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

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

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant. 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. Sent from mobile device.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org domains
by Neil Sisson April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Its a mistake in my opinion to remove the price cap

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org price cap removal will harm charities and non-profits
by Daniel Lusk April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

To whom it may concern, As a representative of a registered charity, and a member of the tech community, I feel strongly that a removal of the .org price-cap will have a disproportionate effect on registered charities and non-profits, as they are the primary consumer of .org domains and have the strongest budgetary constraints, *particularly* when it comes to tech-related expenses. Best, DANIEL LUSK *(he/him/his)* Director of Technology *p: *+1 929.399.9414 ∙ *w: *thehumaneleague.org [image: --------------------------*] [image: The Humane League] <https://thehumaneleague.org/>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't increase the price on .org domain name.
by Qaisar Khan April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hello, Please don’t increase the price cap on the domain name. Other services at tech are getting cheaper but yours are getting expensive. This is not good. Please avoid the increase in price. Regards Qaisar Khan

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] comment
by FTS Customer Support April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hello Comments-org-renewal what would be a good reason to remove pricecaps and let any organizatin govern prices on its own ? There is none and its a bad idea -- Regards, Peter Flying Turtle Studio, LLC mailto:info@flyingturtle.net www.flyingturtle.net Phone +1 (908) 574 0126 Fax +1 (908) 335 8903 Time to re-order your business-cards and stationery? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, is intended for the exclusive use of the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail of the error and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Gleanings Foundation April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a bit perplexed as to why you would consider making an agreement with the PIR to remove the price increase limitations on the future registry registrations for .org websites. .org websites by nature are 'not for profit'. But this action is a course of action I would understand if this were the .com registry agreement, as businesses that would fall under that category are entirely for profit. I guess I am not sure what the motive behind this is? It just seems like an opportunity for greed to move into the realm of registrations for organizations that are not formed with greed or profit as goals of their organizational structure. I am proposing that you would remove the clause that would remove restrictions on price increases quoted below: " Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement): In alignment with the base registry agreement, the price cap provisions in the current .org agreement, which limited the price of registrations and allowable price increases for registrations, are removed from the .org renewal agreement. Protections for existing registrants will remain in place, in line with the base registry agreement. This change will not only allow the .org renewal agreement to better conform with the base registry agreement, but also takes into consideration the maturation of the domain name market and the goal of treating the Registry Operator equitably with registry operators of new gTLDs and other legacy gTLDs utilizing the base registry agreement" And that you leave that section as it is in the current agreement with a cap off a 10% increase per year on wholesale .org domain registries. Please take serious consideration on this matter to not remove pricing constraints imposed on the PIR for .org domain registries. Thank you for your time and understanding in this matter. Sincerely, Marc Nordstrom The Gleanings Foundation

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please do not remove price caps from .org domains.
by bob s April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keeping capped prices
by Shane Bill April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

To whom it may concern, I would be concerned that ICANN is going to open up .org, .info, and .biz into a realm of no price restrictions. This could have massive impacts on organizations, small businesses, and other groups who are trying to get online and start out. I'm even thinking beyond first-world countries, and thinking towards third-world or others who may not have the same income level or accessibility. Thank you for considering my comments. Shane Bill -- Shane Bill Consultation du site web Web Development & Consultant Bees on a Bike E-mail shanebill(a)gmail.com <mailto:shanebill@gmail.com> Phone (514) 608-8068 <tel:+15146088068> More information @ Bees on a Bike https://beesonabike.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Limit Rates to .Org renewal
by William Jaques April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please do not remove limits to .org domains. These domains are useful for small and medium organizations and grass roots groups. Removing the limit will cause necessary price inflation and squeeze result in diminished access to trusted top level domains. Sincerely, W Jaques

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Jon Osmond April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

🤗 I am a .org registrant. 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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