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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase in .com price
by Sunil V Pillai Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I came to know the change in price for.com domains through namecheap through whom I have purchased couple of domains. Like what they mentioned without prior notice or intimation if prices are increased everyone are getting affected. Please reconsider the decision. FreshMarqt.com & etherealindia.com are the domains. Thanks, Sunil Sent from my Windows 10 device

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Charge should not increased
by Sabananthan V Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, Small business owner like me have tough situation in focusing busing growth and to get profit. Increasing charge .com will impact my business and no other option except closing domain and go with free domain. So request to make amendment to charges less to look for small business domains. Thanks, Saba

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Fees increased for.COM level is not a good idea
by Mahesh Patel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Why do you need to increase the fees. You are making all pure profits still why do you need to increase prices. Just to maken yourself more rich?? Internet should be accessible to everyone and everyone by default know..com, you price increase suggest that you want to bank on it. Just do not increase the prices please. Thank you

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Complaint about price change
by Thang Nguyen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Keep price low, stop increase it. You're already make a lot of money now.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Raise
by Becca Puckly Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not start raising the price of .com websites. This will impact small businesses greatly.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increases of .com Domain prices
by Baris Kayar Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I condemn your dirty games about domain prices. with what right do you try to increase domain prices? people will not use "com" domains and you will go away. The feature of the browsers automatically converting the domain name to dot com is removed and you will see your midwife's cunt in reverse. you are despicable, dishonest and thief. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] NO to Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Benny Jimenez Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Transparency is an important ingredient of a democracy an open process, this should be discussed with more than 3 days to see if changes makes sense. I use .com alot an it should be easy accessible to the people. Regards, Benny

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I wish to raise my voice in opposition to the proposed amendment. The internet is the new frontier for Business and Entrepreneurs. To increase costs will not support new business startups. Also, with any TAX, there should be a SERVICE. I see no SERVICE increase, which would justify a Cost increase. I am opposed to this amendment.
by Joseph Ball Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] not ok.
by Gregg Salisbury Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

not ok, and not fair. a small increase could maybe be justified, but this has to be considered monopolisitic.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi ICANN, In respect of your upgrade initiative, please maintain the .com price, we object any decision taken that lead increase .com price. Thanks Brgds Badli

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Extortion
by Christo Mayo Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is extortion in play here guys, pull your heads in a behave. Sent from my iPhone

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not support the proposed change to the .com registry agreement.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I don't support ".Com" price increase.
by Debabrata Kundu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not support the price increase of .com domain. And I think it is not right to increase the price without giving any notice to the all internet users. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I Do Not Support
by Jessie Carter Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not support the changes made by ICANN on January 3, 2020 in it's contract with Verisign. I do not support the monopoly Verisign will have over .COM domains, nor the ridiculous price increases that could be made over the next 10 years. Please listen to the community and rethink this. - Jessie Carter

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppose amendment 3
by Umang Varma Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am writing to express strong concern about the proposed amendment that would allow Verisign to increase registration fees for .COM domains. Allowing these changes would make .COM domains more inaccessible for personal websites and I strongly urge you to revert/reject these changes. Best, Umang

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM wholesale domain prices
by Christian Olson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

".COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade." I see no logical reason to increase prices by that much. It honestly sounds like a covert way to nickel and dime the world to death and make a fortune price gouging everyone on something that has for the most part remained the same price for years. My friend at the FTC would love to hear about this.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] price increase in dotcom domains
by Blagovest Belev Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

A price increase will drive people away from .com to other domains. Also you are a monopoly, find out how to make a market based price discovery instead of deciding autocratically on the price. Bobby

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The .com domain is super-important, and we're all a captive audience
by Chris Franklin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The .com domain is the most well-known top-level domain. Many of its users are, admittedly, big companies that can afford price increases, but there are also many of us, like me, that have purchased a domain just so we’d have a permanent email address without having to worry about the whims of whatever email provider we happen to sign up with. These type of changes to the ICANN contract again subject us to the whims of a private company, the very thing I hoped to avoid by buying my own domain.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I read https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en. I believe there is a fundamental flaw in the proposal that shows a simple motivation on ICANN and Verisign to prevent competition and to introduce arbitrary price increases through vague, undefined terms. Firstly, the design of a well operating DNS and domain registry system should not have any single point of failure. By restricting this multi-year proposal to a single vendor, ICANN has shown a clear bias in not allowing any competition. VeriSign surely is a competent vendor, but there is no reason why the incumbent should proceed without any justification. ICANN should take this opportunity to improve domain registry management by clearly laying out what the current and future needs are for a vendor to perform, what service level agreements and penalties should be in place, and finally require cooperation or delegation of domain registration management of top level domains such as .COM across multiple vendors. There is no technical barrier to this requirement to open competition. Secondly, because ICANN is not defining the responsibilities in terms of performance SLAs, penalties, and features, there cannot be a cost associated with a reasonable vendor response to the proposal. This makes every cost arbitrary and unjustified, something ever well run business defines in a contract. Any vendor could squander irresponsibly their management costs, blame it on security, and raise prices the maximum amount because they can like a monopoly. There is no barrier to conducting a vendor selection requirements proposal gathering process, evaluation, and decision made in an open, transparent fashion: this is how the marketplace is defined and won. ICANN should adopt proper accumen in pursuing open competition for services and vendor selection, but this proposal shows little interest in providing the best possible outcome from the marketplace of vendor or the very constituents customers of the .COM TLD. Please consider revising, defining needs, and opening this proposal to marketplace competition and shared responsibility across vendors to promote robustness in cost and reliability. -- Cheers, --Mark mailto:mark@lavi.us [ mobile:+1-650-400-2100 ] http://mlavi.github.io/about/

