Dear Madam, or Sir,

 

  I am concerned about this amendment 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 that would see this as a burden as well as

individual users out there that have purchased their own domain name and

are using it for personal use, not commercial use.  Several of us have

multiple domain names, if for no other reason than to protect our own names

from being used to run a website.

 

20 year Cost analysis:

$  7.85 / year 2018

$10.29 / year 2023 (31% increase over 2018)

$13.49 / year 2029 (72% increase over 2018)

$17.68 / year 2035 (125% increase over 2018)

$23.17 / year 2041 (195% increase over 2018)

 

I am aware that the 7% is a maximum per year for each of the four years

and, theoretically, there could be no increase or a sub 7% increase some

years, however, I have little faith on this being the norm and, most

certainly, CANNOT plan on it being any less than the full 7% in any fiscal

plans made.

 

  I understand it would be extremely difficult for you to create a

regulation that would charge businesses more and individuals less, however,

that may be what is required at this time.  This would leave a loophole for

businesses to have an individual register their domain name, however, no

corporation of any size will be willing to leave their domain names in

private hands.  This would also allow fledgling businesses (aka startups)

to keep their costs low at first.  Remember, many businesses have been

started in individual's garages.

 

You may also assume that all ".com" domain names are used for, or are

supposed to be used for commercial purposes, however, this is not the case

today.  If this had been defined and enforced from the beginning of the

internet, this would be a non-issue, however, to start enforcing it today

would cause many individuals to lose their domains.  Yes, there are

other top level domains they can move to, however, that doesn't alleviate

the fact that they would be losing an asset they had invested much time,

money, and resources acquiring.

 

Please keep the annual fee very low or consider a more flexible charging

system for the .COM top level domain that will keep it accessible to

individuals and small businesses.

 

Thank you,

 

Respectfully,

 

Brandon Myers

Client Support Specialist

800-262-6285 x310

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