Dear ICANN,
I am concerned about the amendments to the Registry
Agreement because it
will affect, not just me, buy any individual who would like
their own
domain name. I am
100% sure that no corporation will object to the 28%
cost increase every six years as they earn money off their
domain name and
paying almost any amount would be acceptable to them. However, there are a
great deal of small businesses, such as mine, that would see
this as an increased burden. Further there are many individual users that have
purchased their own domain name and
are using it for personal use, not commercial use. Some of us have
multiple domain names, if for no other reason than to
protect our own names
from being used to run a website. The .com TLD should remain
affordable and available to a wide range of users.
Carl Youngmann, Proprietor
The North Press, Port Townsend, Washington
thenorthpress.com, thenorthpress.net, thenorthpress.website