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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Impact of increased fees
by Hafiz Waheed ud din Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam, This increase is not actually going to benefit you in the long run but it will actually discourage people to use their domain names and instead they will start using other platforms like FB etc. In fact, they are already doing this. And at this point I think it will increase this transfer. But at the same time I understand that earning from this is also required for you. So just make this increase in price less. That's what I think is better option. thanks, -- Hafiz Waheeduddin

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to domain name price increase
by Gist Dom Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed price increase does not go well with the open internet goal. It doesn't have to be. The negotiations, and decisions happening without domain registrars notice or knowledge, and the nebulosity surrounding how the funds will be spent makes it a big NO!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop Verisign deal
by Arkadi Pasternak Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Such changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come, and only you, ICANN, and Verisign have participated in this decision. Really? You need to allow others to participate in this discussion. Internet is public domain, or are we in China? If it's true what I read, your decision can bring me 70% price increase for each of my domains. And for what? The money you receive, who is going to monitor that those gains are going to support domain infrastructure instead of landing into your Executives' pockets or being overspent? Stop breeding corruption and open this to public. Arkai Pasternak

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] TLD.com Price Raise
by Farhan Sidiqui Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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

Feb. 11, 2020

It is disappointing to know about the drastic price increase. It is just like a landlord increasing the rent when a brick and mortar business starts to prosper. Please register my protest against an unfair price increase. Regards Najam Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] What the heck
by shivansh deshmukh Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against the price increase of .com domain names. I even struggling to pay yearly fees of 10$ but what will happen if the fees increases. Please don't do this. For the shake of internet.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] mailto:comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org?body=
by Dmitra Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of several .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. 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. -- Adrian Dmitra Stockholm, Sweden

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please do not increase .com domain pricing
by Sunil Mahjan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not increase .com domain pricing Thanks, Sunil

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am associated with the secondary market in domain names. 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. Stephan Rügamer Berlin

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I have a website that is a .com. I do not earn money from it, nor do I want to. It is a website for my personal needs. A simple blog that talks about my father, a victim of a horrible crime. I swore to him his story would be told and remembered on his website. He was lucky enough to see it and has since passed away. The site has been open since 2016. He passed in 2017. He is a victim without a voice. Through me, he has words. By raising prices on all sites, you deprive people, like me, of being able to simply have a voice. Cyberspace isnt just for personal profit. Its a voice. My dads site will never rank one on google. It won't make money. But it is something that I feel has a right to be affordable and available. Please reconsider charging more for all. Thank you. Tomika Endelderlyabuse.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] RATE INCREASES
by James K. Johnson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Greetings: Please do not raise rates for the consumers that use the Internet. Thank you for your services you offer Americans. James K. Johnson

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

Feb. 11, 2020

It is disgraceful how ICANN ignored previous comments! I want to KNOW how ICANN spends all those money. There's no transparency at all. I think it is time ICANN be dissolved and the service lead by a more effective group and/or automated technology. I'm against the new "Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement" Georgi Todorov

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase prices!
by Ragav, Nikil Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The new policy proposal of allowing verisign to continually increase .COM renewal process 8 out of 10 years is cost-prohibitive for young business and a very confusing and misleading practice.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Cartels are not good for business and very anti capitalist. I hope you reconsider this deal which is terrible for the end user and all intermediaries. Thanks, Mark NOTE: Typed on a mobile phone with fat thumbs. Gibberish may be accidental.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domains price
by Muhammad Faheem Akhtar Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, A couple of months ago I read the news about it.ORG domains and how all these things happened. ICANN did not listen to the public and now it is .COM domain. The internet was meant to be a public place not owned by a corporation. You guys, on which the public trusted all over the decades are now breaking it by selling removing the cap for money? As a public internet user, this is not acceptable and it will only hurt the public in the long run. It is also not guaranteed that Verisign or any other corporation will not steal domain from the organization to sell them at higher prices. Please stop. Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, JavaScript Developer, hi(a)faheem.dev https://faheem.dev

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the increase
by Om My Vitality Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is shady! Don’t move forward with this! Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO
by Rodi Ctn Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

NONONO

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on .COM Registry Agreement
by dubravko firm Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I strongly belive that .com domains should stay accesible with price for all Internet users, and I oppose to any price increase Kind regards Dario Mihaljevic Poslano iz programa Pošta<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> za Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to price increase.
by Immaculate Emmanuel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

NO to price increase of any form to the dot com website!!!!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection
by Sean Chok Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Unless ICANN and Verisign can reasonably justify such price increases in the interests of the public, such a closed-door deal cannot be allowed to pass. -- Thanks & best regards, Sean Chok LinkedIn Profile Link <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-chok-9035b2144>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the increase in hike for .com domains
by Sid Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, The recent changes imposed on price hikes for .com domains will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision. This is totally UNFAIR and we want you to take this decision back. This is not a way to make money for sure... We the internet user community strongly reject this. We arent going to stop here if you dont roll back the changes.. Regards, Siddharth

