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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection to Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Cornelius Kruger Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of many .com domain names. 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, as it is an automated process that should happen in milliseconds. Verisign is merely your manager of the ".COM" Registry - it has no business dictating the price like a monopoly. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Decline Contract Changes with Verisign
by Jigar Singh Rathore Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hello I request you to please stop and decline all the changes ghat you are making with Verisign, they are undemocratic and you need to listen to people, this kind of changes harm the internet as a whole. Please stop making people pay more for the most necessary thing for a website. Best Regards, Jigar

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Fairness and stability are central to the internet
by Marten Lienen Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

The ICANN is an important entity in internet infrastructure and should act with complete transparency and in the interest of the general population. It is of highest importance to keep .com domains affordable to ensure that it is possible to start new projects on the internet easily and combat consolidation of internet content onto the big platforms (facebook, youtube, instagram, etc.). Therefore I am strongly opposed to lifting the price freeze on .com domains. Furthermore, Verisign needs to be prohibited from operating as a domain registrar to keep the power balance in that market in check. Doing otherwise would put the competition at a significant disadvantage and hurt the general public by making the market less competitive. Finally, I demand that future interactions between ICANN and Verisign become public and completely transparent. Best Regards, Marten Lienen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Garrett W. Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I use the Internet but I am not a .com registrant. My personal site is on a .net domain but I still feel strongly about this as it could easily affect me in the future if I ever buy a .com, or maybe even if I don't. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest, and this doesn't sound like that. Garrett Whitehorn Longview, Texas United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Randy Fraser Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

To Whom it May Concern: I am a boutique web developer and hosting company with a variety of small business and non-profit clients. Costs for domain names is always a concern. Most concerning in this proposal is the lack of specifics about the increase in fees over the coming years. A small hike of a dollar or two over a few years seems quite reasonable, but the proposal seems to be structured without any parameters set for price increases. This leaves the door open for extortive level fees. This is basically a monopoly situation, with me and all my clients held hostage to the whims of ICANN and Verisign. We can only count on the good will and self-control of two profit-minded entities in order to keep from continually raising prices for a commodity we can’t afford to lose. I can’t imagine any one on the board would feel comfortable in the same situation. This proposal needs at least a re-write with specific controls and parameters put in place, and a better explanation of how the 20 million is justified, and how it will be spent. Thank you for your time and consideration. Randy Fraser Web and Hosting Support rfraserwebdev(a)gmail.com 775.721.9521

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disagree: Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Buytition Team Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am Brady Jiang, founder of buytition.com, a popular website for car buyers. I oppose Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement, because it could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop Price Increases
by Ethan Turk Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Good Morning, I've recently found information on the upcoming changes that ICANN is attempting to make and I do not agree with the way that money is quietly trading hands in exchange for the ability to pull more money out of consumers on the front end. Please do not continue on this course of action. Ethan Turk

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Kris Jankiewicz Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I'm an IT Solutionist which provides services to small and medium sized businesses. I handle all aspects of my customers IT needs including domain name registrations. My customers and I are against any price increases for domain registrations considering the price will not benefit those who need it the most. With the massive amount of .com registrations at the current pricing, is that not enough? Even the slightest increase in .com pricing multiplied by the hundreds of millions of active .com domain registrations results in a gross increase of income. The cost of hosting domain registrations is miniscule compared to the income that it generates. It's disgusting. Keep it fair! Regards, Kris Jankiewicz | Techniker Solutions email: kris(a)techniker.ca<mailto:kris@techniker.ca> main: +1.289.427.0256 mobile:+1.647.988.7331 web: www.techniker.ca<http://www.techniker.ca/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The Proposal Is Bad
by Frank Lombaer Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

This is not a good idea. Please stop this before it is allowed to happen. It appears to be simply a cash-grab. Why? DO NOT DO THIS! -Frank Lombaer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Jeffrey Van Dyk Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hell, I just learned of the proposed amendment 3 and am writing to let you know that I am a registrant of a .com domain name and 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. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Don't do it. Jeffrey Van Dyk Los Angeles

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Imagine Breaker Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Just register my unhappiness about price hike due to amendments or whatever. Please continue same price structure as before. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase for .com
by Autumn Wallace Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

There is no reason to increase the price of .com real estate. They have recently created various other extensions expanding the market. Also it just seems to be added to the incessant greed present on this plane of existence.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to Price Gouging!!
by K | O Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear ICANN humans, I beseech you to please consider humanity, consider right versus wrong, and to choose the right path moving forward. I beseech you NOT to increase prices for domain names by increasing .COM prices. This would be a vile act that would truly cement the capitalist oligarchy in its throne. If this is your goal, however, then I wish you luck when you and your greed die, only to be met with a more eternal fate of regret and rot as you turn restlessly in your grave when you consider what you've done to humanity. And as I don't believe this is your intention (to support the capitalist oligarchy), I am sure you will do the right thing and secure/ensure fair prices for humans to access reasonably priced domains all around the world. Thank you for your consideration, A human who cares about other humans, a human who believes in the notions of "justice" and "democracy"

