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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't Increase ".com" domain price
by Sagar Basak Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of many .com domain names over the last few years, all for mostly personal use. I am against the proposed price increase of .COM domains. No one other than Verisign wants increases in .COM prices. The current rate is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. Do not increase the .com domain price! Regards, ___________________________ *Sagar Basak* Founder & CEO *Waobe - The SEO Company* Email Address: sagar(a)waobe.com | Waobe.com <https://waobe.com/> Mobile #: +91 7384 564305

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

Feb. 11, 2020

The lack of transparency of such an issue is sad to see. This would affect all business from large to small whether they play in the internet space or not. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with this Amendment. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Price Increase
by Mike Monnie Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed price increase is way too high for a sole proprietor of a business. Mike Monnie

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please dont increase prices of .com
by Rohit Tripathi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, India is a 3rd world country. An increase in prices for .com would significantly affect our customers and business. Thank you

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domain price change
by Doe Pyi Thu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello sir, I'm from Myanmar (slow developing country). I love to buy .com domain from namecheap. please don't increase price. I cannot buy if price increase. please sell at current price. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dan Kelly 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 a 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. Dan Kelly Parker, CO

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

Feb. 11, 2020

You should be lowering registry prices; quit being greedy. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is unacceptable
by vishnu udayan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi there, It’s hard to believe this decision. This will definitely affect a lot of people who do the online business in a low scale. This is a huge blow to them. Then the Internet is becoming less accessible to public in one way due to this. Pathetic!!! Thanks Vishnu

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

Feb. 11, 2020

ICANN: Objection: I object to Proposed Amendment 3s allowance for Verisign to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, with the prospect of additional increases, as well. Reasons for Objection: There are two reasons for my objection. First, the proposed price increases would make .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody. This runs contrary to the independent, equalizing fabric of the Internetthe greatest advancement of freedom in our time. Second, along with Proposed Amendment 3, Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $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. As this does not avoid the appearance of impropriety, it diminishes popular trust for ICANN and could subject ICANN to unnecessary governmental scrutiny. If ICANN just stays open, honest, and transparent, ICANNs trust is less likely to erode and governments will be less likely to feel the need to intervene in ICANN affairs. Best wishes, Jason Fuller Confidentiality Notice: This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and is confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email or phone and then destroy all copies of the original message. When the passions become masters, they are vices. ~ Blaise Pascal

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on proposed contract it has with Verisign, Inc.
by Aaron Harlow Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I, and my company, oppose the proposed contract. As a holder and manager of over 100 domains, price increases and ambiguous changes represent a huge liability for me and my customers most of all. A new open and fair deal should be reached with the concerns and interests of customers and end users in mind. This current deal is unacceptable and we will do all we can to stand against it. Do the right thing and pursue modest and controlled price increases in accordance with increase in business expenses and inflation. Aaron Harlow

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep Prices Down for Domains and Stop Corrupt Monopolizing
by Doug Parris Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Accepting large amounts of money from the main benefactor of your policies (Verisign) is a conflict of interest and a form of corruption. We need competition and transparency! Thank you, Doug Parris

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

Feb. 11, 2020

This is absolutely unjustified. A .com name is inanimate and holds no service requirement other than records keeping. There is nothing here but a desire to increase costs to owners with no value add. I vote no and expect anyone representing the .com owners to vote no to this idea as well. 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. Bob Miltenberger President and CEO of Nearshorenetworks Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina United States

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please keep rates down
by icann＠afx7.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

There is not much to say, prices of domains are high as it is. Since there is no competition the prices need to be fair. Please do not allow them to raise the prices as outline. Thanks, Anthony

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not approve the proposed amendment. The .COM registry is hard enough for smaller companies to participate in. Raising the prices would only hamper them more. I have worked with Verisign in the past and found them to be a very difficult company to work with. I do not support them being the primary .COM registrar and definitely not for them to increase fees. Jeff Rader Director of Communications Sunset International Bible Institute 3723 34th St. Lubbock, TX 79407 806-788-3224

