April 2019 - comments-info-renewal-18mar19@icann.org

[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .info renewal agreement)
by mark.crosby＠smitix.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, I am vary concerned that the removal of price limits is going to lead to price gouging. I understand some increases are needed, but please don't leave it up to "the market". There are too many greedy, self-interested people in the market. Thanks! Mark Crosby Principal Smitix Services Ltd. IBM PartnerWorld member since 1998 Microsoft Partner Network since 2004 Web: <http://www.smitix.com/> http://www.smitix.com Mob: <tel:%2B1%20%28403%29%20681-1001> +1 (403) 681-1001

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] do not let the free value
by Boris April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

How absurd to leave the price of the domain .info free to each registrar, this will generate abuse until blackmail to the final consumer ... please do not do this

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] No to price increases
by Scott Speed April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not increase pricing exponentially. With Love & Gratitude, Dr. Sundiata

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Allowing uncontrolled increase in info domains
by Chris Gozdzik April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

That will lead to many many companies and individuals, including myself, to move all of their .info domains to a stable .com or .net extensions, even if it takes a lot of work as once you start, you set the precedent and people will abandon you.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] No Limits Equals No Access
by Ed Kidwell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

ICANN cannot remove the limits on TLD pricing without removing the free-access nature of the internet. If the limits are removed, pricing will undoubtedly skyrocket to the point that only an elite few will have access to domains that used to be accessible by organizations of all sizes. Please stop this change NOW!

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Against the Price Cap removal
by Jeremy Vyska April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello! I strongly OBJECT to the plan of removing the pricing caps. Strong regulation is vital here in one of the core systems of our time. The existing regulation allows for a healthy but non-exploitative market. Please do not change this.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .Info and .Biz price cap
by Tureac Petrisor-Stefan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello. Raising the price caps for certain domains.... seems to me as a greedy measure. The removal of the price cap provisions on the .info gTLD is an awful and terrible error. I think that the only reason for this is for the Registry Operators to make more money. The operating costs for gTLDs have gone down lately and that there is nothing restricting an entity registering .org domains from also registering new gTLDs and this makes no sense. The only people after this *wrong* raise... who will benefit are stakeholders in companies, while the people who actually create the internet that ICANN is a steward of will suffer. The internet is for everyone, with its services, domains... and so on. Lets keep it this. As an owner of many info domains I SAY "NO" to this raise. It is just a breach of trust and a failure of duty, from your part ICANN. I wonder if you, as an entity - ICANN - are really and truly trying to help. I'm affraid that if you raise the price for .info domains, it will lead to ....*CORPORATE ABUSE*... as a fellow domain owner said! -- Devs Lounge - Web Development Web: https://www.devslounge.info <https://www.devslounge.info> E-mail: office(a)devslounge.info

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] AGAINST unlimited fee increases
by Justin Hall April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am AGAINST your unlimited fee increase proposal. Kind Regards, Justin H, Consultant & Business Strategist

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Price Increase
by Nicely April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Price increases without a cap would devastate many small businesses that already struggle. Please don’t do it. Jeremy Nivison www.MadeNicely.com (435)363-6336 Happy with us? Click here to leave a 5-star review on Google <https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJscWaof9-VIcRAFRv2bn…>Click here to like us on facebook <https://www.facebook.com/madeNicely/>

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Stop increasing prices
by redaktion＠3d-filament.info April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Icann, This is embarassing. Stop ruining the Internet and the possibilities it offers for the global market raising prices for legit domain endings will only lead to take a lot of hosting providers take advantage of the situation.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Oppose
by Jim Johnson April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I’m opposed to plans to allow unrestricted increases for domain names. These services are already set up and are profitable for the companies who manage these accounts. To allow them to hold current customers hostage to their rate demands would be extremely unfair to current customers and create unnecessary business interruptions if changing to another domain is required due to being held hostage to unnecessary rare increases! Thanks for your consideration, Jim Johnson (618) 334-8345

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Claire Harbour-Lyell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am very concerned that with the new laws/agreements in place, the price caps on domain names will be removed, thus giving you the opportunity to charge abusive prices for renewal. Whatever your plans for hte future, I, and millions of others, bought domains on an assumption of a more or less constant price annually. Please do NOT abuse of this. Claire Harbour-Lyell +33 6 0886 6041 People, Talent & Culture Advisor/Coach

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by Gary Dunn April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Rather than a 10% increase to renew your domain next year, PIR could suddenly start charging registrars like 100 times as much. In turn, registrars would have no choice but to pass these charges on to customers. Without any limitation on price increases, PIR would have unfettered ability to extort current domain holders without repercussion.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] This is a really bad idea
by Forward Steps - Thea Westra April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am against any removal of current price caps. I could find no viable reason for removing the caps. Looking in from outside, it appears to simply be greed driven. Please live up to the words of your vision, "one world, one Internet".

