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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Objecting To Lifting the Caps On .org Domains Prices Increases
by Shlomi Fish April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi! Please keep the limit on .org domain price increases. Speaking as the owner of several .org domains. Regards, Shlomi -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Perl Humour - http://perl-begin.org/humour/ “God is dead.” — Nietzsche “Nietzsche is dead.” — God (Unknown Source) Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposition to Removal of Price Caps on .org domain name
by Keith Kamisugi April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I oppose the removal of price caps on .org domain names. Many small nonprofits depend on affordable .org domain names. Allowing registrars to charge excessive fees will harm the financial well-being of these organizations. Keith Kamisugi 340 S Lemon Ave #5588 Walnut, CA 91789

1 0

Re: [Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Important: Help Us Avoid Domain Price Increases
by Rob Blaze April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

WOW! The ICANN.ORG site has HORRIBLE UX and is unusable on my system! I click the button and nothing happens. I wanted to submit a comment such as this: Please DO NOT remove pricing caps on top level domains. It would be unfair for PIR to suddenly start charging registrars 100 times as much. The fact that people like me are unable to submit comments via the ICANN.ORG site is unfair and could be grounds for a lawsuit for sure. This is the URL: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/org-renewal-2019-03-18-en/mail_form This is the code: <form onsubmit="location='mailto:comments-org-renewal-18mar19@icann.org?body= '; return false" enctype="text/plain" class="mail-form" action="mailto: comments-org-renewal-18mar19(a)icann.org" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓"><input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value="sNfmwsU9opFP+T1qEKD1GEBCq3bLTq+Gd+JDM1V3a1inQCM2WdLH9Xv1u+xjrZCPVDWDi0mSO2sm56nfT8gTRQ=="><label for="Please_acknowledge_the_statement_below_and_click_Continue_to_start_the_email_for_your_comment.">Please acknowledge the statement below and click continue to start the email for your comment.</label><br><input type="checkbox" name="terms_of_services" id="terms_of_services" value="yes" class="signup-checkbox"><label class="signup-checkbox-label" for="terms_of_services"> <abbr title="required" class="">*</abbr> By submitting my personal data, I agree that my personal data will be processed in accordance with the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy">Privacy Policy</a>, and agree to abide by the website <a target="_blank" href=" https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos">Terms of Service</a>.</label><br><input type="submit" name="commit" value="Continue" class="Button"></form> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 5:04 AM Namecheap <support(a)namecheap.com> wrote: > We have important information to share with you that can affect the price > of your domains. > > ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ > [image: Namecheap] > <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> > View in browser > <https://links.namecheap.com/e/evib?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=8…> > > <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> > > Help Us Avoid Domain > Price Increases > Hi Rob, > > 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 > [image: F] > <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> [image: > T] > <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=…> [image: > 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=…> >

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Alejandra Carrero 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, Alejandra Carrero

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Cap Removals
by Frank Rose April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am writing against the proposed removal of price caps on .org domains. As a small business owner, accessibility to branding is crucial for the success of my business. Removing price caps has the likely potential to keep these sorts of customizations in the hands of larger businesses exclusively. I strongly urge you to keep the current 10% restriction on price increases. Frank Rose Santa Fe, NM

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] The proposed .org agreement is a bad idea
by Patrick Liang April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a .org registrant. Legacy gTLDs are 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. 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.

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price-Cap Removal - Terrible Idea
by Thomas Wright April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is just a terrible idea. Nothing good will come out of this. The world wide web & The Internet are forums for the people. The corporations are our guests. Taking the malleability and usability away from the people by making it more difficult to own and maintain a corner of the web will just invite disaster. Even today's prices are too high for some. Please consider keeping the price-cap. Removing it will just make things harder on small business owners and socially active members of our society. Sincerely, * Thomas James Wright* * [801] 916.3457*

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] The proposed .org agreement is a bad idea
by Greg Roberts April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, 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!

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep price cap for .org tld
by Igor V. Timofeev April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I vote for keeping price cap for .org TLD as it maintain networking business in predictable frames. Unless many projects just get off due to raised price tag. Wbr, Igor V. Timofeev Motion designer, web developer, TYPO3 integrator www.tigr.biz

1 0

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domain pricing
by April Salter April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am concerned about the potential for large price increases related to .org .biz and .info domains. Many small organizations barely get by and I would hate to see exorbitant price increases. Let’s keep prices reasonable! –---------------------------------------

1 0