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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Emmanuel Ekedum Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). 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. Emmanuel Ekedum Jos

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by N E Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

My name is Nathan and I'm writing to let my voice be heard on the matter of the proposed price increases to .COM domains. It is my understanding that ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest and as such should consider public opinion on matters like this. I am a .COM user, I have a number of websites operating on .COM. I am strongly opposed to the proposed price increases to .COM domains and believe that ICANN should not allow this to happen. Thank you for your time and consideration, Nathan Eggert Bellingham, Washington United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increases
by Paula Spagnuolo Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 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. Paula Spagnuolo

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on .COM Price Increases
by Godwin Jibueze Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am writing regarding ICANN's agreement with Verisign that will allow increase in wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years. This will mean that .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade, besides other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. I recommend that domain prices not be further increased to allow internet penetration to SMEs and individuals looking to establish online presence. I trust this recommendation not to further increase prices will be prudently considered before any decisions are made. Best regards, Godwin Jibueze Projects & Consulting | Total Quality Technologies Ltd

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Ed Barrett Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello Icann - There is not enough transparency to this change that appears to have so much impact on the com users. Please reconsider this change allowing Verisign to take undo advantage of com registrants at its will, with no check and balance on its actions. No doubt, the profit motive will prevail at the expense of the registrants - very unfair and heavy handed on the part of Verisign and Icann for allowing this. Please put a stop to this. For every action there is a reaction. Thank you. Ed Barrett Pittsburgh, PA USA -- tem(a)ed54.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comentario por aumento de costos
by Alex Sinay Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

A quien corresponda. Me sorprende que hayan aplicado cambios en las políticas de los costos, como proveedor y gestor de dominios, en muchas ocasiones y para captar mas clientes indicamos que los costos del dominio son gratis y los amortizamos nosotros, ahora con un aumento será un costo que se vera reflejado en los costos de nuestros y por consiguiente existirá una disminución de clientes, lo que impactara en la economía de nuestro trabajo. Espero tomen una mejor postura y los aumentos no sean efectivos o al menos sea mínimo y por periodos únicos y no por ciclos como esta contemplado. Saludos. Alejandro Sinay Hernandez Morales Enviado desde Correo<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> para Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Molly Brookfield Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am opposed to the proposed amendments that would make .com prices soar and make the internet less accessible and less democratic.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is a terrible idea
by Jacob McGill Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

As a small business owner, this will increase my costs over the long-term disproportionately to US inflation rates. This is bad and will stifle innovation.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] please remain .com prices the same
by Bogdan Ianatiev Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hi, I'd like to vote for not increasing the service prices for .com Thanks and have a great weekend. -Bogdan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase
by Glenn Pellegrin Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Please consider going through the proper channels to amend what looks like a bonafide agreement in midstream. I oppose such a change as it will adversely affect my income as a Senior Citizen.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Totally disagreed by decision will increase price of .COM top TLD
by Sufyan ur Rehman Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Greetings, As I get informed recently through my domain name registrar namecheap.com for the contract dealing happened between ICANN and Verisign, Inc. secretly regarding increase of prices to .com TLD years to come, totally disagreed because mercy of Internet, world has been becoming the global village, where we can interact with the people of different cultures, races, communities so on.. 80% of local businesses moving on the internet across globe by mercy of affordable internet usage. The source that linked the global community to each other is address ( web address) By which we have become able to access the global platform as provided by the non profit authorities exit on internet ( like social media, websites, blogs, forums, so on.) As a whole, domain name plays vital role in connecting with people beloved ones across the world, and the thing that is working behind it is .com TLD most of the times. Internet is now accessible coz its very cheap way to get our ideal web address from the number of registrar’s accredited by the ICANN and Verisign,lnc. If the changes will happen in shape of increase of prices per domain name as a set fee to the registrar’s then it will be difficult for the regisrants to get desire domain name from the registrars who getting prices higher from the root authority. So plz , let the internet breath in a free way and allows the beloved ones to get in touch in more convenient way. With thanks in advance Sufyan ur rehman

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] MarkMonitor Comment on Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by King, Brian Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, Please find our comment attached. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Brian J. King Director of Internet Policy and Industry Affairs T +1 443 761 3726 markmonitor.com<http://www.markmonitor.com> MarkMonitor Protecting companies and consumers in a digital world

