Having read the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement, as a Service Provider and IT Specialist I would like to express my deepest concerns and provide strong disagreement regarding this proposal. ICANN and Verisign made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users which will affect the way business is conducted and prejudice a lot of clients and internet users. With non-consensual price increases to services comes consequences such as a decline in usage and growth, negative feedback from market stakeholders which will lead to higher dis-popularity with the TLD .COM domains. These have been the main revenue generator in the TLD space making up 40%+ of all internet domains and going through with the proposed amendments can lead to a 50% drop in those numbers should users feel betrayed and manipulated without having been afforded the opportunity to have their voices heard. The Way Forward It is ICANN and Verisign's responsibility to ultimately bring all stakeholders to the table in deciding whether or not to go through with the proposed amendment through a voting system as well as agree or disagree on the proposed rates of increase on an annual basis. I, however, am against this proposal bearing in mind that domain registration fees are not really the ultimate cost one incurs in this space but all other subsequent hosting and service fees would render business in this space useless. *Regards,* <https://pachikafu.com> Nathan Shava Chief Technology Officer WhatsApp - +263 78 458 1273 Email Address - nathan@pachikafu.com Website - https://pachikafu.com <https://www.facebook.com/pachikafu/> <https://www.instagram.com/chikafu_zw/> <https://twitter.com/chikafu_zw> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/chikafu/> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdKziTOegQj5dutYNBAB-Uw> SEARCH FOR QUALITY LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD