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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Restrictions on .org Domains
by Chuck Miller April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I’m opposed to lifting price restrictions on .org domains. Doing so will only place an added financial burden on, for the most part, non-profit organizations, as well as those who have had to choose a .org domain because a .com domain is not available. Please don’t lift the restrictions. Chuck Miller

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

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: 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. Margie English

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Vigourously Against Removal of Price Caps on .org and Any Other TLDs
by Robert Cummings April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Domain prices are already high enough and they go up and up every year. For a digital asset the prices are out of line for the service provided. -- Phone: 613-822-9060 +++ Cell: 613-600-2836 E-Mail Disclaimer: Information contained in this message and any attached documents is considered confidential and legally protected. This message is intended solely for the addressee(s). Disclosure, copying, and distribution are prohibited unless authorized.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Non profits can’t afford domain renewal increases
by Kevin Guay April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a small non profit organization with a tight budget, an increase in domain registration fees would be detrimental. While not all .org domains are owned by non profit organizations, most non profit organizations use .org domains, so the effects of a price increase would be widespread and detract from the important work that these organizations do. -- Kevin Guay Director of IT Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increase.
by Marvin Nauman April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I manage 2 small Non Profit organizations. one is a Club with no budget and the funds for Domains come out of my very limited Retirement funds pocket. The other is a "Citizen Corps Council of Pierce County" with an annual budget of $500-1500 at year which is used to furnish supplies and emergency response kits to people who can not afford to buy them for their communities to be used in emergencies caller "CERT" or Community Emergency Response Team. Times are hard and we have trouble now getting donations to meet our expenses. Your proposed price increase could easily kill one or both our website presents. Marvin Nauman Chairman, Citizen Corps Council of Pierce County <mailto:marvin.nauman@gmail.com> marvin.nauman(a)gmail.com "The better prepared. the better you survive".

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increase for domains
by Lacey Stanton April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello. I am a small business owner in California. My husband and I solely run a plumbing service and repair company. We got word that there may soon be very high price increases to domains .org, .info and .biz. We do not think this is right or fair to hike up the pricing on these domains. Most people who have these domains are either non profits or small business owners. As you know having a website as a small business owner in today’s day is most important to sustain business, to get new business and to compete with other businesses in the area. Increasing prices may make small business owners have to take down their websites in order to just continue to operate. As you also know, running a business especially a small business isn’t cheap. We aren’t big corporations where a price hike wouldn’t hurt our capital. This would hurt our business drastically. So please think about the small guys that this would affect and hurt. Do not raise the pricing on domains. Thank you. Lacey Stanton Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment
by Jon April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Good morning, Increasing pricing on domain names would not be appreciated nor accepted among owners. Maintaining a fair price that is current and affordable with the needs and chanllenges that domain owners already face is important.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] AGAINST unlim fee increase
by Justin Hall April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I would encourage ICANN to reconsider allowing unlimited fee increases for .ORG domains. .ORG domains are unique in that they are the *only* TLD specifically created originally for non-profit purposes. They are still regularly used today by non-profit, and public-interest organizations and services to provide a public benefit and presence on the Internet. It costs next to nothing to maintain the registration for a domain since registrations are simply records in a database. Unlimited fee increases are nothing more than a cash-grab for an industry with high margins and low expenses and for an industry that increasingly provides no added value other than simply "existing". Kind Regards, Justin H, Consultant & Business Strategist

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep the price cap in the agreement
by nurupo April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

On https://www.icann.org/public-comments/org-renewal-2019-03-18-en it says; >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. Please keep the price cap in the renewal agreement, don't remove it. .ORG is commonly used by communities and entities that serve the public good -- by non-profit organizations, open-source projects and just individuals -- groups that usually run on a very limited budget. Removing that previously existing price cap restriction opens up all kinds of possibilities that can put unnecessary financial stress on such groups.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please maintain price caps on .org domain name registration
by Thomas April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I would like to express my opinion that the proposed idea to remove price caps on .org domain name registration be abandoned as the unchecked price increases would potentially restrict organizations from finding an outlet for their views on the internet, and it may force established entities to lose their presence on the Information Superhighway. In this day and age, an internet presence is as important as (if not more so than) a physical presence. It is imperative for the emotional and cultural growth of our nation that every voice is heard and that ideas have a chance to naturally cultivate and grow (or decay) without unreasonable financial pressure exerted on them. While I am not advocating for a free domain name registration for every citizen, comrade, I am asking that organizations continue to be allowed the opportunity to bootstrap themselves to stable ground on a reasonable budget. Thanks for your time, Thomas Zermeno

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