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I will change my domain to ANY other top level
by Ryan Scarbery Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

And will not look back. -- Ryan Scarbery

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

Feb. 11, 2020

They're is no valid reason for a price increase. It's already to expensive for something so simple. Leave it alone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing the price increase
by Openair Infotech Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Respected hom so ever it may concern This is forced and unacceptable decision. We request you to cancel this offer or deal and continue with regular price Thanks Regards Ahmed Hasanfatta

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Icann increase proposal
by LaDon C Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am highly dissatisfied with this price increase proposal. I think it is outrageous to monopolize for selfish reasons, the exploitation of the .com. I surely hope that you reconsider this action immediately. I am sure that it will have catastrophic implications if these unfair practices continue. This appears to be an effort to weed out the small players, and I am not sure that it will be easy to convince others that this is not in the effort of monopolizing industries.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

I disagree with the proposed changes. This is basically begging for the original .com name to be tainted by pay walls. The current pricing I feel is very fair. if ICann needs more money there is other revenue streams.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

It’s floating dangerously close to being considered extortion. I’d advise against Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase unwarranted
by Ranjeev Hari Nair Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I disagree with the price increase. Please find alternate solutions that helps the internet domains supply demand. Thanks, Ranjeev

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t increase .com prices
by Carl Anderson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Now is not the time to increase prices for the single most important TLD. Certainly don’t give Verisign free reign to increase prices. My industry depends upon .com domains being available and very low cost. And this has worked extremely well for many industries. I’m urging extreme caution in these decisions. Carl

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t increase price
by sandip simkhada Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You should not increase price it harm the internet worker like me Best Regards, Sandip Simkhada Cell: 9841160148

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I oppose increase in .com and other domains
by Amy S Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The internet was created to be free. The cost of technology and managing these kinds of mechanisms are decreasing. It is unfair to exploit the masses for more and more - when many of these URLs can cost as much as $50 each. If anything these domains should be decreasing in cost. I oppose the increase in cost of domains for these reasons. Amy Seidman

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop
by Hopkins Lawn & Landscape Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please let the public in and vote on these decisions Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comments on proposed price changes for .com domains
by Tim Krug Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am writing to oppose the proposed increase in prices over the coming decade. This secretive process and agreement with Verisign stinks and there is no clarity over how icann will be spending the additional money. This is a straight money grab and doesn't clearly represent a need to increase prices to cover an increase in operating costs. Not only that but the increase will limit the availability of the most popular domains (.com) by significantly increasing prices and making them unaffordable for many. --- -Tim Krug

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Raising fees for .com domains
by njweissman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I wholeheartedly oppose your proposal to raise the fees for .com domains. The suggestion is both arbitrary and without any reason whatsoever beyond gouging domain owners, as it costs no more to operate a .com domain than it does a domain with any other extension. Please reconsider your proposal. Sincerely, Nina Weissman

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against
by David Gay Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. ICANN is meant to govern the domain name system in the public interest, and raising the price will hurt the public, and the Internet as a whole. There is no excuse for raising the price of domain names, other than greed, which is a poor excuse. David Gay New York, USA

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] proposed changes
by Daniel J. Klop Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Increasing the fees for .com domains is an atrocious abuse. The cost is minimal, yet due to corporate greed and a self driven initiative, you intend to change that. This will make it difficult for many people around the world to continue affording their chosen domains. Leave the .com alone.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Rule and contract changes for .COM Registry and domains
by Jade Naaman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It is wrong and unfair for any sort of monopoly, including a monopoly over who gets to participate in negotiations regarding the .COM domain name. The internet community requires more transparency in how money is spent on infrastructure, and the .COM domain name costs should stay stable and not increase without transparent reasons that are subject to the community’s review and scrutiny. Thank you, Jade Naaman Austin, TX