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disagree by the increase in the price of .COM domains
by Pablo Chancafe S. Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear I disagree about the increase in prices for .COM domains; not only for me, but for the hundreds of people and companies that use these domains for our companies, doing this will make less accessible to 80% of small and medium-sized companies do not have their own domain, on the contrary they should focus their efforts and together with wholesale companies that sell domains, try to reach hundreds of companies in all countries to have a website, that would help increase their income and not only with a price increase that will generate fewer people wanting to acquire a domain. Saludos Cordiales Brochure Aress <https://www.flipsnack.com/AressSAC/brochure-productos-aress.html> Brochure Sopladores <https://www.flipsnack.com/AressSAC/brochure-sopladores-aress.html>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3 to .com Registry Agreement
by Flagg M Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom It May Concern, I urge ICANN to rescind its bid to increase rates on .com domains. Users like myself, a professor at a public university, depend on .com domain sites in order to disseminate our work to audiences. A true democracy depends on an informed electorate, and the results from research funded by American taxpayers are of value to the public good. Public universities struggling to meet the demands of a growing population cannot foot the bill for this effort alone. Corporations in positions of preserving and disseminating public knowledge have a responsibility to operate through due process; in this case ICANN’s clients and partners were not consulted adequately. Thank you. Regards, Flagg Professor of Religious Studies University of California, Davis One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 tel: +27 66-073-3315 +01-530-574-3758 “Terrorist Violence and the Enrollment of Psychology in Predicting Muslim Extremism,” Critical Studies on Terrorism (2018) <https://langlit.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/profiles/files/miller_artic…> The Audacious Ascetic: What the bin Laden Tapes Reveal about Al-Qa`ida <https://www.amazon.com/Audacious-Ascetic-Laden-Reveal-Al-Qaida/dp/0190264365> The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen <https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Resonance-Arab-Media-Audiocassette/dp/09328853…> http://religiongradgroup.ucdavis.edu/people/profile/239 <https://religiongradgroup.ucdavis.edu/people/profile/239>

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

Feb. 11, 2020

No more price increases. Period. -Terry Kingry

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3
by Harry Bolingot Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I would like to express my opposition to the amendment that would increase the prices of .COM domain names. Please don’t do this :( — Harold Jay "Harry" Bolingot Mobile: +81 80 8708 2109 (Japan), +63 915 081 1169 (Philippines)

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Agreement With verisign
by umer zahid Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello Concerned; I am user of namecheap and holder of multiple .com domains. I highly condemn the agreement which allows verisign to increase prices 8 out of 10 years and beyond. The price increase if unavoidable should be under given limits and transparency. Such price increase with no apparent accountability seems dangerous. Best Muhammad Umer Zahid Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please reconsider: TLD price increase
by Abhilash Scariya Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sirs, I have greatly benefitted from the existing rates for TLD pricing. As a single individual working in a software company, I use a personalized email address to boost my professional image. I can understand a marginal increase in price (say 5% every 5 years). But the new proposal for price increases will make owning a TLD expensive for me in the coming years. The same inconvenience would apply to my freelancer friends who rely on affordable pricing so that they can earn their livelihood. Please reconsider the price increase so that individuals like us do not find it difficult. Thanks, Abhilash mail(a)ascariya.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No price increases
by James Bundy Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am not okay with price increases especially when they are shrouded in secret deals done without full transparency to the public that such transactions end up affecting. I respectfully request that .com prices do not increase. There is plenty of money to be made without exploiting the general public. Thanks, James Bundy

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Price Increases
by The Nutrition Salon Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Unfair. Unethical. Shameful.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposed to Amendment 3
by Lauri Falck Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear recipient, I would like to inform you of my opposition to the planned Amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement. Best regards, Lauri Falck Sent from my iPhone

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I object strenuously to any proposal that would allow wholesale .com domain registration fees to rise. --------------------------------- Eric T. MacKnight Teacher & Writer http://www.EricMacKnight.com/ Twitter: @ericmacknight Skype: erictmacknight(a)gmail.com

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I oppose ICANN's proposed price increase which will make it more expensive for websites with a .COM domain. Any price increases of hosting or domain names will have a chilling effect on on-line commerce. Laurian Edan

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, How dare you do this to us? Please respect yourself and us. Best wishes, Abdulaziz Allhybi Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price increase of .com domains
by Rajat Khare Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I have been an active internet user for the past decade. I have bought multiple .com domains and would have continued to do so but this decision of allowing Verisign to hike the prices would deter me from buying more. I read that the current maintenance costs do not justify this change. Hence, I urge you to reconsider your decision and maintain a cap on the price. Yours sincerely, Rajat

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Please note that I am against the planned changes above. I understand that 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 that alongside these contract changes, Verisign has 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 entirely against such an open ended commitment without any apparent checks and balances and urge you to reconsider your plans Yours Simon Mustoe - Arthur

