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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase the price of .COM websites!
by Max Chee Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not increase the price of .COM Signed Max Chee 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 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Alison Loughlin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would like to add my comments to the Proposed Amendment referenced above. I am concerned that ICANN is allowing Verisign to operate as a domain registrar, which will harm competition from other registrars. I am also unhappy with the proposed price increases, which could allow for enormous price hikes to .com domains in the next decade. Websites are now a vital part of business/life, and the potential to have web addresses become excessively expensive is of concern. Please consider the input from users and other domain registrars before proceeding with the proposed amendment. Thank you, Alison

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Displeasure on planned hike of .com Domain names.
by Ndubuisi Onyemenam Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I wish to use this medium to state my displeasure on the planned increase in the price of .com domains. .com domains have helped people express themselves and this planned hike can be likened to plans to curb expression by hiking up fees!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don’t
by Sebastian Kinzlinger Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Don’t play monopoly on .com will ya?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Utterly shameful move
by Isrg Rajan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is utterly shameful move by the ICANN that they have taken such a big step without even discussion with the ICANN community and other countries where such moves are unethical as per the law of the lands.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] In opposition to .com changes
by Kepeb WILSON Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement Please forward links to details of the proposed changes so I may forward to media outlets. Many thanks Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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

Feb. 11, 2020

We have to ban this proposal because it will do nothing good for public but just enhance the the benefit of Verisign. We should review the exclusive right of .COM domains for Verisign carefully.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My comments
by Aikore Edmund Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This will discourage our. Com domains, we expect things to be cheaper since more people are getting online. We in developing countries should be able to afford having a website. We already got expenses on SSL, now you are introducing this. Absolutely not acceptable. Sent from my Huawei Mobile

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi there, my name is Danielle Vernelson, and I'm the owner of several .com domains. I've also resold several domains to clients as a web designer. I would like to strongly protest the fact that Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years. This seems ridiculous and totally unnecessary. Currently, I and my clients pay about $10 per year for their domains, and more for hosting. I see no reason why this should increase, since we aren't getting much out of domain registration except to have access to that name. Increasing the cost would be inappropriate, because it isn't representative of what a domain is worth. In addition, it would keep people from being able to easily and cheaply put up websites, which is something that local businesses depend on. To me, it sounds like dirty dealing, since in return, Version will be paying ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support your domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how you will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. All of this seems very unnecessary, and like a scheme to get rich at any cost. Please instead, keep things simple, and keep providing affordable domains to small (and large) businesses. Thank you, Danielle

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase in our .com address
by Sharon Hudemka Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Alongside these contract changes, Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN's domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. I am agains you allowing increases in our .com address. It was/is an international free registration. Why are you doing this? So you receive additional $20million and we get to pay Very unfair for small companies. Also there is to ceiling put on this increase. Consider what you are doing to all the small companies in the world. It’ll cost us! Sharon Hudemka Sent from my iPad

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Are you kidding? AGAIN???
by Curt Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Folks, Are you kidding? Again?? Less than a year after trying to increase .org domain fees with the PIR, you're trying this again?? WHY?? Because Verisign bribed you to? Your greed? It's corruption like we've never seen, allowing your briber to make up their bribe on the backs of the little guy. This is just plain wrong-headed. We're a small art gallery in a small community, effectively staffed by volunteers. We don't have money to pay staff, so we exchange gallery sitting time for lower commissions on the few artworks our folks sell. We fortunately own the building and are seen as great supporters of the arts in our little community. In return, that helps us provide much-needed commercial support for the community in general, based on arts tourism. We need an affordable web site to do that. Having to pay more for our web site registration, in addition to the hosting of it, would add yet another struggling cost. To date, we could depend on the cost of our web site. Why would you want to make that so much less certain? I STRONGLY encourage you to keep the current controls in place - PLEASE! Don't profit off the backs of the little guy! Isn't there enough of that obscene profiteering in our modern society already? Sincerely, Curt Gillespie Greenstone Artworks Westcliffe, Colorado

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com increase
by Thomas McGinnis Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I would like to say that I am completely against increase like these. This is of great concern considering that for people like me I have several .com for personal reasons and make no money off them. This will just increase what I have to pay to just have these for personal non-commercial use.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] do not increase the cost of .com domains
by Raluca Doniga Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi.My name is Raluca Doniga and i own a .com domain name.I am planning to start my own business and I do not have too many funds but without a website a business cannot exist in today`s day and age.There are many others like me.Please do not raise the cost of the .com domains. Encouraging small business and small entrepreneurs has done nothing but good things to every economy in the world. Thank you Sincerely, Raluca Doniga

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Transparency is essential
by Casara Andre Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Access to internet affects individuals, communities, and businesses around the world. It is an essential resource to our commercial as well as military operations. As a universal resource, wise stewardship requires that multiple voices be heard in developing regulatory policy. It is unwise and maladaptive to restrict input on global resources to a few voices. Please be aware of the need for more input on this decision! Casara Andre

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by imran hossain Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Price increase decision its brings harmful for all newbie online business. So please expunge your decision. Thank you