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Lack of transparency
by Alixe Lobato Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I think should be some sort of clarity in the decisions taken that will affect to the consumers. Thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org - First Place Internet, Inc.
by wblackwo＠tampabay.rr.com Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Please see attached.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Fredrick Taylor Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

These changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision. If you want to make sure your voice is heard, let ICANN know how you feel about their recent decision. Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and the increases don’t stop there. -- I am not in agreement with the recent agreement between ICANN and Verisign that will significantly impact (decrease) the accessibility of domains for small businesses and the digital community as a whole. Increasing wholesale domain prices In Love and Light, Nyaima Smith

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Matthew Pua Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am an independent web developer and I hold a few domain names which end in .com. I believe that the prices should not increase and the current pricing is sufficient enough. It mostly is Verisign that benefits from this and if the prices increase, we would opt for a different domain name. We do not want to do this since it will have a lot of overhead cost and change. Please reconsider and think about the public as a whole Best regards, Matthew Timothy Pua

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Joshua ten Brink Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). With well over 1300 domains the affect on the business is substantial I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains as it will make the volume of domains held be less which will be bad for the overall business. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Joshua ten Brink San Jose, Costa Rica

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Dunkin Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Yet another power grab for greedy companies. This proposal is outrages. In a period of history when businesses both big and small need domains to compete in the markerplace, such increases in a basic business necessaties are not a welcome expense. Please rethink this. ⁣Thank You Dunkin Dean(a)goosehawk.net Get BlueMail for Android

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Monopoly Is Not In The Public'sInterest
by Kkucera＠protonmail.com Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

To pull a quote from your own "Who We Are" section of your website: "ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. Through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet." This shady act of business is a complete contradiction about how you describe yourself. Allowing a single entity wave money in your face to amend in their behalf at the expense of the public whom you claim to benefit does NOT promote competition and growth of the internet. This is merely a "loophole" to monopolize on a technology that was created for everybody and to connect the entire world together in a way that was once never imaginable. I question your "leadership" when this sort of practice happens. As an American, who loves my country dearly, I have to deal with this sort of stuff from my own government and her numerous, questionable organizations who constantly steal and adulterate the privacy of not only our own. but of the entire world. I also have to deal with corporate buy outs on a daily basis from our skewed dual party system. Just like our government system was never meant to be run this way and our being our being oppressed buy this crony driven brainwashed system, you are acting no better. While there are many people around this country and this world who are struggling to keep their head above water, you are concerned about squeezing more money out of everybody and tipping the already unbalanced world more so in the wrong direction. I not only call for a denouncing of the amendment, I also call for the public to investigate your leadership and your intentions for the "public-benefit" you claim to have. -Kurtis Orlando, Florida

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Abhishek Kumar Jha Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. ABHISHEK KUMAR JHA Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Jill Kidwell Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

The rate hike proposed by ICANN and Verisign is outrageous. Currently those of us who need to secure a .com domain name already pay extraordinarily high sums of money for the domain names we've registered for. Please take every step necessary to stop the rate hike. All the best, *Jill Kidwell* CoFounder, CareProvide <https://careprovide.com/> 202-253-3766

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase of .COM registry prices
by A Faisal Adham Shaazi Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

I believe if the prices are to be increased, ICANN needs to be more transparent in 1) how they arrived at this decision including the justification 2) how the additional revenues will be spent on improving the domain name infrastructure and/or governance. Warm regards, A Faisal Adham Shaazi (赞恒) Email/邮件 : cf.engineer(a)kynethics.com Mobile/Whatsapp/手机 : +601121849380 WeChat: 微信 : adham_shaazi

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Lionel Spratt Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

It seems to me that a price increase on .COM domains is imminent, instead of prices going down. It's already hard enough to run an online business with so many competition and expenses that comes along with hosting and running ads to promote your product. Nobody wants a price increase on their domains. I have two .COM domains, and not enough sale to cover all my expenses. I'm trying every year to get discounts on my domain renewal, because every penny counts. I certainly object any price increases in the future. Please, just don't Lionel

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price hikes
by Randy Warren Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am a business man with several websites. I do not appreciate arbitrary price hikes. Please keep the fees down. Randy Warren

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase prices
by Aditya Bajaj Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Hello, Don't increase prices for .com domains. I am a small reseller and can't afford it. Regards, Aditya

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