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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO PRICE INCREASES
by Nathan Lile Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

These significant changes to .COM domains were done behind closed doors and are inappropriate! Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t raise prices
by Romain Combes Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Please keep domain prices the same. We are not cows that you can milk and we will find other ways to avoid spending too much money. Don’t be like the french governement who don’t listen to its people and will soon be fired as a consequence. Be responsible. Envoyé de mon iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NOT COOL
by tim.beaufoy＠live.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We've already seen too many price increases across the internet in the past year or two. Everyone wants their hand in the pockets of those they rely on but nobody asked for your hand in our pockets! We've already been steady with the price of .COM domains, they should be decreasing, NOT increasing since it's already a saturated market! This is a shady deal and goes against the public interest! STOP THE CORRUPTION before it's too late! Nobody asked for this, NOBODY wants it!! NOBODY needs it! Tim B

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't allow Verizon to increase .com fees
by Chip Paswater Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't allow Verizon to increase .com fees

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price increase
by Wick Perry Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The internet is a pseudo-public utility. A price increase without a transparent public reason (e.g. increases in admin or technical overhead) is inherently unethical. Thank you, Joseph Perry

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DO NOT CHANGE .COM DOMAINS
by cihan solbudak Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not make changes to .com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to proposed changes to .com pricing
by Oliver Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please be advised that I am opposed to the proposed agreement made between ICANN and Verisign, and the price increases that will follow. I have purchased and held domain names for nearly 20 years, and feel I am a stakeholder in the internet and domain community. Decisions that affect me and other domain purchasers should not be made in secret and foisted upon us with no input from us, the customers who ultimately bear the burden of such changes. Please reconsider this agreement and include us in discussions for a more open and fair process. Thank you, Maria Oliver

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Registry Increases
by bobf Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It seems prudent to increase prices if the parties involved are losing money while offering the same services. Are they? It seems prudent to increase prices if the parties involved, offering the same services, are making less profit each year due to static pricing. Are they? A seven percent a year increase seems overly excessive considering the yearly changes in cost of living. It seems to me to be an arbitrary increase without offering any reasons for the increase. Simply saying the price has not increased for a period of years is less than helpful. How much have profits risen over those years? You appear to be asking for comments without offering information upon which to create an opinion and share it in the comments. Am I wrong? If so, please let me know. Thank you for your time. Have a great day! Bob Frenock Oregon Truffle Tryst Farm To all recipients and viewers of this email message, whether reading this legally or illegally, including all Federal, State, Local or other law enforcement agencies: everything in this email is intended as fiction and for the sole pleasure and/or entertainment of the writer and/or recipient(s). Any and all views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of the writer or the recipient(s) and should not be construed as an endorsement of, or an admission to, any activity or belief, or to represent any persons, groups or other associations whether real or fictional.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I disagree on the .COM price increases
by Juan Miguel de la Cruz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I believe the increase in price of .COM domains will make the internet a far worse place than it already is. We risk promoting further centralisation of online domains in business only to the rich and already established companies when the internet is supposed to be for the people. A concerned citizen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposed to price increase
by Andy Huang Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi there; I am opposed to the current proposal of price increase with a cap of $10.26 per year by 2026. Despite inflation and increased cost of human labor, the cost for compute and storage has gotten significantly cheaper over the past years, and this trend will continue, and thus the increase cost of domain registration maintenance. This is a simple economics of scale problem. If we're talking about managing 1000 domains, I can see that cost increase as a valid concern to keep up with the cost of inflation and cost of human labor; however, we're talking about managing millions and billions of domains, and makes the cost adjustment unreasonable. I do support an increase from the current $7.85 to a future $9.50 price point, such that it keeps pace with inflation for the next 10 years. Thanks, Andy Huang

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 35
by Brian Harris Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

A 30% price increase for domain registration over the next few years is inappropriate, unethical, and unacceptable. If I increased the price of my products by 30% I would be out of business. Please refrain from such abusive action that appears to lack transparency. Thanks, Brian

