Feb. 12, 2020
7:12 a.m.
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. This change will disproportionately affect small business owners and individuals who run a small number of websites, potentially pushing them off the internet altogether. This would be a huge loss on every level. Abby Norling-Ruggles