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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] What is the reason you decided to increase prices on .com domains?
by Resim Pashov Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please give me a reason why you decided to increase the prices of .com domains?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Protesting Lack of ICANN Transparency
by Rik Sebastian Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

The behind closed doors decisions made by ICANN in relation to Verisign threatens to impose profit-driven transactional costs that will increase the costs of domain holders and with no benefit to the public. These moves clearly appear to have been done strictly to enhance the bottom line of controlling organizations without consulting those these actions effect most, the individuals and businesses of all sizes that hold domain registrations. I oppose these changes and request greater transparency with the public in the future. Thank you, Rik Sebastian

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DOT COM PRICES ARE HIGH ENOUGH ALREADY
by Paul Kigozi Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello ICANN, Do not be the enemy of freedom of access to knowledge and information. This increase in prices of .com sites is a negative contribution to the internet movement. Internet users from developing countries are more comfortable with .com domains and look at the alternatives such as .me or .io as fads. We may appear insignificant in number to you but we account for your untapped markets. Drop this increase, we are not comfortable with it. Regards, Dot com site owner, Kigozi.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

It would be nice to keep .com domains affordable.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO PRICE INCREASE
by jeff lien Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

What is the point of increasing prices? Don’t let greed be the reason. Jeff

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase .com domain names
by Christy Cook Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Behind Closed-Doors dealing pertaining TAX PAYERS Moneys
by Ralph Montague Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

We are starting a nationwide political campaign to wrestle away the power given to ICANN, including the ability to do behind-closed-doors deals with private companies. The proposed increases to the (dot)COM TLD are simply preposterous and abusive. ICANN unwillingness to disclose the use of these funds (derived from sales to Verisign) indicates highly questionable accounting practices and under-the-table deals. We are asking the State Dept., and the Department of Justice to open an investigation in the all income and compensations received by all members currently working directly or indirectly under the ICANN umbrella. Signed: Ralph Montague, CEO Metis Enterprises BCC: All US Senators BCC: All Members of the House BCC: State Dept. of Justice BCC: The New York Times BCC: The Washington Post

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppose .COM price increase
by John Romine Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a registrant of .COM domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM. 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 Romine

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No estoy de acuerdo con el aumento de precios
by e-teck panama Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

No estoy de acuerdo con el aumento de precios para los dominios .com creo firmemente en un Internet más liberal para todos.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM increase
by jhill＠magicimpressions.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Sirs, I would like to comment that such an increase as you have decided to dot will harm our businesses, I understand that your costs are going up but the increase you are planning is out of proportion, please consider my opinion. Best, Jesús Hill

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection
by Omid Manikhi Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear Sir or Madam, I would hereby like to express my objection as an Internet user and a member of the ICANN community to the recent deal with Versign, Inc. leading to the wholesale price increase of the .COM domains. This is clearly a step backwards and I would very much like to see the decision reversed. Regards, Omid Manikhi

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please preserve accessibility of domain names
by Kyle Hakala Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please work to keep .com prices as low as they are now. The accessibility of the low pricing of .com domains has allowed so much of the internet to become what it is today. Raising prices on the most common domains will make it less affordable for entry level internet content creators to build new and amazing websites, services, and applications. Please keep .com’s affordable and accessible for all of us out here who want to keep making epic things for the world to see without having to take out a personal loan.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

On what basis are the proposed price increases to be allowed? Do the .COM domains incur higher administrative costs? Will Verisign provide better service to domain registrars? Based on recent consumer price inflation of about 2% per year, a 7% yearly increase in wholesale domain prices can only be seen as a means to extract more revenue from the ultimate domain consumers, i.e., the website owners, without adding *any* value for registrars or domain owners, but simply to add 7% per year to Verisign's bottom line. I understand that, under the proposal, the new contract between ICANN and Verisign will entail the former will receive an extra $20 million over five years from the latter. This sounds as scandalous as a utility regulator receving a bribe from a utility company in order to induce the regulator to approve a rate increase. I oppose the proposed amendment. I also wonder why is Verisign allowed to act as a .COM wholesale domain provider, while still acting as a domain registrar. It is analogous to the FCC granting special privileges to some company to act as wholesale radio-TV or other spectrum "provider", while still being allowed to compete with the other companies not granted that privilege, i.e., on an unequal basis. Sincerely, Joe Abbate FreedomCircle.com webmaster

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN rate increases
by safelist123＠gmail.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello. I have just heard about these rate increases and can see how these are justified. ? I already pay enough teach year for my com domains. Further increases will make me decide to drop my dot com domains and go with a much less priced alternatives. Do not increase prices. You will lose m9ney in the end by doing so with many like me that will go with alternatives for sure Wayman Simmang Canyon Lake Texas 78133

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I don’t agree with prices changes and feel it could draw people away from using .com its not a fair option. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not raise the wholesale prices
by Jerome Lewis Jr Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No Unchecked Price Increases
by Brett Davies Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Access to domain services is vital to the continued use and growth of the internet and modern society. Allowing a for-profit company to unilaterally decide when and by how much to raise prices is a recipe for disaster. Coupled with the secret negotiations between ICANN and Verisign, the commissions that ICANN receives on each registration, and the extra $20 million in earmarked but unenforceable funds casts strong doubt on the public benefit of this deal and casts both players as corrupt organizations pillaging from the global population. Thank you, Brett

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price caps
by Jared van Aalten Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please go not increase prices on domains by as much as you are proposing. Please keep the price increases at more moderate levels so that so businesses, large and small, can make use of the internet and grow their businesses. Thank you, Jared van Aalten

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am completely against the price increase of .com domains!
by Dan One Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Most of the domains aren't commercial and don't generate a ton of money and we pay already a lot for them! Dan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Digitus Exc 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. It’s far too high. My colleagues and I urge you to listen to your users and reconsider the rate increase. We oppose this Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. George Arg. Athens, Greece

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, as a musician, me and almost all of my friends and colleagues use .com domain. We are very disappointed to know that you are planning to increase the domain name price! We hope you will cancel this plan and keep the domains affordable for people from all over the world. Best, Parijat

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments about planned price increase
by Necdet Emre Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, I just heard the news about the possible price increase for the .com domains and wanted to share my views about this matter. I'm a web developer and I deal with customer domain registrations and even at the current rates customers always find prices to high, I resale for only £15 a year, making about £5 profit year due to competition and they even find that too much possible price increase will cause me to loose clients or cause them to move away from .com. Web industry consists of many different costs, server, domain, mails, ssl, website infrastructure plugins and etc. And increasing prices always have negative effects. Therefore, I request not to go ahead with the possible price increase. Thank you. Regards, Necdet Emre.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase .com prices
by T Miller Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

No. Just "No."

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] New .COM Proposal
by Grant Gregory Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I was disappointed to learn that these changes were drafted in private without consulting other parties and users. The internet was founded on the belief of transparency - it seems foolheardy to abandon this principle for the top level domain that acts as an entry point to the internet.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop please the domain price increase
by MiQuel Escobar Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I have a small web design business that do custom websites and as part of my services I do domain registration on behalf of them with a canadian company but I am very concerned with the price increase you are planning to do... can you please stop it? Making domains affordable to my clients is top priority. I will appreciate if you dont proceed with this price increas to .COM domains. Regards, MiQuel Escobar Torobto, Ontario, Canada

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