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

[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Comment on removing price caps
by Dale Magee April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is a joke, right? Legacy gTLDs are obviously and fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. It's why I run .org, .biz, and .info domains rather than any of the new TLDs. This is nothing other than sheer, naked greed. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders. By even proposing this ICANN has undermined its own legitimacy in my mind.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Greedyness is not an answer
by Pavel Gutsa April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The domain names are our communal property. It is not right to give a particular business group an option to profit on a segment of public property. It is called regulations corruption. If a regulator gets corrupted then there is no other option but to replace the regulator. Be honest and cease this greedyness triumph attempt.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] PRICE CAP REMOVAL
by Lucien Sabre April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello. Are you aware that, if you remove the price cap, you're gonna lose tons of money because lots of people won't be able to buy or renew domains? Thank you for your attention; have a great day. LUCIEN SABRE

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

April 25, 2019

I'm absolutely against this new agreement. It can increase the cost of the domains, and i'm very surprised and angry about that.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Cosmin Andron April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN policy making is supposed to be a 'bottom up, multi-stakeholder model'. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are essentially a public trust, unlike new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private interests. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. Unlike new gTLDs, registrants of legacy TLDs registered their names and made their online presence on legacy TLDs on the basis that price caps would continue to exist. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .org registrants who are not-for-profits or non-profits would be unfair to them. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being transferred from these organizations to one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .org registrants receiving no benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit nearly unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! Respectfully, Cosmin Andron

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Domain Renewal Increase
by Tracey Stepanchuk April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

It’s really unfair to even consider raising domain prices. Canada says it encourages small businesses, but this is not in the spirit of that encouragement. Things are already so difficult for small business owners – ridiculously inadequate EI, limited private health insurance options in the face of provincial cuts, high banking fees – and let’s not mention taxes for EVERYTHING under the sun. Keep domain prices as they are. Please! Tracey Stepanchuk CEO : MediaWorld Global The Content You Need, at a Price You Can Afford Tel: 1.647.628.3396 Email: tracey(a)mediaworldglobal.com Web: http://www.mediaworldglobal.com/

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] pay increase may be less profitable
by Amr Draz April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

By increasing prices abruptly you will result in stale domain owners to stop paying for their bad domain names that now one would purchase but that they are emotionally attached too and keep subscribing every year for. keep the cap, the internet should be more accessible for everyone.

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Please do not increase prices of .info domain
by Sher Khan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, Hope you're doing well. Please do not increase prices of .info domain. I, along with many others, will not be able to pay renewal fees for their personal domains and will have to eventually give up on renewal of domains. Warm Regards, M.Gulsher Khan

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] removing the cap PIR can charge for .info domains
by Martin Deering April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, I think that increasing the .info price by the normal 10% is fine, but many non-profit organisations have .info domains, and taking the cap off the amount that PIR can charge for a .info domain could put an unfair burden on them. Regards, Martin

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[Comments-info-renewal-18mar19] Cap removal
by Ted Lilley April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not remove the rate increase cap on domain names. Ted Lilley Web Professional

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