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Patrick Plaggenborg 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. Patrick Plaggenborg Amsterdam, North Holland Netherlands

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by adsas asdasd Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Price hike is too much

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Dan Kelly Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Don't increase prices for .com domains, please. Thanks, Dan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase prices for .com domains
by Maxat Ku Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello! Do not increase prices for .com domains. We do not need any more cost increases when it comes to owning and registering a domain. It's already way too expensive to host own .com domain.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Anti consumer practices of ICANN
by A concerned user Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have great concerns in all these anti consumer practices from ICANN lately. Clearly the US corruption is spreading wider and wider. I hope the EU soon interferes and ensures proper consumer rights since ICANN and by extension the US clearly are a poor guardian of the internet. Who benefits from these proposed changes? I think it is a very safe bet that some folks at the top of both ICANN and Verisign are the only ones on that list.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
by Sedov Sergey Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to increment pleaae
by boanerge Bolu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This increment is not so good for us at this point in time... We appreciate the great work you do in the background, But increasing purchase price at this point in time is not good for us... Will be glad if this can be reversed... Thanks...

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. If prices are raised, it'll be the end of my business. MIKE ALLISONChinoSent from my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android Device

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do NOT Adopt Proposed Amendment 3
by Derek Dunwiddie 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. *Derek Dunwiddie* (c) 314.520.2288

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against future .com increases
by Benjamin Tomassen Nordahl Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern. The .com domain is a central part of the internet and should remain accessible for anyone to use, no matter what their socio-economic status is. With this price increase you run the risk of increasing the wealth disparity and inequality around the world. .com should therefore remain at a low and accessible price for everyone. Best regards, Benjamin T. Nordahl

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to Proposed Amendment 3
by sodah＠disroot.org 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.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by DCM Services Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't increase these prices. I can't stay in business Regards, DCM Services, Inc.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against the .Com Domain price increase
by Ramanjit Singh Lamba Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, As you're already well aware that over 40% of all registered domain names are .com, you would, I'm certain, fully appreciate the cascading increase in prices this agreement would result in. We therefore, oppose this amendment and urge you to kindly consider alternate revenue generation channels. With hope -- /*Ramanjit Singh Lamba Ph: +353(0)877959804*/ /*Email: ramanjit81(a)gmail.com <mailto:rslamba2006@yahoo.ie>*/

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

Feb. 11, 2020

To ICANN, and to whom it may concern: I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. My registrar, NameCheap, let me know that community input was not solicited as part of this initiative. Thank you for welcoming community input at this point. Sincerely, Nathan Shiff Michigan, USA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases.
by Amy Brown Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

As a small software development company I purchase domain names based on new product ideas. Increasing the cost of .com domains will make it even more difficult to maintain our domain portfolio. This increasing cost will pose an additional hurdle to all startups and innovation ideas. Affecting personal sites as well. -Amy

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increase is not acceptable
by Md. Aftabul Islam Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Without clearly specifying what exactly would be done, the price increase is not acceptable. Besides, Verisign, there should be other organisations to enhance competition. There must not be a monopoly in USA.

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3-03
by Wild, Rodney Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Amendment 3-03 seems like a money grab to me, off of everyone that owns a domain. It seems like there is a genuine lack of visibility as to why this is needed? I know by past indications where icann has allowed registrars to sell privacy for .com addresses when many other domain extensions offer it for free. It would seem to be that the gov should get involved. Rodney Wild | IT Support [Cyba Stevens Logo 2015 - small]<http://www.cybastevens.com/> C: 403-615-9176 VANCOUVER| CALGARY | TORONTO| MONTREAL

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Protest about raising dot com prices
by Tom Dov Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I'm having 2 sites which I'm having on dot com. I'm very against about raising the prices, not only for my own good (I'll be closing those sites if prices raise) , but for many good small sites i know about from friends that today exist and they won't keep up if prices go up. Please reconsider! Thanks, Tom Dov

