As a registrant of many domains and a person who aids people in registering their own domains, this change is detrimental to consumers as it means an increased spike in .com domain names (which have traditionally been the cheaper alternatives) matching similar to that of more "premium" TLDs. It not only de-values some of the more personalized TLDs such as .NAME, .IS etc, but it would allow for the over-inflation of the value of .COM domains. This becomes a barrier for entry for young entrepreneurs who want to launch their own online presence. -- *Billy J Bryant* 📱 502.377.0658 📧 billy@billyjbryant.com <billy@billyjbryant.com> 🌐 www.billyjbryant.com <http://www.billyjbryant.com>