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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by 北落 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. 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. XiaXing Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Idris Bekir Santa Barbara, California United States

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I use the Internet but I am not a .com registrant. 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. Vizards Swift Tai Po, Tai Po District, Hong Kong

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Marvin Li 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. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. Zhuoyang Li Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Mr.Gu 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. 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. ScotGu Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Good. "Domain investors" need to take a toll
by Leo Huang Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am very happy to see the price increment. Those who buy domains in bulks and resell them at hundreds and thousands of dollars more need to be stopped. And this can be the first step. Currently, the manager of .COM Registry did NOTHING to stop them from profiting from those "investments." Who needs hundreds of domains if not for extracting profit from normal users? Have you noticed that they have sent tons of automated messages to this mailing list already? A thread was opened by Mark from NameSelling.com with hundreds of automated messages following it in the exact same format. LOL Regards, Hexhu

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

Feb. 10, 2020

The new ammendment increase the annual price which is totally unacceptable

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by imnpc 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. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by fung＠v.help 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. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry �C it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Conan Fung Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hi, 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. 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. Thanks & Regards, Senthil Rajendren Co-founder, invension Website : invension.com <https://www.invension.com/> | SenthilRajendren.com <https://www.senthilrajendren.com/> Mobile : +91 - 94442 93331 Skype : SenthilRajendren Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/theinvension> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/theinvension> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/theinvension/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Flea BROWNLOW 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. Felecia Brownlow TALLADEGA

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. DANIEL GREENBERGAgoura Hills, California United States

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Faruk Singapore, Singapore

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Ramkumar M Dindigul, Tamil Nadu India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment for increase in domain name fees
by Roy Nelles Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

A increase will definitely make me shop around. I ave 3 domain names I want to protect but none are actively used. Prices should go down for this and not up. How much actual work is being done with my parked domain to justify an increase? None, that's how much. Dynodot should fight against the increase instead of passing it on to faithful customers. I will move on if there is an increase. Roy Nelles Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DNS Price Increase
by Laurie Stearn Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

[13:21] Schtearn Randomizations Domain names going up at 7% per year is ridiculous - here is my comment: Hi there, I have read some other comments, and the following one, for example is very much in the spirit of public reaction to such a change. “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. Best, John Riccio Buffalo NY” Although the upkeep of domain registrations is important, to be fair it must be compartmentalized as to the purpose and nature of the names in use. Laurie Stearn <https://teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19:81b3425ba7ca4d88875a14b14c6ff935@t…>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Alan Miao 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. 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. Alan Miao Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] against Amendment allowing Verisign to increase prices
by Theo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I currently own many domain names which I have owned for several years. I own my own name for personal website as well as names for my freelance consulting business. I am totally against this Amendment that allows Verisign to increase prices up to 7% per year for the next 4 years. Verisign was already given a monopoly position with regard to the .com registry and permitted to charge $7.85 per domain. Exactly what service do t777777hey provide for this service? In 2019 Verisign had gross revenue of $1.2 billion and a net profit of over $600 million. That's a 50% net profit margin. I must say, not bad. They are doing just fine without this raise in prices. The internet is a public good and this should be kept in mind when determining what a for-profit company who is in a monopoly position is allowed to charge for its services. While I do believe Verisign should be allowed to make a profit since that is why they are in business and enables them to provide a quality service, I also believe that in this case a 50% net profit is more than fair for providing a service that is a public good. What other industry that provides a public good has that high a margin? Also, what other regulated industry is permitted to raise its prices up to 28% over a six year time period, especially since inflation is so low now and likely to stay this way for a while? Allowing Verisign to raise its prices at the expense of the people and in opposition to the public good is just a corporate give-away. ICANN, please do not allow this to take place and do the job of protecting the people's interests. Thank you. theo m. Cliffside Park, NJ _______

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on Amendment 3, specifically the Price Increase clause
by Paul Kraus Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

As someone who has been managing servers on the public Internet since 1995, and as someone who maintains public DNS servers for a variety of domains, and as someone who understands the costs associated maintaining TLD and root DNS servers, and as someone who remembers the cost of .COM domain registration in 1995 ($35/year/domain), I do not question the need for price adjustments over time. I question the 7% value. There is no indication as to how that value was decided upon. I would like to see justification for that amount. The amount _may_ be justified, but there is insufficient information available to draw that conclusion. Having seen very large and rapid increases in registration cost for other TLDs ( .HOSTING and .HAUS specifically ), I think it is critically important that one of the earliest TLDs ( .COM ) not suffer such rapid cost increases, so I am in favor of a relatively small year to year increase rate consistent with coverage of operating costs. I have seen other comments about keeping domain registration costs reasonable for individuals, that is part of what the large expansion of TLDs was supposed to accomplish. Looking at my registrar, I see plenty of options for TLDs that renew for under US$20, which seems reasonable to me for an individual. Thank you for considering my comments.

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

Feb. 10, 2020

I hope to make a decision carefully! I am a domainer.  I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Gao Hailin Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

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

Feb. 10, 2020

Hello, Being a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am 100% 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. Allowing price hikes like this is totally against the public interest. Please do not allow the price hikes to take place. Franky Tong Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Nate Hashem Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am submitting this comment to OPPOSE the proposed Amendment 3. The global DNS registration system should be run as a public good. It is not clear who the beneficiaries of this Amendment 3 are aside from Verisign. Verisign reported $300 million in revenue and $198 million in operating income last quarter. These price hikes are hardly necessary and will only serve to enrich this private sector company at the expense of the entire internet ecosystem that relies on .com domains for their web sites. It could be argued this is also not in Verisign's own interest as well, as higher .com registry fees will push small businesses and entrepreneurs away from the open web and make it more appealing to operate within the various walled gardens like Facebook. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate. Please do not adopt this. Sincerely, Nate Hashem CTO, Adrenalads c: (310) 909-9438

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN and Verisign
by Andy Gee Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Is ICANN going to ignore the overwhelming sentiment of comments opposing the Verisign encouraged price hikes? After all that is what ICANN did last time public comments were taken with .org and .biz domains. https://www.icann.org/resources/agreement/org-2019-06-30-en Is ICANN really subservient to Verisign? Verisign seems to think ICANN is quite malleable: Quote: Verisign's CEO ( James Bidzos ) : We believe these discussions with ICANN are nearly complete. While it will be inappropriate at this time to provide more details, I can say that we were satisfied with the results so far. As noted, this is an ICANN process and we expect that before long ICANN will be publishing for public comment the documents we have been discussing. Is ICANN's collection of these comments merely a legal formality? Was this proposed policy change influenced at all by the $20,000,000 Verisign agreed to build into Verisign's renewed contract with ICANN? If the answer to any of the above questions is "yes", we have to ask another two questions: Is ICANN displaying signs of corporate greed? Would ICANN benefit from a top-down restructuring? Andrew Gee

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement, Opposition
by 星星芦苇 Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. I hope to make a decision carefully! No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Gao Hailin Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase prices
by Gurjeet Singh Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

.COM is the backbone of the internet commerce and default TLD anyone considers buying when starting any business, small or large. Price increase will hurt the ability of residents of poorer countries from participating in the marketplace of ideas. Best regards, -- Gurjeet Singh http://gurjeet.singh.im/

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