Polymath writer, designer, and developer. Webdev by day, practitioner of the hero's journey by night. My podcast: http://anchor.fm/spyfy My website: https://millansingh.com/ <http://millansingh.com/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Re iCann plans to increase price
by Hazel Chin Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a website owner, who have yet to earn any income from hosting sites and spending laborious long hours at the keyboard, I aggressively object to any increase in prices! Running a website requires lots of investment of time and money which does not promise any returns in any way most of the time. Only few lucky ones with a stroke of luck get to gain bsck some return of investment. Hence for the sake of the majority website owners I appeal for iCann to maintain current prices. Regards Hazel Chin

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN and Domain Name Issue
by Evan Clark Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I obviously oppose this move by Verisign. I don't want my companies prices to increase for no other reason than greed. We need our elected officials to act like adults and do something. We need our regulatory bodies to stop with this bullshit. We can do better. We must do better. Please listen to the billion internet users that don't want this to move forward. -- *Evan Clark* *Executive Director, Atheists United Los Angeles* *Founder & Creative Director, *Spectrum Experience 978.501.2691

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Mohammed Elmennaouy Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, As internet user and freelancer, I assume that you already know that the .com tld is very important for the web in general. Any increase in the domain name prices will affect as directly specially that many of us use multiple .com domain names, please review this decision and respect our will. We will be so sad if we see that the freedom we have on the web will be controlled by others, we hope it will stay free and available for everyone, and not dominated by a few.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not interested in you raising the costs of .coms
by Cecil Carter - STI Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Not interested in you raising the costs of .coms For shame

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't make these changes
by Angel Dominguez Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am opposed to the proposed amendment which will result in a price increase to .COM domains from which Verisign will profit immensely for no justified and explicit reasons. At the very least, there should be a detailed plan and estimate on how the proposed cost increases will benefit the public interest before making such sweeping changes and only profit a single managing entity with vague terms. There should also be an evaluation of the current cost of managing the domain in comparison to how much is generated under the current pricing agreement to judge how well Verisign has been managing the domain in comparison to other companies. Please remove this proposal and present another one that makes sense. Sincerely, Angel Dominguez, PhD

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. Despite there clearly being potential financial gains to be had by raising the registration fee on .com domains, the global DNS registration system should be run primarily as a public concern. The only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are verisign itself, at the expense of the public. While price hikes such as this likely won't mean much to the larger business concerns that buy in bulk, it will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. At worst, this could prove yet another point of pressure that convinces a small business to make their online presence exclusively in the Facebook walled garden and eschew the web itself. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they SHOULD be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate; short sighted profit chasing at the expense of all else. Please do not adopt this proposal. If you want to find money, just run after all the fraudulent owners who bought insignificant domains for them in the only goal to resale them for indecent prices. Make them pay for their forfeit, they are just thieves. Pierre Jean Montreal, Quebec

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I disagree
by Alexandros Filos Kaparelos Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi there, I completely disagree as this will make prices increase over the years and will lead people away from .com domains as alternatives will be much cheaper and more fashioned. Alexandros Filos Kaparelos Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I do not agree with Amendment 3
by Jon Shahen Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello ICANN, I understand the need for money to support ICANN infrastructure, but I do not agree with your proposed amendment. There are certainly better ways to better support the organization without pushing this heavy cost unto customers. Internet addresses should not be hard to obtain, or so expensive as to prevent experimentation and entrepreneurship. Sincerely, Jon --- Jonathan Shahen PhD 2020 Computer Engineering MASc 2016 Computer Engineering BASc 2014 Computer Engineering University of Waterloo

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Gge increase will turn out eay too expensive for the user. Please drop the plan to increase the tariffs.

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