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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on the proposed changes to the .com registry agreement
by Kendra Allenby Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Please do not allow Verisign to raise the prices for .com domains, especially not to the degree that is outlined in the proposed changes. Small businesses and individuals need access to domains at reasonable prices to insure the diversity of the voices, businesses and products available on the internet (and thus in our larger society). Allowing companies to milk more and more out of consumers for basic internet needs (domains), is furthering the problem of who gets to be heard in our society. It should not just be those who can afford the ever increasing fees. It is a disservice to us all to give money to a few. Thank you, Kendra https://www.kendraallenby.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Hussain Asghar Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't increase the prices of .com domains

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concern on price rise
by Niraj Prakash Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

For small businesses and individuals like myself , this is going to pinch my pocket. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. Please register my voice against this regulation.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Steve Loh Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. Steve Loh Los Angeles, CA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Ever Increasing Costs
by Michael Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Greetings, Just another voice asking that you should not add to the cost of doing work on the internet. It is like everything else in life. Rising prices and taxes are taking away means, liberties and livelihoods more and more every day. Thanks for listening, Michael Johnson Hillsboro, Oregon Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Ismail T Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. Ismail Phila, Pennsylvania United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase .com pricw
by Hafis K Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would appreciate if you can keep the price of .com low so that everyone can afford it. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] STOP THE PRICE INCREASE!!!
by info＠blakrise.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Anik Mukheja Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. AKM Short Hills, New Jersey United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price raises
by Margo Stebbing Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am against raising prices for domain names and dot com. It would put my small business out of business. Margo Stebbing

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Sole Proprietor Opposed to Domain Rule Change
by Sybil Johnson, Voice Talent Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Public Comment My domain host recently alerted me to the decision by ICANN to raise rates on the .COM domains over the next 10 years. As a sole proprietor with a modest income, I find this to be outrageous. Along with the domain rate increase, I learned the new Verisign agreement includes other increases that will drive overall prices up further. Is your end goal to make .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody? This move sure appears that way. With 40% of all registered domain names online being .COM, and so many of them belonging to small businesses like mine, I implore you to reconsider this deal and re-evaluate the proposed rate increases that would have a significant impact on the Internet for years to come. Please protect the interests of individuals like myself and future entrepreneurs. Thank you, ~ Sybil Johnson Tampa, Florida, USA Sybil Johnson * www.sybiljohnson.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Patricia Solorzano Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom it May Concern, I’m writing to express my disagreement to the proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. The increase in prices affect internet users as a whole and these changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come. It only right that the wider Internet community besides ICANN and Verisign participate in this descision Increase in prices impacts small businesses and independent artists such as myself who are paying out of pocket for a domain. I ask you to reconsider. Sincerely, Patricia Solórzano Independent artist and choreographer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Rate increase on .com domains
by laminack＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This .com cash grab increase is not ok. If you're not going to provide customers with more or better services, how can you justify raising the prices? Its ridiculous and you all should be ashamed of yourselves.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Save .com
by Devi Pirts Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don’t increase prices on .com domains!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Open now
by Nicholas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not increase the prices. Do the right thing.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Galen Workman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose parts of your proposed Amendment 3. Specially: * I believe the allowance of a 7% price increase annually is bad policy. There is no requirement that the increase matches any increases in cost. You are offering free money to Verizon. Compounding the annual increases over a 10-year period would greatly increase the costs of basic registration to many struggling businesses and individuals while providing an unearned windfall profits for Version. * Verizon should not allowed to be a registrar. Having a competitor run the system is a very stupid idea. Galen Workman Ozdachs Services 4066 23rd Street San Francisco, CA 94114-3214 Work: 415-647-8830 Cell: 415-271-8829 Website: <http://www.ozdachs.biz/> www.ozdachs.biz Blog (biz): <http://www.dangerouscommonsense.com/> www.dangerouscommonsense.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is why privatization sucks
by L Bruce Miller Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

And why your board of evil-doers needs to be replaced. I don’t care how much backup and security you’re implementing, you are already charging too much per year to simply store a single record in a database, which is the bulk of your mandate. You don’t need to charge MORE money, because there are already a ton of businesses that would happily step in and do this for less money, and just as well. This is basically a grab at the cookie jar. Get your grubby little hands back in your pockets. ====================== Giving money and power to politicians is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P. J. O'Rourke

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Brendan Carr Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am concerned for all of the small businesses that we support, be it through just domain registration or through full-service web development and hosting. It will not only affect the bottom line for these small businesses that already don’t have a lot to spend on web sites, but also raise prices across the board for companies such as Squarespace and Wix, who are there for the people who can’t do everything themselves. We have already been subjected to a 300% increase in hosting fees due to cPanel changes in the past year, which has had to be passed onto clients, but to add domain registration fee increases too may spell the end for a lot of SMB sites with no marketing budget. I urge you to re-assess the increases in costs and lower the percentage cap for each decade considerably in order to allow them to hopefully absorb the costs. [photo] Brendan Carr Infinus Technology 778-885-0705<tel:7788850705> | 604-300-4650<tel:604-300-4650> | brendan(a)carr.ca<mailto:brendan@carr.ca> http://www.infinus.ca [https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/3ysP8__nmWC9GvjgQNYVHuKPnV4833DimOf…]<http://www.facebook.com/InfinusTech> [https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/SOGJyqe3XDVibRzjS7kIHMn0wxxN3gs6crn…] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrendancarr> [https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wfND7YmOcmmmhOcWnAPwzldxiMKDQ0ZEH6B…] <http://twitter.com/infinustech> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/DkyTbeVvynQQD580XvKbeWn3oPaMWh7pR29…] <http://www.instagram.com/thebrendancarr/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase is unfair!
by Hrant Kocharyan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a 10 year .com domain buyer, I don't like this change! REVERSE IT!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Kevin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. 7% increases are more than double the rate of inflation over the past 5 years in the USA. Kevin Wilson Parker

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Regarding .com price increase
by Aumkar Thakur Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Fuck you. Internet is open and let it stay that way. Regards, Aumkar Thakur

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by emil dontchev Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sirs, I strongly oppose the proposed changes. The changes will promote higher prices for users like me to raise capital for unknown purposes. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3
by Greg Yarrow Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 Greetings, What is ICANN another front for the corrupt IOC? Why the backroom deals? Why the lack of transparency? Why the lack of consultation. ? Who is pocketing this $20 million US? As a very small business we have to watch our costs with a microscope. Our .COM domain costs are an important part of our budget. After years of being gauged by other "registrars" we found Namecheps and thought we had found a good business partner. Now we hear that Verisign has bough (bribed) the right to register domains in competition with its clients like Namecheap. This proposed amendment is immoral and probably illegal. Please do not add this to ICANN's "constitution" or whatever governing document this amendment is amending. Please do the right thing. You don't have to be guided by the precedent of the truth-averse US Senate. Sincerely, Greg Yarrow Whiskeyjack-Books.Com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by 网站域名管理员 Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 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. WenJie Jia Nanyang, Henan, China

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increase
by Dean Leszman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I would like to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. I believe that 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. These price hikes will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. Further, 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. -- *Dean Leszman* *dean.leszman(a)gmail.com <dean.leszman(a)gmail.com>*

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