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am concerned about allowing Verisign, which effectively has a monopoly on the .COM registry, to make significant price increases (7% per year, well above the rate of inflation), especially considering that the cost of computing and connectivity continues to decrease rapidly. I also do not see how Verisign will provide meaningful added value to customers, as a result of these price increases. Thank you for listening. Regards, John

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No!
by Jon Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This change should not happen! You are just leeching from the internet now! Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .Com Price increase
by Kevin Collins Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It is my understanding that you've made a deal with Verisign that would allow them to raise prices on .COM domains over the next 10 years. This is not acceptable. The cost of technology gets cheaper every year and you want to raise the price? It should be lowered if anything! It will hurt many small business owners and is nothing more than a tax increase. It's decisions like this that get people in an uproar and you're going to find yourselves getting heavily regulated. I hope you see your way clear to reject this very bad idea. Best Regards, Kevin Collins President WebMarketingXperts.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't raise .com prices!
by Yuri Moreno Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase.com prices
by Jackie Noelke Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You will be hurting small business and therefore the economy Jackie Noelke, M.A., EdD Co-founder of ND Community https://www.ndcommunity.com

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, This was recently brought to my attention. I do NOT agree with the proposed hike. I am a registrant of a few .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. I believe that 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. Shon McCray El Sobrante, California United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I will never use .com again if this goes ahead
by John Frazer Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If you proceed with this, I will never buy another .com domain. There are so many alternatives now it would make no sense to do so under these ridiculous proposals.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I wholeheartedly oppose the new price increase arrangement with Verisign for .COM domains. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] COM amendment-3-03
by Administrator Knapped Stone Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As the owner of two domain names intended for use in currently not for profit websites for amateur historians I am happy for any improvements in the security, stability and resiliency of the DNS. I also respect the need for the regulation of those services to recover the costs of doing so but I trust that prices will not be made prohibitive to various users of these services. At this point in time I am not knowledgeable enough to make any comments on the specifics of the agreements nor to make any suggestions for improvements. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not cool
by AbiusX Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please dont make unilateral decisions.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] A comment against increased .com prices
by Edwin Morris Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I’m against this change. I don’t believe the price for .coms should be increased simply for the enrichment of ICANN. Keeping websites and the internet cheap and accessible to all is key for a healthy web.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Cost increases
by Virginia Bing Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not raise rates of web name registration. This is a vital service to small business and non profits that I represent. Alternatively please provide public engagement before raising internet name rates. Keep rate hikes limited and on sliding scale based on customer ability to pay. Virginia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on the Proposed Amendment 3
by Matheus Saldanha Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Greetings, *I oppose the amendment as it is.* The Amendment is overly vague and gives no guarantees that the supposed improvements will be indeed achieved. Also, ICANN is proving itself as a terribly non-transparent institution, which is absolutely unacceptable considering the public interest involved into what ICANN manages. I do not want to believe ICANN is trying to achieve profits to use for private purposes, but what you are doing to the .com domain clearly points to such a case being true Please make an amendment that is fair to all parties involved: Verisign, ICANN and the enormous number of people currently using the .com domain. Kind regards, Matheus H. J. Saldanha Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences University of São Paulo

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not instigate a yearly cost increase for .com domain
by Brent Crotts Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not raise the yearly cost for .com domains. If anything your administration costs should be diminishing not raising due to the technology available to manager the businesses at ICANN. Thank you, Brent

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop .com Price increase
by Vazric Velijan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dont make the room for price increase on .com domain and money that there is no control over it and will just be spent on whatever some individual wants. This is a dictator ship ,and MonopolyPlease stop this amendment from getting approved. Vazric V

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Price Increase to .COM
by Primary Mark Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am opposed to this radical price increase for .COM registrations, that has been proposed without broad industry support or consultation. The price increases will be damaging to Internet entrepreneurs and will stifle small business. Regards, -Mark Lindsey Web Designer and Web Business Owner

