As registrant of several .com domain name and a small business/web enthusiast. The web and all the joy and wonder it provides is built on cheap and easy access to create and build content. This is a money grab plain and simple by Verisign. Keep the web free and out of the hands of big corporations And to sum up my comments below.... 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. Daniel Alt Arvada