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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price increase
by Chris Chamberlain Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a small business owner, I am against the increase on .com domains.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Are you joking?
by Daniel Bell Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

You’re going to increase .com domain costs by up to 70% over the next decade. This sounds like criminal activity to me.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase
by Roman Darnell Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

This increase is ridiculous and I think this is due to greed and should not happen. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on the .COM proposal
by Jason Duong | Seekrette Media Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hey there, Recently I had heard news about the proposed increases to the .com prices. With inflation and increasing .COM prices, this can only really impact the small business and personal domain investor. I hope to be one of many to voice their concerns over this increase and hope that there are regulations put in place that help protect the people in the future. To be clear, I do not support ICANNs changes. Thank you. Jason --

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No increases to ICANN FEE!
by David Vanz Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Do not move forward with increasing the cost for our domains! Say no to the increase!!!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domain price increase
by Lisa Brown Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Some of us have .COM domains that we've had for many years, but which make us no money at all. I've had my .com since 2003 or 2004; I don't sell anything, I don't have any ads, and I have never made money from the domain. I've had it a long time, though, so I don't want to lose it because the price becomes too high to make keeping it reasonable.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to .com price increases!
by Edward Flynn Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a small business I simply can’t afford any more price gouging on my domain names. Simple as that. If version and ICANN want to insure that their greed doesn’t ruin small businesses world wide then they won’t implement the pricing structure they’ve proposed. Edward Flynn Owner of over 20 .com domains.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases
by Angela Hudnall Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, I am a small business owner. I can not afford the increased yearly fees that will go into effect according the changes in the contract with Verisign. My income will not increase more than 70% over the next decade to keep up with the projected 70% price increase over the next decade. Please do not hurt small business like mine with the price increases. I use my domain as part of my marketing and helping clients find me. If I have to cancel my domain name it will be hard for clients to find me which will have a negative effect on my business and its growth. There are so many other businesses like mine that will suffer financially with such drastic increases. The CPI increases are only about 2-3% a year. Please come up with a better non-destructive plan. Thank you in advance for saving small businesses. Angela V. Hudnall - Independent Travel AdvisorW) 877-734-4868C) 562-256-4898F) 562-724-9649 Website: angelaveraytravelagency.comhttp://facebook.com/angelaveray Click Here for BookIt Discount Packages Click Here To Complete Booking Documents

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am opposed to the new contract proposal b/t Verisign and ICANN
by jager0320 Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am opposed to the contract proposal b/t ICANN and Verisign that will allow for significant price increases for registering a .COM domain. This will impact a very large number of people who already incur significant costs for maintaining .COM registrations. We deserve more information as to the benefits and justifications for this new contract. This is truly a monopoly situation and we deserve to have this contract proposal made public and reviewed for fairness by the appropriate government agencies. Sincerely, Brian Olzinski

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] @skeller.com
by Steven D Keller Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

No price increases! @skeller.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not allow price increases
by Rashi Abramson Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

There are enough monopolistic practices that increase price on the Internet. We have Internet companies that don't compete. VeriSign should not be allowed to continue this pattern

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don’t raise prices
by Noah Solomon Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I’m a high schooler running a web design business, and cheap “.com” domains have allowed me to scale my business with no upfront capital. Raising the prices of “.com” registrations will take away this opportunity from my business and other young entrepreneurs. Please act with integrity rather than ignorance. Best, Noah Solomon Designed By Noah https://designedbynoah.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] in favor of maintaining price caps
by Slava Hrytsevich Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

We 3dEYE Inc, are in favour to maintain price cap. We operate several domains under .com and other TLDs. Please keep domain price caps. Feel free to contact us and to confirm that this email is not a spam Best regards, Slava, CTO & Founder 3dEYE™ Inc. | Cloud Video Management as a Service for Security Industry Professionals 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5E 1W7 Cell: +1 (647) 886-8509 Toll: +1 (877) 585-9035 Site: www.3deye.me Email: slavah(a)3deye.me Notice to Recipient: This e-mail or attached to this e-mail message may contain confidential, proprietary and protected from disclosure information intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission dissemination, printing or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the prior written consent of the sender. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or reply e-mail and destroy the original message and any attachments without making a copy.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Icann amendment
by Michelle Yom 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. This is common technology trend to decrease infrastructure services. Let VeriSign to improve their infrastructure. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Michelle Yom MICHELLE YOM DESIGN STUDIO Michelle Yom Michelle(a)myomdesignstudio.com +1 917 518 8400 Office: 61 9th Street, #B2, Brooklyn, NY, 11215 This email(and/or attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. Use or disclosure of it by anyone other than a designated addressee is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete this e-mail from the computer on which you received it. We thank you for notifying us immediately. P please consider the environment before printing this email

