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

[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] DO NOT INCREASE PRICES
by Stephen P. April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Allowing an uncapped increase in domain price will have a massive negative affect. People will not renew urls or not even buy in the first place because they can not plan for future costs. Please keep the 10% annual cap.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Keep rates stable
by Kerry McCormick April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not remove the cap from domain names. It may serve to boost competition but in the end consumers lose Kerry McCormick

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Veto the ICANN Proposal. Keep Price Caps On All .org, .info, and .biz Top Level Domains.
by Julie Squires April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, Iurge you to Keep the Price Caps On All .org, .info, and .biz TopLevel Domains. This ensures the continued flow of new andsmall business start-ups, which drive the U.S. economy by providing jobs forover half the nation’s private workforce. Stand firm. Protect smallbusinesses. Thank you and best, Julie HowSmall Business Drives U.S. Economy SmallBusinesses Provide Jobs for Over Half of Nation's Private Workforce https://www.thoughtco.com/how-small-business-drives-economy-3321945 Julie Squires, CEO Softscribe Inc.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Domain Control for .info domains
by Jo Rice April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not allow registrars to set their own prices for domains of any extension. This would be catastrophic for both the companies selling them, and companies like myself that create websites for their clients. Many small businesses would end up passing up having a website due to huge yearly costs, which are already high enough for them with hosting, the now required SSL for all sites and what they are paying for their domains as it is. I understand that prices go up periodically, but there should not be an open market on things like this where registrars would be able to charge whatever they feel like it for something that is world wide that does need some control over it. Thank you for your consideration of this detrimental issue. Jo Rice

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Hello
by kevin trizzy April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please ICANN don't change the price i think it's normal like this, am having difficulty paying the sum and you want to add more money to it please i beg you

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Comment on the proposed removal of .info price caps
by Katherine Roberts April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This proposed removal of price caps on .info domains is pure greed at work. How much sense does someone need to recognize the devastating impact this move would have on the public, on business endeavors, on people’s lives? Not everyone who owns a .info domain is rolling in money, and price cap removal could seriously damage small businesses, among other things. Case in point: My family owns a small business which is our entire livelihood. Our website for that business is a .info domain. If price caps are removed, we will potentially lose that website and be forced to rebuild elsewhere, which will cost a great deal of money, time, and energy. It will create a huge hiccup in our operations, the ramifications of which will ripple outward for a long time, and there is a chance our business would never recover. Beyond having to buy a new domain and build a new website, we would have to pay for new business cards, new branding, and a marketing campaign to *hopefully* direct our customers to the new website instead of the old one. This will create confusion in our customers, and many of them will get lost in the cracks. We will lose business. Which means we will have less money for food, bills, clothing, and our quality of life and the quality of our 2 children’s lives will suffer. This is a REAL scenario in the real world. Please consider the impact your choices here will have on people, and reconsider this proposal to remove price caps on .info domains. In Faith, Katherine Roberts

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Price Cap Removal
by Gregg A. Karas April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

NO - To price cap removal and costing business more money / Jobs ! Best Regards, Gregg A. Karas 1-973-907-6458 cell 1-407-552-4087 fax <mailto:gregg@karas1.com> gregg(a)karas1.com email

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .info price increases - NO
by Jeff Lourie April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is an abusive act. The pricing of domains determines which organizations can afford to be on the web with a unique identifier. This is going to stop many organizations with limited funds from having a web presence. Please do not increase the price of .info domains.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Against price increase above 10%
by Support April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The .info domain name is used by many organizations that participate in the dissemination of information important to the open-ended discussions that support the democratic process. It would be a tax on free speech to impose a cost that is not tethered to some objective measure, such as inflation rate. A 10% annual increase is surely well above what is required to keep up with inflation. Gerald Grow

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Info domain price control
by Joseph Vautour April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please continue to control the pricing of the domains for . Info as that would keep greedy wholesale providers from charging too much. Joe Vautour

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] price cap removal
by susp1＠zertum.de April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

.info is one of the few remaining "neutral" TLDs, i.e. without an implicit association towards commerce, academia, country, etc. Removing the price cap will lead to auctioning off names and a land grab, effectively moving it to where .com already is. Please keep .info open - as in affordable - to everyone.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] oppose proposal to change regulations
by hn2esb+9861jwmx2e3kk＠guerrillamail.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sirs, I oppose the proposal to let the Public Interest Registry (PIR) change the pricing of .info domain names. Thank you for considering my comment. Very truly yours, Samuel Gray Walhalla, SC ---- Sent using Guerrillamail.com Block or report abuse: https://www.guerrillamail.com//abuse/?a=Qk55CAgOV6dYgQCy%2FzMNdxrCWsucn4YIy…