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Changes
by Alex Jones Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I’d like to make clear that I do not support the proposed changes to the agreement with Verisign specifically in relation to pricing changes. The best thing about the web is that it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have, you can buy a domain name just the same as everyone else. Allow such drastic price increases would put .com domains out of the price range for the normal person. It may not seem trivial now. But setting the precedent that entire, established tlds can be placed out of the price range of the normal person would be a sad day for the domain name system and for ICANN Regards, Alex Jones Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] opposed to raising prices
by Jared Volpe Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please keep the internet open and don't raise prices on .com domains. Please do better: Taking money from Verisign and not having oversight or transparency about how the funds will get used and who will oversee proper use is bad. Verisign should not be allow to resell domains. It is a conflict of interest. Do better. Finally... you ignored comments in the past. Don't do that. Do better.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase in domain Name Pricing
by Dustan Bilte Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I wanted to write you to encourage you to keep your prices low to allow all peoples throughout the world to have access to diversity of thought on the internet. Thirty some years ago I only had a bulletin board system with a 300 Baud modem where I would share my open source programming free of charge with people all over the world that were new to personal computers. In fact I got into programming because software did not even exist for things that my school, family, and friends wanted to be able to do. I also typed non copywritten works and made them available to people in places where they did not have access to ancient brilliant works of literature. It is funny today I still come across things I have typed or coded that have been made available to all people. Years ago I had skills and talents in UNIX, FORTRAN, PASCHAL, and COBAL, unfortunately today I am disabled and even have trouble reading, but I do enjoy having some domains that allow a web presence to share useful information and ideas. Please help keep the internet affordable. I have been paying for the same domains for many years, and unfortunately as I have earned less and less I have lost many domains due to technical difficulty (like the Register Fly fiasco), and quite frankly high costs. Some domains I was able to get back through paying extortion prices along with providing reams of paperwork to prove my identity, others have been lost forever to companies that are very good at making profit on the web. Please remember the little people out there. It was hard enough to pay for web hosting let alone the high price of each domain registration. Your assistance is appreciated in keeping thought relatively free and readily available. Please come to an equitable pricing agreement using more input from the many interested parties. Thank you for you time. Best wishes, Dustan Bilte

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Com domain price increase
by Gowriekaran Sinnadurai Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, 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. Best regards, Karan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN
by Frigioiu Alexandru Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, I am very concerned that ICANN appears to be rubber-stamping a major rise in .com prices. There does not appear to be any justification for raising prices. No economic study has been undertaken by ICANN to demonstrate that Verisign needs any more money or that there is some other public interest in raising prices. The price increase appears to be purely a money-grab by an already handsomely paid company. That means only its shareholders stand to benefit from the increased price, not the public. Please be more transparent when decisions like this are made.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN more like ICANNOT BELIEVE U INCREASE .COM PRICE
by Rahadian Wibisono Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Bruh smh my head

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not Increase .com Price
by Irshad Anver Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear Sir, Please do not Increase .com Price. Thanks & regards, Irshad Anver

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Need more explanation of why the proposed price rises are necessary and how the increased income will be used
by ian＠bradleys.net Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Icann Price increases
by David Anderson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

With the proposed price increases individual domain owners , such as myself , Will be forced out of owning our own Domains. In many cases the Domain names serve Hobby or Open source development projects. In many cases the projects generate little to no revenue. Creating a financial burden for small domain owners is not an appropriate way to gather revenue for expenses. Large corporations can surely afford an increase since they must also protect their Brands. They can and will pay more. but the majority of small developers will not be able to pay the burden. Please reconsider the fee structure you are proposing in ligh of the small owner community Sincerely David Anderson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed amendment for .com domain
by xahed Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, please don't pass this proposed amendment 3 to the .COM registry agreement. It will create difficulties for the people to create their presence in the web. And also it will increase the price for current users. So please hold this amendment. Thanks Zahed

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Stop Doing That. This will hamper us. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against the decision
by alshell 7 Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Just found out this decision about the the prices that are going to be hiked for end consumer who wants to buy the .COM domains. Being a generic internet geek and technology lead of the company, I'd rather suggest, to look about for future, let us make internet an easy place that we flourish together for a better outcome, rather than restricting the whole world to consider the financial constraints. Please take back the decisions, it is not a good move for the generation coming up.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of multiple .com domain names. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Due to technological advances, cost of maintaining a TDL should be down by each year. This price inrease is unjustified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest internationally. Please stop this increase and take measurements to prevent a monopoly to dictate prices against public interest. Thank you. Onur Baser, Aksaray, Republic of Turkey

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] please dont Increase .com
by Rabby Shah Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please sir don't increase the top level .com domain value. Sent from my Huawei Mobile

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't increase prices
by Aleksandra Krysiak Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't increase prices

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