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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Er. Abhishek Kumar April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant (not-for-profit). I've read about a lot of bad decisions under the UDRP. The URS seems even worse. I heard the URS is very new and is being reviewed now to see if it is working properly. It is too soon to include an untested policy on .org domains where for a few hundred dollars anyone could try to shut down someone else's website. Telling the .org registry that it can charge any price it wants for renewing a domain name is a terrible idea. Why would you allow them to set a crazy high price? They could try to force the domain owners to pay a very high price each year to renew their domain name, and if the domain owner either won't or can't, then the .org registry could take away their domain name, set a high registration price on it, and then try to find someone else who is willing to pay a high price for it. This is very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason. You let the new domain extensions charge any price they want, but that hasn't gone so well. Lots of people got burned when the new registries offered low rates for the first year, and then after people registered the domain names and some built web sites on them, some of the prices were raised through the roof. .Org has been working just fine for decades where the prices maybe go up a little bit each year. Allowing huge price increases from one year to the next could ruin .org for everybody. I think you should pay a little more attention to what is good for the owners of .org domain names. The registries are doing fine. They don't need your help as they are already making plenty of money.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Hardship for charity and volunteer-based organizations
by Oliver Hoffmann April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

As a designer/developer providing volunteer and reduced-cost services to a number of charitable organizations, I ask you to reconsider removing the price increase limitations for .org domains. These in particular are used by many groups who have minimal funding and are using as much of it as possible to care for the needy. Removing the rate cap may be good business for some, but it's a bad idea for society. Oliver -- Oliver Hoffmann thinkfeelrespond <https://t.sidekickopen05.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs…> 17401 East Ten Mile Eastpointe, MI 48021 oliver(a)tfr.io office 567.400.2906 mobile 586.260.3026 This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited: please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't do this
by Samuel Taylor April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Extracting money from charitable organizations feels wrong

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Allow Price Hikes
by John Dougherty April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

As a nonprofit organization with limited funds, we do not need to see big price hikes on what we have to pay for annual domain registration fees. We need to see the pricing scheme remain nearly the same as it is today. - Thanks, John John Dougherty [cid:image003.png@01D4FC16.5A4246C0] [cid:image004.png@01D4FC16.5A4246C0]Director of Technology Services 913.754.1734 (Direct Voice Line) 913.384.2211 (FAX Line) johnd(a)unbound.org<mailto:johnd@unbound.org> 1 Elmwood Avenue Kansas City, KS 66103 UNBOUND.ORG

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Fwd: Important: Help Us Avoid Domain Price Increases
by Allen D. Tate April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please don't allow PIR to increase prices at more than 10% per year. Allowing them free reign would be a detriment to not for profit organizations who must adhere to a strict budget. Thanks for your consideration! -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Important: Help Us Avoid Domain Price Increases Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:02:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Namecheap <support(a)namecheap.com> Reply-To: support(a)namecheap.com To: Allen Tate <atate(a)ncplibraries.org> Namecheap We have important information to share with you that can affect the price of your domains. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Namecheap <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> View in browser <https://links.namecheap.com/e/evib?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2…> <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> Help Us Avoid Domain Price Increases Hi Allen, We have important information <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> to share with you that can affect the price of your domains. *What’s Happening* ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names, has proposed *removing price caps on all .org, .info, and .biz top level domains*. This change could significantly increase the wholesale price that Namecheap pays for domains, and would force us to pass along those increases to you. *Who Sets the Prices* Wholesale registries charge Namecheap a set fee per domain name per year. Namecheap then adds a little markup to cover things like support, provisioning domain services, transaction fees, etc. ICANN includes a provision in its contracts with registries that limits what they can charge. *Why ICANN is Doing This* ICANN’s current contract with Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that runs the .org domain name, allows PIR to increase the wholesale price of .org domains by 10% a year. Now ICANN is proposing extending the contract to operate .org but *letting PIR set whatever prices it wants*. Rather than a 10% increase to renew your domain next year, PIR could suddenly start charging registrars like Namecheap 100 times as much. In turn, registrars would have no choice but to pass these charges on to customers. Similar contract proposals may also impact .info and .biz prices. *Speak Up Against the Change* The good news is that domain owners like yourself can take action to stop these price increases. *Act now by sending your comments to ICANN before April 29, 2019.* You can leave your comment on each proposal here: .Org comment period <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> .Info comment period <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> .Biz comment period <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> Find Out More <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> FOLLOW NAMECHEAP F <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> T <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> B <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> About Us <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> | Support <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> | Privacy Policy <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> | Terms & Conditions <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> 4600 East Washington Street, Suite 305, Phoenix, AZ 85034, USA Copyright © 2019 Namecheap.com <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Short email about the .org potential price increase
by Maciej Kaszkowiak April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hey, not everyone is from a first-world country. The potential .org price increase could be a few dollars more for an American, but those few dollars go a long way in other countries - first example off my mind, India. There are a lot of individuals there who work in tech and might want to purchase a domain for an organization or themselves, but the pay is comparatively really low. It could be the difference between picking an .org domain or a worse one. Please keep this in mind. Have a good day Maciej Kaszkowiak

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] price caps
by Drew Gillies April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I don’t think that raising rates on .org domains is going to be a good thing.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .com Registry Agreement
by Kate Jo April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .com registrant. ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .com domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .com domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't remove price caps on .org domains!
by Flavio Copes April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please don't remove price caps on .org domains!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Disallow price increase
by Strider Hiryu April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please do not allow PIR to increase the price of domains. Let's be honest, there is no technical reason why prices must be increased. The margins are already high for what it is. Increasing the price any amount has serious consequences on businesses and organizations with limited budgets. Without price caps, only wealthy, multi-national corporations will be able to afford domains. In fact, they will find some way to squeeze out all competitors through higher costs. They can buy out (squat) every domain conceivable then resell at ridiculous prices, which already happens. The Internet was not designed to be a highest bidder system. It is not supposed to be a fee based system that is an extension of monolithic telecommunication companies. Do not allow price increases! Keanu --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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