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

Feb. 11, 2020

This proposal seems like an out of touch cash grab. Does Verisign really need an additional $750 million per YEAR to continue doing what they are currently doing? Tech gets cheaper over time - so this is just pure profit. If ICANN needs funding ($20 mil goes to them) - just raise once by a dollar and get 10x. It also sounds like once these raises are done, more are on the way. Patrick Mills, PhD Computer Engineer

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Up and up
by Laura Seminario-Thornton Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concerns, I just register the names for small business in my community that help low income people. This fees and increases only benefit the giant sharks, leaving the small business without opportunities to grow or be noticed. Please keep our countries without increases! Laura Seminario-Thornton

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not necassary
by arne hoseth Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't up the price, since some of us have to keep the domains so we can fulfull our dreams(!) Besides since social media (people don't look up .com names but social media pages) no one can make a ton of money from keeping domains and selling it to others. Yours sincerely Arne Hoseth Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM
by Tanisha Steverson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, The internet should be affordable and accessible to everyone. Websites and the iconic “.com” has become a catalyst for promising business, extensive research, and innovative art practices. This would cause great discord and put people at extreme disadvantages on multiple levels. A pressing question that I have is. How will this pay increase be utilized to improve the domain infrastructure? What are the pros and cons of the pay increase? Are the any clear boundaries? Best, TS

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, As a consumer, I definitely would not be happy if the wholesale domain prices keep growing up. This is a monopoly business and this is certainly not fair to all consumers. Please be considerate and think from the benefit of public. Thanks, Tey Ming Jong

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase
by Joe Phonsot Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

please don’t increase the price. i cannot afford to renew all my domains with the new increase. economy is already this bad, why do you want to squeeze out more money from users like me. please go after the big companies like apple and so on. they have more cash to burn.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unethical behavior
by Simon Ingeson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Considering .com domains are so common and used by businesses and people across the globe, this proposed amendment stinks of corruption and greed. Especially when the window for public comments was kept short and the discussion was held behind closed doors. I can understand removing the form on your website as you were probably overwhelmed with comments like these. People that are very much against the proposed price hike. A proposal that can increase domain prices by 70%+ over the next decade. But if that’s any hint of where people stand, that should be it. Not to mention people on Twitter, Reddit, and others are speaking up against this. Internet is meant to be available for everyone. Raising the bar for the most common top level domain seems to go against the very foundation of what it stands for. Do the people at ICANN still have a moral compass? Or is it all about making a few more dollars for the executives of ICANN and Verisign? Please do not move forward with this amendment. Thank you. Kind regards, Simon Ingeson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Prices enhancements are not acceptable.
by Mughees Hafeez Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Prices enhancements are not acceptable. this will suffer the startups. -- *Mughees Hafeez* Chief Executive Officer Seerox *p*: +92-320-6666556 *m*: +92-305-6666220 *a*: 67, 2nd floor Kohinoor one, Faisalabad, Pakistan *w*: www.seerox.com *e*: mughees(a)seerox.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why?
by Block,Jeremy Ethan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I want to understand why this amendment is taking place. The internet has become a staple (no, a utility) to life in the US. We all use the internet with limited understanding of how it works, and the majority of its users assume a website ends in ‘.com’. The internet hosts vast repositories of information and communities rely on the technology to share ideas and concerns around the planet in seconds. This kind of access is unprecedented and facilitated by the low barrier to getting a website up and running. Sure, traditionally people needed a number of years to develop their skills in order to deploy a functional site, but this has become even easier with boilerplates and source code becoming freely available online. Most populations, particularly those on the fringes of society, are vulnerable to not knowing that the activation energy required to make their content available is increasing. Since no change this drastic happens in a vacuum, I’m willing to expect a ripple effect across the entire internet economy. By increasing the cost to maintain a common .com website, you are ensuring fewer people will be able to generate and maintain the communities they’ve come to except. The fact that this is done surreptitiously, is yet another concern. I did not realize the price of websites was inappropriate for maintaining the status quo, but if a change needed to be made I would expect it to be justified. Please elucidate what is expected to come with this price gouging technique. Will this extra cost dissolve the technological understanding between those that build the internet and those that simply use it. Will the extra cost pay for speed increases for those populations that have yet to get online? What about the environmental impact the internet demands on the planet; will you make things more efficient? Raising prices makes sense, but only if you have some justification! Please consider your reasoning and I hope to see this weighing made more clear in your amendment. I currently am not in support of this endeavor and hope you reconsider your options heavily. Jeremy Block Graduate Research Assistant University of Florida

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The rationale doesn’t support the new structure
by W Zk Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please explain more as to why this new structure is better for all parties involved.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t Raise Prices
by Richard Mott Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don’t raise prices. Regular people need to be able to afford websites.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN-Verisign contract
by Daniel Kirshner Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not understand this. If someone could explain where the fees are going and why the increase is necessary I’d at least have a chance of evaluating your proposal. I’m sure that maintaining a database of domain names and registrants must come to pennies per year, not dollars. So what is it you want to charge for? Thank you for your attention. Dan Kirshner