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why do you keep doing this?
by MattDahEpic Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Like really, You keep doing these changes without telling anyone and it needs to stop. Just leave it how it is. Do you realize how many 18 cent fees I've paid just to have you guys go and let people fuck up the .org domain and now the .com domain. Do we need to replace y'all with someone who will actually support the people who make the internet great rather than Verisign? Come on.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases will thin out the web and fatten the kings
by Jeff Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Me and my company object to significant price increases for obtaining new and/or renewing domain names from registrars. Many of our clients start with very little capital and startups are already financially risky. It does not help matters to add extra costs to new and growing companies. Social media sites seem to have taken majority of the traffic and there's already less visitors to small business sites. These small businesses have to invest more money already, competing with the bigger companies while search engines are making constant changes and requirements to how the web should be, thus requiring more investment in developers. Further taxes/fees on domain ownership is not a good strategy for enterprising the world wide web for the masses of business owners and even smaller individuals with their personal portals, paying out of pocket, with no intent on financial gains. -- Jeff Bastan (510) 449-3089 webcitypages.com <https://webcitypages.com/ms.pl?subj=emtb19>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to upward review of .com price
by Samuel Achema Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, kindly desist from harming your reputable image by agreeing to this upward review in the prices for .com domains. It will be in the general interest of the public if you keep the prices as it is. Regards. Achema Samuel

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi there, I'd like to register my objection to the increase in .com prices. I am a small business owner and 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. Any further increases make it more difficult for small business owners like myself to run our businesses. 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. Shimrit Elisar London

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase .com price
by mkpi49＠yahoo.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Com domains
by Roberts Pauls Eglitis Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am against any domain price increases. Roberts

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't Do This..
by Bunns of Steele Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As a poor individual, I can barely afford to pay my current fees to host a site. This increase will make it impossible. Not only will you hinder small businesses like me, but you will also cripple the Internet as we know it ruining your long term gains. Lynora Lawless

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Anger about price changes
by Maac Gimmel Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, I'd like to express my anger about the coming price changes!

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi ICANN, As the owner of multiple .com domains, both personally for my own small business and managing this as part of my job role day to day for work also, I find it totally disrespectful that you have chosen to even consider a financial offering from Verisign of this magnitude to allow for what is proposed to be a huge hike in .com wholesale domain prices of potentially up to 70% increase. The new TLD's are already extortionate and should have helped expand the web, instead it has been seen as another money making opportunity and only restricting growth and accessibility online globally as a result. Totally disgusting and as the governing body for this, your one key role is to avoid this sort of disgraceful act happening in the first place, not be the culprit or a clear party to such an act. These sort of acts will drive the web into the ground, go against the whole purpose of what the web stands for and drive uproar and acts that would see governing bodies targeted, if not at a government level questioned for acts of inflation beyond justifiable grounds. I for one would like to see this proposal retracted, public inclusion in all decisions going forward, greater transparency of every agreement no matter the scale, very much like any government, your role is simple but not to take financial rewards to allow for inflated gains for others. To quote: "The idea is that Internet governance should mimic the structure of the Internet itself- borderless and open to all.", this act will be the complete opposite of your own values. If money is the driver, just like SSL encryption has done to help make the web a better and safer place, lets look at open source opportunities for domain management, ownership and governance instead of supporting those out to control and just financially gain through such process and acts. Through open source means to govern the web and the TLD's and its registrars, millions of contributors bought into each decision of the global web, its standards, domain management, instead of a select few willing to take a payoff and claim it's in the interest of the WWW. As you can gather I am not best pleased to hear this news nor that ICANN are at the heart of this $20 million dollar payoff. Retract, publicly announce and move forward! My piece here is said, publicly I will begin awareness as this is just down right disgusting. Regards Steven Willett.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I disagree

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposal
by m.kouwenhoven＠binaryrun.com Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom this may concern, Please stop this proposal from going forward. The approved increment price-increases in the proposition are harmful for the accessibility of the internet. By allowing a continuous price increase over such an extended period of time, you’d be actively supporting the restriction of ownership of a domain name for those with a lesser income. Not only would this impact those who use a domain name for personal use, it also prohibits those, especially youth on a small budget, who use the internet to start their own small business. While I completely understand this is may not be your main concern, in many rural countries, such small businesses and entrepreneurship can prove vital to local communities. I plead with you to please reconsider the proposal as a whole or at the very least, restrict the annual price increase to no more then 2 to 3%, so that those who depend on the accessibility of both .com and the internet, have a better chance. Sincerely, Matteüs Kouwenhoven

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