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to Unlimited Price Increase
by Douglas Deslauriers April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, I would like to record my dissatisfaction with Section 2.10 of the .info renewal agreement. Removing a price increase limit seems unnecessary to me. Until the registry operator can prove that nearly all money gained from previous price increases went directly into maintenance, or improving the registry service, I do not think it is wise to remove price increase caps. The previous price cap seems reasonable enough, given the average U.S. inflation rate hovers around 2-3%. Douglas Deslauriers Software Engineer

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Don't do it!
by Stephen Schwab April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Allowing a monopoly freedom to set prices is a guarantee that prices will increase dramatically. The only way to prevent this is to put constraints on the monopoly. Please maintain the annual price increase ceiling. Steve 989-415-1563

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Keep limits to increase of wholesale prices for .info domains
by Mark Kadzie April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am the IT Manager of a public library, and we use the .info domain for our primary internet presence. Many other libraries and public organizations do as well. Please keep limits on the wholesale price of the .info domain. Unlike other, more commercial TLDs, the .info domain should remain affordable for the use of public organizations working for the common good.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] There is no logical reason for prices increase. It costs nothing; another control plot?
by Kourosh Maheri April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

There is no logical reason for prices increase. It costs nothing; another control plot?

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Disapproval of the Proposal to Allow PIR to Set There Own Price
by Andrew Dramm April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a .org, .info & .biz registrant with multiple domains of each. I am writing to express my disapproval of the proposal to allow PIR to set there own price. I am also against any similar contract proposals that may impact .info, .biz and/or any other domain pricing. Andrew Dramm *gearbox* 612-361-7004 gearboxlab.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Please do not remove .Info price caps
by sean April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I have been a ".info" user for many years (wagstaff.info) and this domain is continues to be crucial to my small business. The potential for dramatic price increases form this domain name threatens my use of the name - and could unfairly force me to relinquish the domain to larger, wealthier organization with an interest in taking it over. Please continue to support small, independent business owners by keeping domain costs fixed at affordable prices. Thank you, Sean Wagstaff.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Disagreement
by Istvan Miklos April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I disagree with the proposed request. It is hard for us to start any kind of business when prices skyrocket. Currently, the domain name prices are good. I don't need the shark-like competition in the domain name field too. It is enough that I have to pay around 3600 euros for 1024 IPv4s. In Romania, that amount is huge, compared to the national currency. And then there's the hardware that we have to buy to start a hosting business or whatever. The answer is NO! Istvan Miklos Bit Concept SRL Cluj Napoca, Romania

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] comment
by Audra April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am strongly opposed to the removal of the price cap for the .info domain. Doing so serves no useful purpose and will be a detriment to many organizations and businesses.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] removing .info legacy price caps threaten small organizations
by CarolMoore1776 April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

A number of excellent objections to raising the cap on info legacy TLDs have been explained here. I have another issue. I am an .info registrant for a small website that advocates for a specific issue. While .net is my main site, I forward from the .info domain to .net because I advocate for nonviolence on the topic and do not want those who advocate for violence to be able to use one of the top domain extensions to confuse themselves with my site. I also don't want it to be used to mimic or mock my site or even to defraud visitors. (My main site already was hacked once by possible opponents to the nonviolent philosophy.) Similar concerns apply to individuals who do not want their name sullied with false sites mocking or misrepresenting them. I find it difficult to believe that an organization like ICANN would force small organizations and websites that protect themselves in the same way have to let go of their .info extensions. This could lead to various attacks on their reputation. Yes, speculators and domain investors can be annoying. But at least if you want a domain back they'll sell it to you. Saboteurs will just hold on to it! I thought when the United States let ICANN go it was to serve the larger public and the world in a fairer way and help keep costs under control for countries with smaller GDP and personal and group incomes. But now I see just the opposite. I am very disappointed. NOTE: By submitting my personal data, I agree that my personal data will be processed in accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy, and agree to abide by the website Terms of Service. By submitting my personal data, I agree that my personal data will be processed in accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy, and agree to abide by the website Terms of Service.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Against the increase
by Pablo Vinicius Sousa dos Santos April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am totally against these abusive prices !!

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] 10% cap on price increases
by Caoimhin O Donnaile April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The 10% cap on .info domain price increases should certainly remain. To allow what is in effect a public monopoly with no competition to increase its prices without constraint is simply unacceptable. The domain owners chose their domains in good faith, expecting prices to remain stable, and are unable to move to a different top-level-comain without huge disruption to their businesses. Allowing unconstrained price increases would amount to extortion. Caoimhín P. Ó Donnaíle (owner of several .info domains)

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