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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] You will only drive more business to google
by mark＠hegstrom.biz April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Google is trying to take over the internet with their own domains and trying to get rid of domain names. This price cap removal will give more power to google and force these organizations into googles plan to take over the web. You will not see any more business by removing the cap as google will roll this plan out sooner and they will all move to that model. Please do not remove these caps!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I am Against the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Sandy Bose April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello. I am a domain name 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. Sincerely, Sandy Bose

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org changes
by nickwoodford＠gmail.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Many .orgs such as PeckhamCoalLine.org are small charities or community groups and cannot afford in capped price increases. We rely on donations. Kind regards. Nick Woodford

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Jonathan David Page April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org 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 .org 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 .org 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? Jonathan Page

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove .ORG price cap
by Marc Dojka April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant and a small business owner. I own several .ORG domain names that I use for my non-profit IT based business. As such, I am very much opposed to removing the yearly price increase cap. Removing the cap would create unneeded financial stress for small businesses and create an unneeded barrier to entry to retain or acquire something that does not physically exist anywhere. Additionally, removing the cap serves no purpose other than to generate revenue as it does not increase quality, security, availability, or trust. Given this list; do not remove the cap.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Cap Removal Is Not Reasonable
by T A Hofer April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sir or Madam, My understanding is that price increases for the .org domains have been capped at 10% in the past. This compares to US inflation of less than 3% over the past five years and no expectation of a significant increase. Prices were also capped. Given that this is a matter of technology in a public service context, the expectation would be that prices go down, not up, given the underlying technology cost base should be going down. Public Interest Registry (PIR) did spend about 6% of revenues on salaries, which are expected to rise about in line with inflation, however, that might not justify even a 10% increase in prices. PIR is a non-profit and also appears to be in good financial health based on past and most recent Form 990 filings available to review on the Internet. Consequently, it does not appear to be necessary to make any modifications to existing, apparently generous, pricing mechanisms. As a domain name registrant, I request that ICANN maintains the current caps on prices and price increases on .org domains. In addition, ICANN should similarly maintain stable conditions on all legacy domains. Sincerely, Tamas Hofer

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed!
by Cory Roberts April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Internet domains are a service and should be treated as such. We will see price gouging and companies taking advantage of users if the cap is removed.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Submitting comments opposed to the proposed .org registry agreement
by Vervoort Sylvain April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org 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 .org 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 .org 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? Kind regards, Sylvain Vervoort

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Go Freemium
by Alfred Morgan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please consider lowering rates for the non-profit tier and using a freemium model instead. Plenty of companies thrive on the freemium model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium -alfred

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal proposal
by mfon dancy April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I find this practice unfair to everyone involved especially the customer. Small businesses only suffer from these unfair changes and this should not be happening. Please find a better way.

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