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is unreasonable
by Sakthi Vignesh Radhakrishnan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Such a internet wide impact decision should not be taken by just two entities. This needs to be better regulated with more parties being able to pitch their voice.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Bob Miltenberger Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is absolutely unjustified. A .com name is inanimate and holds no service requirement other than records keeping. There is nothing here but a desire to increase costs to owners with no value add. I vote no and expect anyone representing the .com owners to vote no to this idea as well.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dennis Brand 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. Brand Dennis Bonn, North RhineHamburg-Westphalia Germany Dennis Brand brand MARINE CONSULTANTS GmbH +49 172 40 50 145

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I am from a developing nation and feel that this amendment will eventually make .com domains unaffordable to me and other people of my country.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Mike Paul 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. Mike Paul Louisville, Kentucky Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .Com Price Changes
by Angel Pupplo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am writing to let you know that I think it was sneaky to try to change in secret without hearing from those of us who use these .com addresses. There should be a cap so that everyone who wants a .com can afford them. There should not be any prices raises at all to these. Angel

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please keep the annual fee very low or consider a more flexible charging system for the .COM top level domain that will keep it accessible to individuals and small businesses. Thank you, JR

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] icnn
by MD. RAFIQUL ISLAM RAFI Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, we don't want our .com prices to rise. Help us with the service at a previous price.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on ICANN/Verisign .com Price Increases
by Andrew Posmontier Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a student, programmer, software researcher and .com domain owner who relies on reasonably priced domains in order to get my work out into the world. Unilateral price increases like the ones proposed in the ICANN/Verisign deal will do serious harm to my ability to do business and document my work, as well as getting in the way of recreation and personal websites. I vigorously object to deals like this made without any concern for or consultation with users like me. Andrew Posmontier

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] You're Hurting Small Businesses
by KIM TUMEY Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Why would you increase prices knowing small businesses are the backbone of America?

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, As the holder of quite some domains for quite some time, I feel like letting those prices rise with the proposed rates is very detrimental to smaller parties and private parties. Making them unable to own (for now the .com domain, but many will follow) any of the more popular domain names. Essentially this proposal gives VeriSign free reign to become a complete monopoly on the .com domain at unreachable prices for anyone but the large enterprise. In the past the .com domain is the standard and this means some very old hobby projects will lose their domain since the they can no longer afford the price and we all know how important names are, changing a domain while retaining traffic is not easy. It sets a very bad precedent, and since .com is part of the “core” of the domain namespace and many others are looking to what going to happen, I feel like there should be a lot of restraint from deviating from the status quo when it might have detrimental effects on the accessibility of .com domains. Since the effects will spread. Kind regards, Erwin de Haan

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. If anything, the cost for this should in fact be reducing. Albert Surovik Caldwell,Texas United States Albert

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] mailto:comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org
by Praxis | Darian 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. Yours truly, Darian Reck

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello Jordan, 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. Please take this feedback into consideration. Thank you. Jordan Ettinger Victoria, British Columbia Canada

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a .com registrant and am associated with the secondary market. 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 - and already makes profits at current price levels in excess of the operating needs to maintain a registry. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. The public has a vested interest in reasonably priced domain registrations to foster innovation on the internet and allow the individuals to maintain a presence on the web.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Feedback
by Shukry Zablah Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Pls don't make things that will increase the price of my domain.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Opinion on the Proposed .Com Price Increase
by Anne Jan Hempenius Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I would like to voice my opinion on the price increase. It shouldn't happen. Thanks

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment - Kirby Best
by Kirby Best Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, According to this new agreement, 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. > What additional benefit to the public will coincide with these increases? Managing a public good like domain registration means that you have to act as a good caretaker. It would be one thing if there was some new benefit to the public that would justify years of cost increases. Instead it seems like you're using your near-monopoly to allow a private company to extract profits for no discernible reason. 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 think the proposed changes will be a net negative. Thank you, Kirby Best

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