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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] it sucks
by Joseph Picone April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

No price increase. The Internet should be free.

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Re: [Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by J.H. Snider April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom It May Concern: Like other businesses based on information technology, the price of domain names should be dropping, not increasing. If the current registrar cannot hold down prices, then another registrar-or a higher level of competition among registrars-should be placed in charge of the relevant domains. If ICANN goes ahead with its current plans, the public will eventually come to see it as crony capitalism and a corruption of the internet's ideals. --Jim Snider

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ---- Why the .Org TLD Fee Cap Removal is a Very, Very Bad Idea ----
by M B April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello. Having worked with many current and aspiring non-profits, I can say with certainty that removing fee limitations on the .Org domain (and related TLDs) would destroy many of these non-profits, and prevent new ones from being created. Many non-profits only have one registered domain, that being their .Org TLD, and creating a dog-eat-dog environment, where only the rich, or already established non-profits can exist, is simply wrong. Many non-profits are very, very small, often consisting of only a few individuals, and depend on their single .Org website, the web traffic to it, and, moreover, the price consistency and stability that affords them the ability to even purchase a .Org domain in the first place. With a removed fee cap, and unrestricted capitalism in full effect, there is likely no way that these well-meaning nonprofits, and aspiring non-profit founders, could ever achieve the success they deserve. Please, I urge you to reconsider. Millions of people's livelihoods depend on your decision.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org wholesale pricing
by Tim MacKenzie April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

You do a disservice to the industry and people all over the world by allowing uncontrolled price increases. I do not agree with this proposal. Sincerely, Tim MacKenzie

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please limit price increases for .org
by This Star Won't Go Out April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I found out recently that there is a new agreement going into place regarding the price of .org URL's. I am expressing my hope that the entities involved will consider that nonprofit organizations committed to doing good for those with the least are the primary users of these website domains. Our nonprofit uses the name ThisStarWontGoOut.org, or TSWGO.org. Our small nonprofit helps provide financial assistance to families facing childhood cancer--paying for things like rent and utilities, the types of costs insurance doesn't cover. Increased costs in maintaining our website would be a hardship, and take away from helping kids with cancer. Thank you for taking this into consideration in any business deals that are made. *Lori Earl* Executive Director This Star Won't Go Out 118 Billings Street Quincy MA 02171 TSWGO.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't increase the prices of .org domain names
by Ellen Reed April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Like many other people, I'm starting a nonprofit on a shoestring budget. I am putting a lot of work into creating media for my organization, and getting to keep the same domain name is key to my work. Many nonprofit organizations won't be able to afford to keep their websites if these prices go up. Please don't increase the prices of domain names above the former 10% cap! Ellen Reed

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Lucas Scavone April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. 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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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Lisa Dempsey April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, 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. Lisa Leadership Labs Courage | Curiosity | Connection

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the provisions of the .org agreement
by Mushfiqur Rahman April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant. 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. Best Regards, Mushfiqur Rahman

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Disapproval of the Proposal to Allow PIR to Set There Own Price
by Andrew Dramm April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a .org, .info & .biz registrant with multiple domains of each. I am writing to express my disapproval of the proposal to allow PIR to set there own price. I am also against any similar contract proposals that may impact .info, .biz and/or any other domain pricing. Andrew Dramm *gearbox* 612-361-7004 gearboxlab.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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