Hello, I have some domains for my hobbies, for my wife and for my kids. These small increases are absolutely going to make a difference for me. I just let about 8 expire out of about 18... If you go ahead with these price increases, you will be losing some domain renewals from me and killing some of my hobbies for certain, perhaps some of my kids hobbies. We make no money from them at this time. If you push people off of .COM's, you'll inevitably shift power to other domains outside of your control. .COM's are still special, but the saturation of other domains, when fueled by expensive .COMs will overshadow .COMs. I specifically don't buy most of those special domains because they're too expensive. Sincerely, David Rader II Internet Surfer since the early 90s “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.” - Mahātmā Gandhi