Dear Sir/Madam,

I understand that ICANN are considering amendments to the .COM registry agreement.

As a small-business owner and IT contractor for many companies and charities I am concerned with several aspects of these proposed changes.

1. Any increase in the wholesale price of .COM domains will affect the often slim profit margins of freelance web developers, and affect my customers decisions with regard to whether a .COM, or even a website is worth their while. Why not just have a Facebook page - they are free after-all.

2. I am concerned with the involvement of Verisign as a controller of registrar pricing... as well as a domain registrar itself? That seems like a severe conflict of interest.

3. Apparently over 3,500 comments were submitted to a previous ICANN consultation... but were ignored as being 'spam' due to a number of them using an online tool.
I hope ICANN will be considering more comments during this consultation.

I hope you will consider the above points, and please also note that .COM domains are not all owned by large companies who can afford price increases - many smaller companies will be affected if these decisions are taken in haste.

yours sincerely,
Robin Gillett

brocweb.com