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] price increase
by rudyneira＠grandecom.net April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not increase domain name prices. If you increase the prices, I may have to discontinue names names that I have for future business growth.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Please reconsider removing the registration fee caps for .info
by Tom Vergult April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, I'm writing to ask ICANN to reconsider removing the registration fee caps on .info domains. These domains are used by nonprofit trade associations and charities. Donators and members give them funds to accomplish our nonprofit missions, and while they understand there are essential operating costs, the idea of turning domain registries into a profit stream at the expense of organisations trying to improve the world would not be well received. The current arrangements have worked well - please don't allow nonprofit organization to be subjected to this unfair and uncapped fee increase. Kind regards, Tom

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Info increase
by DriveU Minibus Hire April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Increasing the price of a product that is already overpriced as the product doesn't really exist anyway, costs very little to maintain the registry, can only be seen as exploitation and must lead to business suicide. I have already dropped my ownership of many domains due to the increase of prices over the years and my business has not suffered at all, so this move will simply put the nail in the coffin for me. Good luck with your plans.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Why to increase prices
by Apni Delhi April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi Team, When everything is going well, why to increase prices to disturb the market? Regards

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Annual increase in pricing levels of domains
by Shahrzaad M Parekh April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello I have been informed about the proposal to increase the pricing of certain TLDs annually without any restriction being placed on the increase. This seems to be an oversight on your part and will, in my opinion, restrict competitive pricing and will reduce the options that an end user will get in terms of choice. i hope you will reconsider this proposal and set fair limits especially for users who are individuals and can't afford domains like certain corporate entities. Regards Shahrzaad Parekh

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Dot Info TLD
by Aaron Bugal April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not ‘deregulate’ the .info tld. The PIR has a right to a CPI style of increase but these are largely hobbyist TLDs. Keep the cost accessible by enforced pricing regulations. Cheers === Aaron Bugal, CISSP +61417 004 931 Aaron.Bugal(a)ubermicro.info

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Please keep the internet open, honest and affordable
by Ari Leibowitz April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please continue to keep the web open, honest, affordable and accessible by not raising prices of TLD's. With net neutrality being eliminated in the U.S it seems that more and more people are working at closing up the internet and making it only easy for corporations to use and build on. Please keep prices the same to make it fair to everybody. -Ari Leibowitz

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .info domain renewal
by Mohamed Seleem April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Info price increase
by Neil Fedin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a freelancer and potential small business owner, I rely on my web domain to conduct my business and advertising. By raising prices in an uncontrollable fashion, it inhibits my ability to reinvest in my business as I must pay for additional fees to maintain my business. If I would increase my business rates, I then run the risk of clients finding others to do their work.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] .info
by Sebastian Muehlig April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please don‘t make changes that will have me, the customer make pay much more for my .info URL. Thanks

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Comments for .info
by 及川純 April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom It May Concern, This is a comment regarding the potential price renewal for the .info domain. As a student interested in coding and maintaining my own website for personal use, it is very worrying that the price may significantly increase (without limitations). Please kindly consider that not all domain name holders are domain squatters, companies, or rich people. Thank you. Sincerely, Jun Oikawa

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Legislation Is Not Thought Out Properly
by Quentin Pain April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I've just heard about the proposed changes to .org domain registration legislation, and if implemented, it needs to be pointed out in the strongest possible terms how this will affect the millions and millions of tiny business startups that are helping this world to become a better place. If there's no cap on price increases, then there's nothing to stop people who care more about money than human invention profiting from the poor and eventually robbing themselves too. This change needs to stop. Best regards, Quentin --------------------------- *Quentin Pain FCIM* *https://ProofMEDIA.uk <https://proofmedia.uk/>* *Accredited Member of Safe Local Trades and Services <https://www.safelocaltrades.com/PE/peterborough/seo-specialist/proofmedia>Join my Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scienceofcopywriting/ <https://www.facebook.com/groups/scienceofcopywriting/>* *Author: Step by Step Marketing, Legendary, Home Accountz for Dummies, Accounting for Everyone* *IAB Small Business Mentor of the Year 2013* *Enterprise Nation Top 10 UK Business Adviser 2015* *As featured in The Sunday Times, Metro, Financial Times, MoneyWeekTel: (UK) 01733 590133* -----------------------------

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

April 25, 2019

ICANN, I disagree with removing price caps for domains. It is important to maintain accessibility to new domain names by keeping the prices in check. Notice how the resale prices for domain auctions have become ridiculously high in many cases. This is explained by the supposed "popularity" of a given domain name. But in actuality, unfairly raising the price of domains is the easiest thing to do, since it requires no added value to do so! The effect of this is that only wealthy purchasers can obtain certain domains from unscrupulous sellers. Let's not have this happen with new domain names, too. Thanks, Laryn Mumm

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