Please reconsider unilateral price increases of domain registrations, eg, .com, .org, and other domain registrations with the ICANN agreement with Verisign. Verisign for years has had an unhealthy relationship between the free internet and SSL encryption and is poised as a potential abuser in raising domain registration fees in a closed-door manner as explained by Namecheap here: ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money by Richard Kirkendall (url: https://www.namecheap.com/blog/icann-allows-com-price-increases-gets-more-mo...) As an independent web developer and small host re-seller this type of action harms the private entrepreneur and ultimately the consumer aka "the little guy" and only continues the monopolistic trend in outrageous attempts at controlling the Internet by the likes of Google, Amazon, Comcast and others with no real reason beyond profits and surveillance programs. These actions further harm the future of a free and independent Internet as power consolidates into a few large corporations with no oversight and fewer moral reserves. No one should control the Internet and no one entity should control large portions of the DNS, domain and other core technologies behind the Internet, including pricing. The free market should complete for pricing of domain names and raising pricing in the ways described by Namecheap is alarming of the first nature. Please stop this action and consult the EFF.org and DenadProgress.org in ways solutions can be created without further damaging consumer wallets at best and the freedom of the Internet at worst. Sincerely, and most concerned.