Let Verisign collect a percentage of the sales prices from over-priced sellers and re-sellers, not from the existing .com registrants. E.g. Enom or one of its resellers charges $19.95 for a new .com, or Uniregistry wants to sell a .com with "premium" renewal prices, let Verisign have a percentage. We cannot afford it. I will be out of business. Next, you will be allowing all the other greedy registrars to overcharge us. Stand your position. And remember, affordable renewals is the reason most of us are in TheInternet.org business. How can I develop WebsiteDoctors.com for first responders or people without health insurance if I have to worry about registrars jacking my renewals? If ICANN allows Verisign to raise prices for existing registrants, ICANN will be on the defendant list with them. I am a registrant of many .com 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. DD Johnson Salt Lake City, Utah DDJohns@markter.com