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Shady deals to arbitrarily increase .com domain pricing
by Brian Taylor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have just become aware of the the behind the door collusion occurring between ICANN and Verisign. We live in a technology world of open source and transparency. It is shameful for 2 companies to be operating in a vacuum and attempting to arbitrarily drive of prices to a ridiculous level. If there is a need to increase prices, that is okay, but it should be done in a fair and transparent manner, as opposed to a greedy power play by 2 players. Brian Taylor Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment
by Erik Mcnally-Reimers Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The lack of clarity around what the additional funding from amendment 3 changes will be used for is deeply concerning. Internet users deserve a deeper explanation and transparency about the costs of operating i-cann in order to justify such increases in registration fees and third party contract revenue.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Raising .com prices
by lancej＠guerillastocktrading.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't raise .com domain registration prices. Right now, almost anyone can afford a domain name and to put up a website. Raising prices reduces the capability which is the very reason the internet has become as popular as it is. Ordinary folks provide 75% of all the content on the Internet and make using the internet valuable and fun. Raising prices for .com domain registration would only serve to benefit corporations at the expense of common folks who would have increasingly difficult time at registering domains the more prices rises. Please keep .com registrations affordable for everyone. Thank you for your consideration and time. - Lance Jepsen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase prices of .com
by Hani A. Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please Do not increase .com prices. This harms me. Thanks Hani

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changes in the contract with Verisign
by Pedro Fabião Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICCAN, I want to express my deep preoccupation for the changes to the contract you have with Verisign, Inc. You’ve made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. Although ICANN has a history of making similar deals behind closed doors, and also of ignoring unified opposition against such action, we are focused on leading the fight against big price increases that will harm .COM domain users (and the Internet as a whole), making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. This will directly attack the democratic access of the internet and owning a domain, all for an additional $20 million dollars over five years Verisign agreed to pay ICANN to support its domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. I urge you to change this decision, as like me a lot of .COM domain holders will abandon this domain and we will all lose with this decision, done for a short profit of a small number of people! Looking forward hearing your answer on this, Pedro Pinto

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the increase of pricing on .com's
by Tiffany Nelson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi I strongly disagree and the price increase of .com’s. Thank you, Tiffany Nelson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase the price
by Nang Edw Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Don't make any decisions that will increase the domain price.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Leave the prices the way they are
by Ovidiu Floca Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You already make a lot of money from the .com domain. Don't mess with small businesses because they will be affected the most. Thank you!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not increase .com prices
by Taidgh De Carne Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not increase .com prices. This will make it harder and harder for people to run their businesses and protect their intelectual property. Thank you Taidgh

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I strongly oppose Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. These are my concerns with this new agreement: 1. Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years which means that .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade 2. This agreement also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, making .COM domains out of reach of general public 3. As I understand, this agreement is to generate a whopping $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN's domain name system initiatives. But there is no clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure 4. I am very concerned that given the significant impact of these price increases on the Internet for years to come, only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision Thanks, Vipul Seth

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] OPPOSED TO RAISING PRICES
by Shawn Allen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am opposed to the inflation of prices in regards to the .com domains. This raise will further push small business to leave a web platform and utilize services such as Facebook and Instagram exclusively. Shawn Allen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN increase
by Giles Freeman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't raise prices for the .com registries. We need these prices to be as affordable as possible please. Regards, Giles

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domain price
by Sara Moinhos Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I’m a photographer with a .com domain. Do not increase the pricing please, it’s enough like it is

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

Feb. 11, 2020

The ICANN is suppose to act in the public interest not be taking $20 million bribes from Verisign. I strongly oppose the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement and this price hike of .com (TDLs) when domain prices should be going down not up. This is a shady deal and a price-gouge attempt by Verisign - when small businesses and creators rely on the current system which makes the internet what it is today. Removing price caps will push small businesses and creators into using free services like Facebook and that will hurt the internet as a whole massively. It will become full of just big corporations who can afford it and push more small contributors onto Facebook and other free services. 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 Tae 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. Tae Park New York, New York, United States

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I hereby oppose the "Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement”. It will drive a hegemonic gap in this sphere across the internet over the decades to come. At a time when we should be more unified as a species, this creates more division, once again, for profiteering purposes. Yours sincerely, Christopher Price

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org
by multanto Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I am a registrant of many .com domain name over last 25 years, all for mostly personal use in Indonesia. 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.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases
by Renato Bryant Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have been informed with surprise that changes in the contract with the company that operates the .COM top level-domain (TLD), will cause prices for the .COM domain to significantly increase. Being the owner a web-based small business, I respectfully request your reconsideration because higher prices will mean less opportunity for us to grow. Regards/R.Bryant. Sent from Windows Mail

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] COM price increase
by Js Lim Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

------------------------------ 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.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dear ICANN Board of Idiots
by Sin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Let's keep this short, don't do this deal with Verisign. It's a bitch move. Regards.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't raise prices on domains
by Blaire Masztalar Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com verisign deal
by Christian Wacker Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am unhappy to learn that verisign can increase prices on .com domains with the proposed changes, without any of the domain resellers being consulted about the potential changes. Please add some wording that prevents unreasonable increases in prices and caps total price increases to help keep small businesses able to afford owning .com domains without making it impossible or unreachable. Thank you.

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