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disastrous deal with Verisign
by Arquam Ejaz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We're are very upset about this decision ICANN has made with Verisign which will eventually lead to price increase of .com domains.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi Support, I like to add my comment about the amendment. The price increase will effectively effects me. I have .COM domains and I do not want an increase in the prices. Please stop the price increase to help domain prices easily paid by simple users. Thanks, Best, Rahmat Ali

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Hello ICANN, Dont increase dot com domain price. In whole internet about 40% domain is dot com domain. If you increase it. It will make a bad effect for gloval internet. WE people will be glade if domain price will not increas.Thank you.
by Mojahidul Islam Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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

Feb. 11, 2020

There is nothing that will be positive for this amendment aside from the richer getting richer. Please consider those who run websites with low budgets. We already have to deal with companies slurping up prime domain names. Now you want to increase the prices?? Maybe it's time ICANN gives control back to the people!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Absolutely Not
by i42-Dylan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

ICANN is supposed to be a regulatory organization and this is not acting in the best interest of the people. What they can spend it on isn't even stated!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please stop the rate increase on .com domains
by pramodsk Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please stop the rate increase on .com domains

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] we are opposed to the proposed new contract with Verisign
by Eric Freund Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello people at ICANN, Hopefully you will not ignore our complaints and concerns, as you have done in the past, and you will listen to us this time. We are the people and companies most effected by the contract changes that you are proposing between you and Verisign. Your proposed new contract will result in higher prices over many years, plus it will hurt competition in the domain registrar space. Please listen to us this time, and do not go through with the proposed contract. Thank you. Eric Freund StrictlyBusinessOnline Graydog Group LLC 224-715-4944 eric.freund(a)GraydogGroup.com<mailto:eric.freund@GraydogGroup.com> Skype eric.freund Go.StrictlyBusinessOnline.com<https://go.strictlybusinessonline.com/> [cid:image001.png@01D5E052.FD9EF1D0]

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Completely unacceptable Amendment
by Ali Khademi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, Your organization is supposed to be finding solutions to protect small businesses and individuals while finding initiatives to expand and protect. By the information I have received from my domain registrant NameCheap, looks like your organization is taking a totally different path, something we have witnessed in other sectors as well. There is no objection to new partnerships or marketing strategies but I think when it comes to decision making, the whole community and individuals should be considered first. Regards, Ali Khademi

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] If the goal is to reduce .com usage, this will work
by Rocky - Gamebiz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

.com is overrated. I welcome the new domain overlords.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Verisign agreement
by Nathan Rutland Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do NOT support the Verisign agreement. This will only make DNS more complex and more expensive. VR, N

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Vote no!
by Douglas Kolb Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I'm writing to encourage a "no" vote on this new fee structure. These increases will forever change and diminish free exchange of ideas and reduce internet commerce forever. Doug Kolb

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment for Amendment 3
by Jack McLellan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, I don't believe that an initiative to improve DNS security will be worth the price of .COM price increases and increased market power for Verisign. It is dangerous to give so much power to a single company, given the importance of the .COM TLD to the internet as a whole. This move will not benefit consumers and should be seriously reconsidered. ICANN should not consider stability and security to be the entirety of its mission, but accessibility and accountability as well. Thank you for considering my comment. Best regards, Jack McLellan Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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

Feb. 11, 2020

The US should never have made you autonomous. It was only a matter of time before your globals shake down of the world started. I think it's rediculas that something you don't need any money to maintain is now having its price increased. I'm writing every congressman and senator in the US to demain they userp your authority and take control back. DO NOT RAISE PRICES!!! Greg

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Totally against!
by Marcos Codas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The proposed changes are not only a travesty in terms of cost, but also in how they undermine continued efforts to prevent technological monopolies. How can the entity in charge of domains be a registrar itself? How can you increase the price of domains without any external input? How can you receive further funding from verisign without explaining properly why, or what it'll be used for? This is a complete and utter misuse and abuse of the power monopoly you hold over TLDs and it will have tremendous impact on millions, particularly those of US in developing economies. You are not above considering external feedback. You are not above considering the impact of your decision. You are not above being held accountable for receiving funds seemingly in exchange for preferential treatment. The proposed changes and their unilaterally convenience go against the very core beliefs that started the world wide web. You are increasing your monopoly instead of ensuring accessibility. It's disgraceful.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disagreement
by Trevor Carson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I strongly disagree with the proposal to increase the cost of a com domain over a 10 year period. I think that without a clear understanding of how this extra money is being spent, and who is benefiting from this, it is not right to increase the price, therefore making it harder for more people to access com domains. Trevor Carson | Travel Consultant | phone: (801) 735 4600 | email: trevor(a)mypriceair.com

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