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the .Com price Hikes
by Jacques Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi, we the collective people of .com owners are opposed to the price hikes you are actioning You will be destroying the dreams of individuals wanting to start a business using .com and just adding to the cost of running the business of those who have already started the journey of becoming established .com owners. We understand that the economy of the world is growing and the price of goods and services must increase and we would be in full support if your plans we're in line with what would be deemed acceptable. We the collective people of .com owners strongly ask that you humbly reconsider your planned actions. I am assured that my thoughts are aligned with the collective as I have helped many individuals apart of the collective start their .com website. Love and Regards *Jacques Oostenbrink *

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Wayne Buckholdt Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

In an era in which the cost of domain names should be declining, due to everything being automated, I recently discovered that the price of .com domains will soon be going up by 7% most years. This far exceeds the rate of inflation and represents an additional tax of approximately $400 on my portfolio of .com domains during just the first year. For a small business owner like myself this is a significant burden. Should Amendment 3 not be rescinded, I will be writing my congressman, senator, and President Trump, urging the U.S. Department of Justice to initiate an antitrust lawsuit against ICANN and the Verisign monopoly. What ICANN should be doing is putting the .com registry up for bid. I¹m sure that there are many competent companies, such as GoDaddy, who could deliver this service at a much lower cost to the end user. This would benefit millions of users instead of only ICANN and Verisign, which have effectively been given a license to steal. Do not underestimate the power of millions of .com domain owners, when they speak in unison. Sincerely, Wayne Buckholdt Owner of MindPal LLC

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by Hanaba Munn Welch Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am opposed to proposed price increases for .com domains. In my case, my main website is actually a non-profit. At this point, we can't simply change to .org. Our current address is too well known to change. The uncertainty of the rate increases over time and how they will filter down to ordinary people is disturbing. The whole process sounds like "taxation without representation" -- the complaint of early American colonists against Mother England. I believe that was a legitimate complaint at the time, and I believe the principle holds today. Hanaba Munn Welch

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by John Littleton Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 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. I am a web designer who registers and manages my client domain names. Domain name registration is a public service and the cost for that service must be directly related to the cost of providing that service. Find another organization to manage .com domain names. John Littleton Medford, Oregon United States - John - John Littleton J'ELan Web Designs

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment
by sommer fanney Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

It is important to know the purpose behind these proposed changes, including the reasoning behind ICANN's receiving of $20 million extra funds from Verisign. How would the $20 million be used to support the stability and security of the domain name system, and why is this amount of money needed to do so? Do we have evidence that the domain name system's stability and security is at risk? Additionally, it would be unhealthy for the domain name market, as well as the integrity of the internet, for Verisign to act as a reseller of .COM domains. It is vital that the internet use remain fair, and price increases could skew the use of the internet as a platform towards increasingly wealthy people. This could change what kinds of information is shared, and how. The wider access people have to using the internet as a platform, the better off it, as well as we, will be.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increases
by So May Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

TOTAL FUCKING RIP OFF. YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by vincent＠solwazi.net Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am against the price increases.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't increase costs!
by Miranda Ward Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Many of us are barely making it and appreciate the low cost! -- Miranda Ward 630-697-4489

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against raising .com fees
by Eddie Luegers Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I personally think the recent raise in rates needs to be clarified in why such a drastic increase is necessary. From what news shows it could be a 40-70% increase over a short period of time. I help run a small non-profit and our website is our lifeblood. When we initially launched one of the websites we wanted was priced at $1,200 which was out of our budget. We luckily were able to get a .com later for a reasonable price but every dollar we raise is fought and worked hard to raise. Such a large unexplained increase seems very unfair and I'd imagine future organizations, small businesses, and individuals would avoid such expenses on items like websites. I could see many being reluctant to start websites and continue to grow the internet. Please rethink this strategy or clearly explain why there is such a need to increase these fees. Eddie Luegers

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Fahad Abdullah Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. 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. Abdullah Muhammed Fahad Dhaka, Bangladesh

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against Amendment 3
by Scott Hardy Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am against Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. If anything, the price should be lowered because the marginal cost of provisioning and managing .COM registrations should be significantly lower now than ever before. If this is not the case, that would simply suggest that Verisign incompetent at efficiently scaling its business - something the public should NOT pay the price for. -- Scott Hardy

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] stop price increment
by UMS DIGITAL Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I object to this move this is against progress on the internet and will destroy a lot of online businesses so please stop this price increment on .com domains

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