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] High Price
by Göksel Tığlı Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We don’t want to high price for .com tlds. Please be a transparent. Please decide for us.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I have a small business running and I can barely pay my yearly domain renewal. My business is targeted at small businesses like mine to whom online presence will make a difference. Our income is not so much. Sometimes it is not even enough. We cannot afford the additional burden of added cost to our domain name renewal. Kindly keep it down and not implement your plan to increase price. Thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No increase in price of .com domains pls
by tobi giwa Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

No increase in price of .com domains pls Kind regards Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by 2144902529＠mms.att.net Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I don't find your decision and cost increase impacts behind closed doors to be a transparent and beneficial behavior of the organization's that .coms have looked to to manage the internet's best interests. It is wrong and corrupt that you have gone behind our backs to squeeze from us, your end users, unfair and lavish increase of fees year after year to line your pocket without any comissorating benefit or recompense to all of us who have funded you since this market opened. Instead you just bleed our money from us until we no longer have heart to continue. I don't know how I can survive with such backstabbing market at its head. I will indeed defend what is rightfully mine to use without k

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] STRONGLY DISAGREE FOR INCREASE PRICE IN DOMAIN CHARGES
by joinol.mitch＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

STRONGLY DISAGREE FOR INCREASE PRICE IN DOMAIN CHARGES Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to the price increase
by Brian Elliot Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, When I heard of the upcoming price increase for .com domains, I was very disappointed to hear. The affordable prices of .com domains has allowed me to create several businesses with very little capital, and has democratized that opportunity for everyone. I strongly oppose the proposed price increases. Thanks, Brian

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not rise the prices
by Carlos Villegas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The average cost of $15 is already high for something that you must keep paying annually. Please keep the prices low, and be transparent.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I do not agree with the price increases.
by Daniel Argumedo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I hereby wish to report my discomfort due to the intention of increasing the prices of the .com domain registration services. I want to start by saying that this would bring serious consequences regarding the development of many students, small and medium entrepreneurs, since by increasing these costs, we will find ourselves in the painful task of using other types of free web domains or at a lower cost, such that we will expose our personal information. For the above reasons and those who believe all people who disagree with this increase, I formally request that this increase not be made. Thanks in advance. Daniel Argumedo, *Analista de Compras.* *Téc. Instrumentación y **Automatización** Industrial* p1: (+57) 304 641-1250 p2: (+57) 321 443-7410 eG: argumedo.195(a)gmail.com eH: argumedo.195(a)hotmail.com [image: Linkedin] This e-mail message may contain confidential or legally privileged information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is prohibited. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, or contain viruses. Anyone who communicates with us by e-mail is deemed to have accepted these risks. Daniel Argumedo is not responsible for errors or omissions in this message and denies any responsibility for any damage arising from the use of e-mail. Any opinion and other statement contained in this message and any attachment are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases
by Fast Moose [Admin] Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, Why do you need to do this increase? .COM Price in fact should drop instead spike as you have more customers. Please reconsider. Berker Dundar Fast Moose E: admin(a)fastmoose.com W: www.fastmoose.com <http://www.fastmoose.com/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com future price increases
by RALPH D KLONZ Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Not happy with the proposed price increases for .com domains There has to be a different better way Sent from my iPhone

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello ICANN, Please stop making price increase deals with Verisign behind closed doors! DO NOT Allows .COM Price Increases!!! Regards, Alexander Umanets Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increases to .com
by Joan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Where do you get the right to unilaterally change the price on .com domain names behind closed doors without public input or approval? Seriously are you related to Donald Trump? This is Canada not some country run by a demigod. STOP this insanity! I will change my 10 .com sites to a .ca or .info if you do this and you will lose money instead of robbing online entrepreneurs like you plan to. How disgusting. Joan White

