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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please stand up for public interest and individual registrants
by Parvez Khan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! Sincerely, Parvez Khan Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Tom Tung April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Add my name to the list of those opposed to removing the cap on price increases by PIR in the proposed contract.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed removal of .org registration price cap
by Ugo Grandolini April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I'm writing to request that ICANN reconsiders removing registration price caps on .org domains. .org is generally construed as a charitable/non-profit/organizational domain, and thus the fees should reflect that. Thank you, Ugo Grandolini

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Pricing
by Guy Downing April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

We are a small non profit, a change in our domain cost will be just another little burden on us as we try to afford to provide services to the public in need. Help control our cost so we can help others. Guy Downing

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Org Renewal Pricing Changes
by Zoey Boles April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello: I've operated a .org domain name for over a decade now, and have factored in the pricing rules as currently implemented into my expenses. My website is not a business; it's a personal not for profit project that has been a net money drain, but has given the operators some measure of happiness. The current rules change being proposed would add a major uncontrolled factor to the core identifier of my website, and puts it in danger of shutdown after such a long lifetime. I do not have a huge well of income available to absorb price hikes, and an open ended pricing option for a core today, and one that lends no small amount of "prestiege", is just begging for abuse. The new landrush of additional domain names has shown that "prestegious" domain tlds tend to have massive prices, with massive cost changes over time... Which is fine if you build your branding on that expectation. But the proposed rules would open the floodgates on a tld which is a core component of hundreds of thousands of website identities; identities that are put at risk if there were massive changes to the price. Please keep in mind that org exists for not for profits and community projects, not massive money making operations. Many cannot afford unexpected expenses.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments .org Renewal
by Robert Ingalls April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I do not understand how ICANN can achieve the above while allowing unrestrained price increases on millions of domain names, I am objecting the proposal of removing the price cap provisions in the current .org agreement. Instead, ICANN should actively seeking new providers who can lower the cost of the .org domain names and award the agreement to a winning bidder, for the public's benefit. An open, fair and competitive process should be taken to procure the .org domain name operator before renewing any agreement.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Money, money, money
by Cory L. Curtis April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I'm concerned, It is unnecessary to increase prices of domain name registration. You haven't even PROVEN a need to do so and people close to the issue have confirmed that ICAAN makes too much money already. If you want to do something meaningful, stop registrars from having the ability to purchase domain names to resell. GoDaddy for example purchases the domains you search for if you don't immediately buy them. When you revisit their site hours later because you decided to buy it, GoDaddy now owns it and you have to pay a premium for it. This is a completely unethical practice and if ICAAN has any ethics at all, and I seriously doubt they do, they would put an end to registrars having more than one domain only to operate from. NO MORE THAN ONE DOMAIN PER REGISTRAR! Do something meaningful and leave domain prices alone forever. There also needs to be an end to domain repurchasing companies that buy expiring domains. It completely eliminates the average consumer from being able to acquire an expired domain unless you pay these asshats to acquire an expired domain. Again, do something meaningful for a change other than just existing. * Cory L. Curtis * 623.810.9640 " There's always a solution... It's just a matter of how much pain you're willing to endure." - Me, 2008-11-18 " Green thumbs don't come from planting seeds A green thumb comes from pulling weeds" - Me, 2011-04-10 "No humility, no healing" - Me, 2017-04-18

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Lifting the price cap could injure small non-profits
by Alex Balinski April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not lift the cap on .org domains. Doing so could greatly harm the public good by more or less forcing non-profits, churches and other cause-based websites to pay more than they can afford and putting their donations less towards the causes they support and more into the name registration fees. Thank you for your consideration!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Bernard Asagai April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not add increases to the.org domain name. A small organization owners have a access to the domain names it's critical for us to be able to interact with individuals seeking to access our organizations. A price increase could force us out of the market for providing services for countless Americans affecting their lives. Bernard Asagai M.S.Ed.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Domain Fees
by Tom Ryder April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Our clients are all non-profit organizations and have little money as it is to manage their resources. Unrestrained price increases would definitely affect many of them adversely. The extension (while not enforced) was originally intended for such entities and provides them a separate distinction from commercial (for profit) entities. Protection for these entities needs to be in place so that they too can coexist on the internet without having to be over-burdened with "for profit" costs that are not for the greater good. Tom Ryder EasyNetSites, Inc.

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