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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign price increase
by Alan August Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I oppose the price increase. As the sole manager of the .com TLD, it is Verisign's responsibility to keep prices low. Otherwise, others should be allow to administer the .com domain and compete with Verisign.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by John Hills Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

Attention ICANN I am president and domain manager for our non-profit 501(C)3 which invests in domain names to fund our charitable activities. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The percentage of increase is appalling and usury. 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 especially for such a quantum leap in their profits. Most of the .com registration process is entirely automated so Version has little relative costs. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. John C Hills Makawao, Hawaii Christopher Hills Foundation Maui - California - Jamaica - India (808) 268-5000 - Fax:(808) 442-1111 India Fax: 91-80-6688-5111 Skype: NomadHills John Hills, President jh(a)hillsfoundation.org www.hillsfoundation.org

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Steven Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business) or am associated with the secondary market. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. steven Westfield, Indiana United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dan Prather Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business) or am associated with the secondary market. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Dan Prather Columbia, South Carolina United States Dan Prather www.danprather.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Steen Hof Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business) or am associated with the secondary market. 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. Please do not allow Verisign to increase the COM registration fees. Derek Hof Irvine, California United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by David Seelos Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 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. David Seelos Los Angeles, California United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by J M Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 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. David West End, British Columbia Canada

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Martin Reznik Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am writing you today to protest the proposed price increase to .COM domains. As a company, Verisign already enjoys some of the highest profit margins in the domain industry. (Or any industry, for that matter.) The company maintains a monopoly on the .COM registry, and incredulously, is proposing a price increase as its costs of operation are actually going *down!* (This contention is bolstered by the many other registrars who maintain that, given an opportunity, they can run the .COM registry at much lower costs.) As if to add insult to injury, this is a company that is supposed to be operating in the public interest. All parties would agree, with the possible exception of Verisign themselves, that the burden of a .COM price increase at this time on individuals and small business would most decidedly NOT be in their best interests. For all the reasons noted above, I urge that the proposed amendment be rejected. Sincerely, Marty Santa Monica, CA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Remarques
by Raouf Guechi Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

Bonsoir Je pense qu'il faudrais appliquer des tarifs spéciaux pour les boîtes de communication afin de nous permettre de dégager une marge commerciale intéressante Salutations Raouf Guechi Manager Teraevents E-mail : r.guechi(a)teraevents.com Mob : +213 (0) 770 76 23 76 www.teraevents.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Oren Arbit Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 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. An increase in .com prices would detrimentally hurt my business. Oren Arbit Van Nuys, California United States Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increase for URLs
by Scott Wiener Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

My business is dependent on owning multiple URLs. Please reconsider any changes that will elevate URL costs.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by fran＠idomain.com Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domain name investor & I invest in domain names as a business and my company Idomain.com, Inc. is a reseller associated with the secondary market. 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.Please do not hike the price of dot coms!!!Francine CallahanIdomain.com, Inc.PresidentHouston, Texas United StatesSent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Raj Mittal Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Raj Mittal San Jose,CA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Travis Phillips Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I have been a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business) for over 20 years and I routinely sell domain names on the secondary market. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains because it would hurt people like myself from being able to sustain our business in the domain industry. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified for .COM domains and increasing the price would further cut into the domain registries profits (which are small now). Also, much of our business involves websites using .COM domains and with if the cost rises so will our expenses which will hurt our efficiency and profitability. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry and should not be able to dictate the price for .COM domains. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest so please do not allow these greedy rake hikes which will further cripple the domain industry. Sincerely Gerald Travis Phillips High Point, NC, USA http://www.tacodomains.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Jim Grace | TONIC.com Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Jim Grace Los Angeles

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Yuri Demchenko Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 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. Yuri Demchenko AMSTERDAM

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Braden Pollock Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domain investor I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. It’s far too high. 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. Braden Pollock Woodland Hills

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Gordon Martin Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Their cost is something in the order of under 25c a domain giving close to a 100% profit. 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. Gordon Martin Edmonton, Alberta Canada

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Tim Johnston Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business) or am associated with the secondary market, I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified and the average price of managing the infrastructure must certainly be diminishing over time... Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry - it has ABSOLUTELY no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public - not corporate greed or profit. Tim Johnston Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Michael Deutsch Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I have registered several domains, which I use for personal emails and business purposes. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified, as other companies would almost certainly be bidding at a lower price for the rights to maintain the .com registry if permitted to do so. Giving one company a monopoly is bad enough, but potentially authorizing increases far in excess of inflation or their costs is truly offensive. You represent the public's interest. Please do your job. Taking a little bit more from a lot of people and giving it all to a company that has a monopoly just doesn't make sense. Michael Deutsch Wellington, Florida, United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by bob＠jointsystems.com Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Robert Goetzman Tampa

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Said Zazai Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am/have been/will be 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. What is the purpose of having ICANN AT LARGE when public interests are not considered in the decision making? Said Zazai Mississauga, Ontario Canada

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Paul Fawell Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a .com registrant and am associated with the secondary market. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign wants 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 - and already makes profits at current price levels in excess of the operating needs to maintain a registry. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. The public has a vested interest in reasonably priced domain registrations to foster innovation on the internet and allow the individuals to maintain a presence on the web. Paul Martin Fawell Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Max Low Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business) or am associated with the secondary market. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Max Low Phoenix, Arizona United States Max Low Mobile:4806528080

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Joshua ten Brink Feb. 7, 2020

Feb. 7, 2020

I am a registrant of over 1500 .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. This would have a negative effect on my business and STRONGLY oppose this move. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Other GTLDS have been able to lower costs. 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. Joshua ten Brink San Jose

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