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

Feb. 11, 2020

The plan to increase .COM prices sounds like a bad idea fueled by a conflict of interest. Verisign puts money towards ICANN who then sets industry rules and standards that benefit Verisign. It doesn't sound like a move that is being made to benefit the industry, the internet, or it's users. It sounds like a move to benefit two companies involved in the deal and that's about it. Andy

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Extremely disappointed
by Drake H Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am extremely disappointed in the prioritization of revenue over the accessibility of getting a presence on the web. COM domains are one of the most popular and well-regarded TLDs. Millions of people and organizations, small and large, depend on them to conduct their day to day business. I find it grossly disgusting for you to be taking advantage of your stewardship of this resource simply because a large corporation offered you money. I hope that you will take your responsibilities seriously and not trade the accessibilty of the web for a few million dollars.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't increase domain prices this way
by Jeffrey Lipnick Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I'm unsettled by the recent deal ICANN has made with Verisign. As someone who owns a domain name and potentially future ones, I'm concerned that this deal only benefits you and not your customers. By being able to increase prices 70% over the next ten years, you are going to make it more and more difficult for small business owners to afford good domain names. Please don't implement a change like this that will be a detriment to small business owners. Thanks, Jeff

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Open Comment Period--Objections
by This Star Won't Go Out Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I understand that ICANN has announced significant changes to its contract with Verisign, Inc., and that these changes were made privately, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the community or Internet users. As the director of a nonprofit organization supporting families diagnosed with cancer, I STRONGLY OBJECT to the indicated price increases that will harm my organization, and those dependent on using the Internet as a whole. With .com domains making up 40% of all registered domain names online, this decision will affect most of us. While our primary domain is a .org, we have other programs registered under .com addresses--everyone knows that the advantage of using .com is a greater reach and public use. My understanding is that the agreement with Verisign will allow for increase in domain fees every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and allow wholesale domain prices to grow by more than 70% over the next 10 years. This will absolutely price typical users like me completely out of the market for .com domains. It seems clear that ICANN is benefiting from these changes, yet there doesn't seem to be clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will oversee that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. I object to this decision, and feel it will create an unfair burden to many nonprofits, small business users, and community organizations that depend on the internet for outreach, fundraising, and more. A much more modest agreement should be considered, one that will not harm typical users like us. Lori Earl Executive Director This Star Won't Go Out 118 Billings Street Quincy MA 02171 TSWGO.org

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep price controls for .COM
by Sarah Rowlands Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

There are already too many fees associated with buying a .COM and having a website. Removing price controls for the majority of website domains means many small businesses will suffer, in an age where having a digital presence is of increasing importance. How is this benefiting ANYONE except ICANN? How will ICANN even spend the money? Keep price controls for .COM! Sarah Rowlands

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Increases
by Andrew Thomas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

While security is important, I do not see how the price increases would improve security. Aa a registrant, I am not in favor of the increases. Andrew Thomas ------ This email has been scanned for spam and malware by The Email Laundry.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Contract with Verisign, Inc.
by Elise S Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I strongly oppose the recent changes made to the ICANN contract with Verisign. It is terrible for ICANN to make these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. I cannot support changes that will make .COM wholesale domain prices grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade. I also oppose the other price increases the contract allows for. These changes will ultimately make .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everyone. It is very shady for Verisign to agree to pay 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. These changes should be retracted immediately. Thank you, Elise Sumulong

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Bad decision
by ian.muldoon＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I think this is a bad decision for the future of the internet. Domains should not be prohibitively expensive for start-ups and small business to buy, and I'm afraid that's exactly what will happen with the proposed changes. Thanks, Ian Muldoon

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I'm against the price increase of .com domain registration.
by IntBoat Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I'm against the price increase of .com domain registration.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Apposed to amendment 3
by Emery Coughtry Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is ludicrous and I ask you impose more restrictions on than what's currently listed for domain pricing increases. As a small business, we can't afford the domain name increases proposed and would use a different tld if required

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